Drone Problem - Feature or Bug?

thesilliest · #1 November 7th, 2006, 01:24 AM

one bump before i give up on this

Randallw · #2 November 7th, 2006, 01:32 AM

Drones can not be given orders. I had in mind specifically that you can't tell it what to do during combat, but it would make sense that it disregards strategy. Drones have a default in se4 to ram the enemy even if you give them missiles, they'll ripple off missiles but then go on to ram. I would imagine the same applies to se5. So far in Se5 I give them a cloaking device and scanners and seed them througout enemy systems. For some reason they never run out of supplies. I do give them extra supplies. In combat they sit and do nothing. I can't move them because they're drones but they don't act because they have no warheads.

PvK · #3 November 8th, 2006, 04:20 PM

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Randallw said:
... Drones have a default in se4 to ram the enemy even if you give them missiles, they'll ripple off missiles but then go on to ram. ...

Yes, but in SE4 you can change the strategy to use another strategy you define.

thesilliest · #4 November 8th, 2006, 09:51 PM

Oh okay, I think I get it.

Too bad my drones can't seem to stand up to enough punishment to get to their target to ram then.

with shields at level 14, to boot...
Back to fighters I guess.

Thanks for explaining!