Drone and Anti-Drone Tactics?

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Originally posted by [K126]Mephisto:


Of course this is open to discussion. I just wanted to point out that the were deliberately designed to be cruise missiles and nothing else. If this is good or bad, what the fans want or don’t want, is an entirely different matter.
Personally I think it is a wise decision. If they can move around and warp they are nothing less then small ships without maintenance that can be build without a spaceyard and are very fast. Why should anyone build small ships instead?

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I respectfully disagree.
The main disadvantage of drones compared to ships is their limited life span. So drones will not replace small ships.
In my very humble opinion MM made the same mistake as with the fighters in the very early SE IV release: The small fighters with only 10kT were just not useful. It is a pity to introduce features that will not be used. May be MM was afraid that drones would get too powerful, but now I believe we are on the opposite:
After what I have seen with the demo I probably will use still much more fighters than drones. And for the AI using drones I better say nothing.

However I am absolutely convinced that drones can be a great addition to the game, if some changes are made.