How do you use Drones?

Atrocities · #1 December 1st, 2004, 03:12 PM

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Slick said:
more than useless? does that mean less than useless?

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Yes

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 December 1st, 2004, 07:29 PM

Of course not. If something is more than useless, it is usefull. Useless = 0. Usefull > 0. And less than useless would be < 0. Now, if it was more useless than useless, that would be < 0. Less useless than useless is > 0.

See? Entirely logical.

Slick · #3 December 1st, 2004, 07:50 PM

*the sides and rest of my skull also collapse and fall into my neck, but not before shaking my head slowly*

Slick.

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 December 1st, 2004, 09:31 PM

It's simply in the same class as double negatives. If you say that Canada does not not export beavers, you're saying it does export beavers. Each negative you add reverses the polarity on the True/False axis.

Or, for a math example, -1 x -1 = 1. -1 x -1 x -1 = -1.

It's really quite simple.

Atrocities · #5 December 2nd, 2004, 01:05 AM

yes

But back on topic, I have tried using drones for various things and found them to be a waste of time and resources. They are easily shot down, have limited range, and are a pain in the arse to use. So again, I state that they are more than useless, they are uber useless.

Power Man · #6 December 2nd, 2004, 02:35 PM

I have used them a few times as colony killers.
If I am sharing a system with another player I will build some planet attack drones on all my planets. Then when War happens, and it usually does, I launch all the drones and attack his planets.
This works best against those AI's that tend to have lots of little colonies. They usually have no defences and can be cleaned out in a hurry.
I get rid of the enemy in the rear without having to send in a fleet.

Atrocities · #7 December 2nd, 2004, 03:29 PM

The thing is they are great if the planet has no defenses. The bad thing is, most planets have defenses early on so this negates the need for planet killing drones. In fact drones should be hard as hell to kill, cheap, and deadly, but they are not because then they would become the optimal weapon of choice for many planets. And lets face it, what fun is it to log onto your PBW games only to give orders to a bunch of drones?