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| - | ====Drone Basics==== | + | =====Drone Basics===== |
| Drones are the EVE version of pets. Some ships use them as a primary weapon and those ships will usually get fewer high slots or hard points. There are several types of drones: Combat, Mining, Electronic Warfare and Logistics. | Drones are the EVE version of pets. Some ships use them as a primary weapon and those ships will usually get fewer high slots or hard points. There are several types of drones: Combat, Mining, Electronic Warfare and Logistics. | ||
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| Aside from motherships and carriers, you can have at most 5 drones deployed at a time. The actual limit is determined by your Drones skill level and the drone bandwidth of your ship. | Aside from motherships and carriers, you can have at most 5 drones deployed at a time. The actual limit is determined by your Drones skill level and the drone bandwidth of your ship. | ||
| - | **Creating Drone Groups** | + | ====Creating Drone Groups==== |
| In the overview you will have the ability to right click on a drone and select Move | New Group. You can then create a folders and move drones into via the right click menu. | In the overview you will have the ability to right click on a drone and select Move | New Group. You can then create a folders and move drones into via the right click menu. | ||
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| - | ====Drone Skills==== | ||
| - | You'll need the Scout Drone Operation increases drone control range 5km per level over the base 20km. | ||
| - | There are several other support skills that you can train to make your drones tougher, faster and stronger, but don't worry about those right away. | ||
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| - | ECM Dones further extend the range of your drones by a further 3km per level. | ||
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| - | ====Drone Engagement==== | ||
| - | Regardless of what kind of drone you are using, drone range is going to be a factor at some point. With absolutely no skills, you will only be allowed to command your drone to fight, mine, or otherwise chase out to 20km. You can always command a drone to return to ship, provided it hasn't taken too much structure damage. Skills that increase your "command range" are Electronic Warfare Drone Interfacing. The book names are a misnomer - all drones benefit from these two skills. There are also Drone Link Augmentors that you can fit to further increase your "command range". | ||
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| - | **Combat Drone** | ||
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| - | There are four types of each size combat drone. The faster the drone the smaller the damage it deals in general, but this isn't always true. There are also differences in the type of damage the drone will do. You'll find some are more fit against certain NPC's than others and some are more suited for certain pvp situations. Some of this is personal preference, but in general you want your fast drones taking on fast, little targets and your slow drones dealing out more damage to slow, larger ships. If you can find out what type of damage your targets are going to be weak towards, you can use the drones that specifically deal that type of damage, like PvE situations. | ||
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| - | When you get in larger ships that have much larger drone bays, you can start carrying around sets of drones to use in any situation that may come up. | ||
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| - | Your light combat drone choices are between: | ||
| - | * Hobgoblins: Thermal Damage. Slowest in speed, does the most damage. | ||
| - | * Hornets: Kinetic Damage. Third in speed, second in damage. | ||
| - | * Warriors: Explosive Damage. Fastest in speed, third in damage. | ||
| - | * Acolytes: EM Damage. Second in speed, does the least damage. | ||
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| - | For medium drones, the choices are: | ||
| - | * Hammerheads: Thermal Damage. Slowest in speed, does the most damage. | ||
| - | * Vespas: Kinetic Damage. Third in speed, second in damage. | ||
| - | * Valkyries: Explosive Damage. Fastest in speed, third in damage. | ||
| - | * Infiltrators: Second in speed, does the least damage. | ||
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| - | Personally I use either hobgoblins or warriors if I need to use light combat drones, and hammerheads or valkyries for medium drones. | ||
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| - | **Using Combat Drones** | ||
