noobie question about drones

[Slick]

Originally posted by Tough Guy:
This is my first time playing the game.

I have gone thru some old Posts and still have some Qs.

Are drones similar to fighters that have to be taken to combat by a (drone)carrier? Are they better than fighters??

Some people seem to think they are worthless. Why?

To answer why some people consider them useless (not me), they do have some problems:
- When the planet or ship carrying drones is in battle, it will belch out all its drones no matter how many enemies it is up against.
- Drones belched out in this manner will be sent to the various targets in battle, but the game isn't smart enough to distinguish anti-planet from anti-ship drones so you get lots of wrong type of drone attacks.
- If a drone with a anti-planet warhead strikes a ship or vice versa, the warhead does not go off (it only counts as mass for purposes of ramming damage).
- Drones are unrecoverable once launched.
- Drones self destruct when they run out of supplies.

That being said, they can be used somewhat effectively if you know the weaknesses.

Slick.