Let's Discuss Drones!

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Saboteur or Booster? Witch one is better and why?

I would say saboteur because you can cover up important paths into your teams base when fully MUed or favorite camping spots.

 

Which is far more useful IMO than dealing way more damage for a short 3 seconds. Even 7 seconds is way too short.

[Alklines 1,751]

Anyone use the Blaster drone? Fun fact about Blaster and Hornet overdrive: When you get killed and your tank explodes using blaster drone and Hornet OD simultaneously, you'll deal a huge amount of damage to an enemy tank as it ignores any of their DA or protection module. Even works for Titan's OD Dome which it ignores too. I've been able to kill 5 enemy tanks around me after I got killed, this way. Works very well for a group of enemy tanks such as in CP and Siege.

Edited December 21, 2019 by Alklines

[TheCongoSpider 8,962]

@At_Shin Another observation from more testing.

 

There is a way to decrease the cooldown of your speed boost with the Trickster Drone. What i did was manually activate speed boost, which activated. Then when the drone's cooldown finished, I ran over a speed boost supply box, and then counter how long it took to recharge after the supply wore off. It took 20 seconds. I did the same thing and did it twice this time, and the cooldown was reduced to 10 seconds. 

 

This is the only way I've seen that reduces the cooldown for speed boost with the drone. The game says -5 seconds when using supplies, but that isn't the case like the other drones. And even then, when I found a way to decrease the cooldown, it decreases by 10 seconds and not 5 seconds. So yeah, this drone is not working exactly as intended. 

[Speedtalk 2]

I have used the Hyperion drone once for one game. I will not be using it again until the usage of supplies is reduced vastly. In one game it used 272 supplies. That included 50 repair kit. Too excessive, no need to waste supplies like that. I know it says it will use more supplies but that is way over the top by at least 10 times too many. Even 27 would be too many.

This comment maybe in the wrong place but I had to let it be known.

[Tidebreaker 1,669]

1 minute ago, Speedtalk said:

I have used the Hyperion drone once for one game. I will not be using it again until the usage of supplies is reduced vastly. In one game it used 272 supplies. That included 50 repair kit. Too excessive, no need to waste supplies like that. I know it says it will use more supplies but that is way over the top by at least 10 times too many. Even 27 would be too many.

This comment maybe in the wrong place but I had to let it be known.

Why else did you think it was meant for Legends?

[wolverine848 13,097]

On 1/1/2020 at 6:54 AM, Speedtalk said:

I have used the Hyperion drone once for one game. I will not be using it again until the usage of supplies is reduced vastly. In one game it used 272 supplies. That included 50 repair kit. Too excessive, no need to waste supplies like that. I know it says it will use more supplies but that is way over the top by at least 10 times too many. Even 27 would be too many.

This comment maybe in the wrong place but I had to let it be known.

You want the power - you need to pay.  And... it's the kind of drone you should use strategically - not 24/7.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

On 1/1/2020 at 3:54 AM, Speedtalk said:

I have used the Hyperion drone once for one game. I will not be using it again until the usage of supplies is reduced vastly. In one game it used 272 supplies. That included 50 repair kit. Too excessive, no need to waste supplies like that. I know it says it will use more supplies but that is way over the top by at least 10 times too many. Even 27 would be too many.

This comment maybe in the wrong place but I had to let it be known.

I think it's a fair balance. I mean for a drone with such an overpowered ability, it needs such a heavy drawback to even it out, otherwise every legend would buy that drone, thus giving me another reason why I should not reach the rank of legend.

[Devoid 2,603]

On 1/1/2020 at 5:54 AM, Speedtalk said:

I have used the Hyperion drone once for one game. I will not be using it again until the usage of supplies is reduced vastly. In one game it used 272 supplies. That included 50 repair kit. Too excessive, no need to waste supplies like that. I know it says it will use more supplies but that is way over the top by at least 10 times too many. Even 27 would be too many.

This comment maybe in the wrong place but I had to let it be known.