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| - | You should see a drones section in your overview under the usual overview window. The easiest way to control your drones is by right clicking on them in the overview. Right click on Drones in Bay and select Launch Drones. Your little buddy should pop out and start orbiting your ship. | ||
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| - | Since you probably don't have anything to shoot at the moment, right click on the Drones in Space and select Return to Drone Bay. You need to always have your drone return to your drone bay before you warp off somewhere or else you'll leave your little friend behind. | ||
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| - | Also, take note that if your drone is damaged, it might not obey the command to return to the drone bay. If this happens get within 2500m of the drone, right click on it or Drones in Space and select Scoop to Drone Bay. | ||
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| - | Let’s assume you found something that needs killing. Launch your drone and close in on your target. Your drone will have a max range of 20KM when you start, the Scout Drone Operation skill can increase this. When your target is within that range it will automatically start attacking whatever you are firing at or it will attack whatever is firing at it if you have not started shooting yet. | ||
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| - | Sometimes you might want to direct your drone to attack another target. To do so, highlight which target you want it to go after and then right click Drones in Space and select Engage Target. However, drones that take too long to get to a target will stop their approach and select another target. This can be remedied by repeating your orders to the drones while they're in approach. | ||
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| - | There are a bunch of scenarios you can encounter when trying to command a drone; here are the outcomes (tested with combat drones, lolcpp might have it so sentry/mining/EW drones behave differently). For the sake of example, you are piloting a ship with a 50km drone range and a 70km lock range. | ||
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| - | * You command a drone to engage a ship at 40km | ||
| - | * The drone will go out and pew pew the ship. | ||
| - | * You command a drone to engage a ship at 40km, and the ship burns away to 60km | ||
| - | * The drone chases the ship and continues shooting. | ||
| - | * You command a drone to engage a ship at 40km, and you are jammed/damped/otherwise lose your lock | ||
| - | * The drone continues shooting whatever, provided the ship remains in lock range | ||
| - | * You command a drone to engage a ship at 40km, and the ship leaves your lock range | ||
| - | * Drone loses aggro on ship, begins slowboating back | ||
| - | * You command a drone to engage a ship at 60km | ||
| - | * You get an error message, drone continues doing whatever it was doing. | ||
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| =====Drone Ships===== | =====Drone Ships===== | ||
| - | ^ Ship Name ^ Faction ^ Type ^ Donre Bay(m³) ^ Bandwidth(MBit) ^ Bonuses ^ | + | ^ Ship Name ^ Faction ^ Type ^ Drone Bay(m³) ^ Bandwidth(MBit) ^ Bonuses ^ |
| ^ Arbitrator | Amarr | Cruiser | 150 | 50 | 10% HP+Damage per level | | ^ Arbitrator | Amarr | Cruiser | 150 | 50 | 10% HP+Damage per level | | ||
| ^ Basilisk | Caldari | Logistics | 25 | 25 | 20% Shield Bot Amount per level | | ^ Basilisk | Caldari | Logistics | 25 | 25 | 20% Shield Bot Amount per level | | ||
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| ^ Ishkur | Gallente | Assault Frigate | 25 | 25 | 5 Drone Bay per level | | ^ Ishkur | Gallente | Assault Frigate | 25 | 25 | 5 Drone Bay per level | | ||
| ^ Ishtar | Gallente | Heavy Assault Cruisers | 125 | 125 | 5km Range, 10% HP+Damage, 50 Drone Bay per level | | ^ Ishtar | Gallente | Heavy Assault Cruisers | 125 | 125 | 5km Range, 10% HP+Damage, 50 Drone Bay per level | | ||
| - | ^ Myrmidon | Gallente | Battlecruiser | 10% HP+Damage per level | | + | ^ Myrmidon | Gallente | Battlecruiser | - | - | 10% HP+Damage per level | |
| - | ^ Oneiros | Gallente | Logistics | 20% Armor Bot Amount per level | | + | ^ Oneiros | Gallente | Logistics | - | - | 20% Armor Bot Amount per level | |
| ^ Pilgrim | Amarr | Recon | 150 | 50 | 10% HP+Damage per level | | ^ Pilgrim | Amarr | Recon | 150 | 50 | 10% HP+Damage per level | | ||
| ^ Scimitar | Minmatar | Logistics | 45 | 45 | 20% Shield Bot Amount per level | | ^ Scimitar | Minmatar | Logistics | 45 | 45 | 20% Shield Bot Amount per level | | ||
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