drones riles !! plus some bug in strategies.

[PvK]

I've used missile-launching drones before with good success, using a Max Range strategy, which didn't run away - I wonder what the difference was between my strategy settings and yours, Oleg.

Drones with direct-fire weapons and other movement strategies can also work - just make sure they don't accidentally have the Ram movement strategies.

As for Fryon's idea that all drones should have to use a kamikaze strategy, I completely disagree. Drones have many limitations already and certainly don't need to be toned down or made less interesting or flexible in that way.

PvK

[oleg]

Don't know It was a simultaneous movement and max.range strategy had max.range as a primary movement and don't get hurt as a secondary. May be you use max.range movement as a secondary mavement ?

[Fyron]

As for Fryon's idea that all drones should have to use a kamikaze strategy, I completely disagree. Drones have many limitations already and certainly don't need to be toned down or made less interesting or flexible in that way.

That was not "my idea of what drones should be," it was my understanding of what the entire purpose of the drone hull in SE4 was supposed to be...

[PvK]

Where did you get that idea, though, Fryon? Seems to me that by allowing all strategies and weapon components on drones, the intention is pretty clearly to allow them to be designed to do other things besides crash (or shoot just before crashing).

Oleg, I don't really remember the details of my drone strategy settings, though I have some old turn files somewhere and if I remember and have time when I'm near that computer, I'll try to look it up.

PvK

[Fyron]

The game manual? Seems like a pretty authoritative source to me.

Drones are large computer-controlled missiles. They are designed much like small ships and can carry engines, shields, weapons, and most especially, warheads. Drones are usually equipped with a large warhead used to damage ships or planets. Drones are launched from ships or planets and seek out an enemy target. Once the drone encounters the target, it will ram the target and do as much damage as possible. Most drones are constructed with special materials giving them an increase in their speed.

[PvK]

Laugh!

Still, I tend to think that was the manual-writer's understanding, rather than the design. Moreover, I still think removing the ability to set their strategies would be less interesting and a blow to a system that doesn't need to be any harder to use effectively!

PvK

[Fyron]

That was from the in-game manual, not the hard copy. Wasn't that written by Aaron? If not, he at least had to have read through it before saying it was ready to go.