Let's Discuss Drones!

[KILL_BILL_CHAUHAN 2,505]

Let´s discuss Drones! | Share your thoughts!

 

Drones are your helpers in battles. They enhance supplies, give your tank new abilities, and help in many other ways. Most can be purchased with crystals in the Garage in the “Drones” section, or for Tankoins in the Shop, or can be obtained from Containers once you reach the drone's unlock rank. You are also able to upgrade them in order to make their effects stronger.

Drones require Batteries  - a special kind of Supply - to be used.

Mechanics

To use the drone, you need to equip it, the same as any other gear. An equipped drone will appear in battle above your tank and will follow you everywhere. Drones will automatically trigger following a specific event or action in battles - you don’t need to activate them yourself. After the activation drones will become inactive until they are automatically recharged.

Every drone has two effects: a basic effect and a unique effect. The basic effect is common to all drones: a passive increase to the strength of the Boosted Armor and Boosted Damage supplies, by the amount (percentage) determined in the upgrade level of the drone. These parameters can be upgraded; the initial value is 33%, and the maximum is 100% in the case of a fully-upgraded drone.

After the drone's unique effect has been activated, it has to charge for a certain amount of time before it can be activated again. The basic effect, on the other hand, is passively active as long the drone is equipped and activated.

 

Classification

As of today, there are 18 different drones available, each belonging to one of the following categories:

Passive - are drones who don't have situation-specific effects;

Assault - are drones who help out with attacking;

Defensive - are drones who help out with defense, and lastly;

Support - are drones who support a player or their teammates in many situations.

 

Source and more information about drones:

https://en.tankiwiki.com/Drones

 

Edited February 9, 2022 by frederik123456
Added relevant info and poll

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

Overdrives are replaced with these in test server

Info about all drones

https://imgur.com/a/LwKyocv

Tested 2 drones but both did same stuff as current overdrive (all supplies on)

[KILL_BILL_CHAUHAN 2,505]

so how to use them ?

[Musa 5,352]

wow

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

By pressing shift. It works like current TO overdrive.

[Viking4s 10,791]

 

By pressing shift. It works like current TO overdrive.

did you manage to get a different effect than the current overdrive??
Because i get the same, nothing new. Probably too early.
But there too many of them, more than the number of hulls, so it could be something else, like XT skins.
Also it is weird because it had micro-upgrades - max was 3. Currently Overdrive do not micro upgrades.

 

Thinking of it, maybe it has to do with Tanki Birthday. The firts stream, Hazel said something new about the game play and protection. I need to find and read my notes.

[KILL_BILL_CHAUHAN 2,505]

I think they have nothing to do with overdrive. Overdrive are free but drones cost 100 crystals.

[Viking4s 10,791]

I think they have nothing to do with overdrive. Overdrive are free but drones cost 100 crystals.

Humm re-listen to this part: https://youtu.be/ARSW9VnjIY4?t=4759

"More options to the gameplay" - It could be some small testing of the some of the new overdrive but in a useful/funny way - like they did for the first overdrive (tankers day 2017) and the meteor  on cosmotic day 2018 (Wasp overdrive).

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Just when I thought the game couldn't get anymore complicated, it did. Nice. :ph34r:

[KILL_BILL_CHAUHAN 2,505]

Humm re-listen to this part: https://youtu.be/ARSW9VnjIY4?t=4759

"More options to the gameplay" - It could be some small testing of the some of the new overdrive but in a useful/funny way - like they did for the first overdrive (tankers day 2017) and the meteor  on cosmotic day 2018 (Wasp overdrive).

well we have to wait till next V-log 

[splitterpoint 10,986]

Drones?

 

No my man! That's the 4,17 liter 4 cylinder TURBODIESEL engine that they fit into Hornet M1. It was the only engine fitted with a compressor.

But I have a better one in my arsenal:

 

 

There it is... Machinegun, or; Vulcan as we know today, originated as a 4 cylinder in-line turbodiesel engine in it's testing phase in the test server.

The engine produced 183 HP and had 780 NM of torque. It is known for it's use in Wasp M1. The same engine was fitted in Wasp M2 with 2 turbos and had 206 HP. The engine had a displacement of 4,955 liters. Test versions were later abruptly transformed into a Vulcan. Only a select group of tankers got their hold of this engine. Those who upgrade to Wasp M3 will have the engine removed. An all new 6 cylinder turbodiesel will now take its place but it will not be visible in the garage.

Edited May 11, 2018 by splitterpoint

[Viking4s 10,791]

well we have to wait till next V-log 

It looks like tanker will have roles or abilities/equipment: like in team fortress or Overwatch

[r_Issimo2 1,495]

I know how to deploy the drones

[wolverine848 13,097]

It looks like tanker will have roles or abilities/equipment: like in team fortress or Overwatch

Probably would be better idea to finish current announced roll-outs and make them work 100% before adding something drastic like "roles".

 

And you'd think something like OverDrive would add enough "role"-type differences as it is.

[Viking4s 10,791]

Probably would be better idea to finish current announced roll-outs and make them work 100% before adding something drastic like "roles".

And you'd think something like OverDrive would add enough "role"-type differences as it is.

It looks like it is temporary - for the Birthday event. like the meteor.

[lukey0 27,543]

Drones?

 

No my man! That's the 4,17 liter 4 cylinder TURBODIESEL engine that they fit into Hornet M1. It was the only engine fitted with a compressor.

But I have a better one in my arsenal:

I still like my 6.2 liter, 8 cylinder Supercharged petrol engine. Capable of 474kw of power and 815Nm of torque. I have want that sitting in my garage at home.  :ph34r:

[Heles 9,220]

Hmmm
interesting that you can also MU the overdrive

 

Lol, camper overdrive + mag. 

[Nicola_M 1,563]

Why would they call engines "drones?"

[Maf 32,300]

Why would they call engines "drones?"

I think the engine pic is just what they use whenever the preview for a new garage item hasn't been drawn yet.

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

did you manage to get a different effect than the current overdrive??

Because i get the same, nothing new. Probably too early.

But there too many of them, more than the number of hulls, so it could be something else, like XT skins.

Also it is weird because it had micro-upgrades - max was 3. Currently Overdrive do not micro upgrades.

Same effect

 

I think they have nothing to do with overdrive. Overdrive are free but drones cost 100 crystals.

There is no overdrive icon (star) next to supplies

 

[Mr.Eswar 188]

how do i use this drones

[Mr.Eswar 188]

here..this is how the drone looks 

https://image.ibb.co/f7W2Qd/drone.jpg

Edited May 12, 2018 by Mr.Eswar

[r_Issimo2 1,495]

[Nine 693]

Wwwwwaaahhhtt?

[mhh.2000 888]

unrelated to the topic but how did you get into the test server ?