I do agree with you that the Hyperion drone costs a large number of supplies to use, and I also believe the amount should be reduced by a decent amount, but the drone is also very powerful, so there should be a penalty on using such drone. I think, over time, the drone's usage of supplies will be hugely reduced, but I think it will still take at least 50 supplies total per match. If you are suffering from a lack of supplies on your account, unfortunately, your best option is to stop using this particular drone until you have saved up enough supplies to use it without "breaking your bank" of supplies, and only then, use it.

[Speedtalk 2]

You all seem to think it is a powerful drone, but I did not seem to survive much longer than I normally do. A rubbish drone. Using 270 supplies including 50 repair kits, I should have survived throughout the 8 minutes. It is not powerful believe me, just a con. I still died about six to eight times. Afraid I wasn't counting.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

9 minutes ago, Speedtalk said:

You all seem to think it is a powerful drone, but I did not seem to survive much longer than I normally do. A rubbish drone. Using 270 supplies including 50 repair kits, I should have survived throughout the 8 minutes. It is not powerful believe me, just a con. I still died about six to eight times. Afraid I wasn't counting.

You probably don't have it MUed enough or weren't using enough repairs. If it didn't use multiple supplies every time you activate them, then it would be everywhere for sure in legend ranks as fully MUed.

 

This drone is basically an exploit itself. Back before cool downs were a thing, all battles were plagued with the fact that people would spam supplies all the time which made battles much less fun. It was mainly whoever had more supplies or whoever could tap that repair button faster wins.

[GWKK 75]

I believe the drones have taken what skill was left in the game completely out of it. Just a bunch cry babies wanting free kills....

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, GWKK said:

I believe the drones have taken what skill was left in the game completely out of it. Just a bunch cry babies wanting free kills....

 

The skill was long gone before drones, they just made it more apparent. 

[wolverine848 13,097]

On 1/8/2020 at 10:05 PM, At_Shin said:

but the Hyperion drone does not reduce Repair Kit and Mine cool-down ( or so i heard from vlog) ..right?

so how could you say that a player who uses this drone requires less skill?

Well, in response to many players complaints about supplies - users retorted with "using supplies requires skills too - when and how to use them". 

That "skill" part of using supplies is kind rendered moot by this drone... no?

[wolverine848 13,097]

11 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

i believe that this drone- (hyperion) also allows a player to make that choice of using his supplies smartly..

it basically penalizes you multiple no. of that supply(s) that you have activated.

The player still has the choice of NOT using/wasting supplies from his/her own inventory and instead he/she can go for a supply box or a teammate with a good drone- (like engineer) or Dictator OD.

that is why i do not think this drone kills the skill of using supplies... simply because the player has additional factors to take into account while using them.

and if the player decides to waste his supplies every time, it is likely that he or she did not have much skill in the first place.

So you are saying the choice of whether or not to use garage supplies versus a dropped supply is a skill? 

Even though you can have all supplies activated almost all the time?

 

Having a huge buff at your fingertips is not a skill.

Since this drone is only available to Legends, most of the players using this drone have TONS of supplies.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

On 1/10/2020 at 7:25 PM, At_Shin said:

well i have yet to see it for myself..( have been in only 1 MM with 1 legend on my team...)

peace out.

Try playing drug wars with supply cool downs and smart cool downs disabled. That's what this drone is.

 

And that's what TOs gameplay used to be before supply cool downs were a thing.

[TheCongoSpider 8,962]

Manually activating Gold Boxes do not decrease the cooldowns of Repair Kits, Double Armours, or Mines on the Mechanic, Defender and Miner Drone respectively. 

[CriTicAL_AgeNT 18]

How does battery consumption work?
Im using Booster drone and once I activate Double armor or Speed boost a battery is consumed regardless of using double damage!!

The Drone is supposed to use battery when its in use. By this system I see that the drone is using battery just for cancelling the cooldown on double damage!

I have just lost 10 batteries in 1 battle without using a single double damage!!!  
Im pissed off

Edited January 16, 2020 by nabiL94

[TheCongoSpider 8,962]

4 hours ago, nabiL94 said:

How does battery consumption work?
Im using Booster drone and once I activate Double armor or Speed boost a battery is consumed regardless of using double damage!!

The Drone is supposed to use battery when its in use. By this system I see that the drone is using battery just for cancelling the cooldown on double damage!

I have just lost 10 batteries in 1 battle without using a single double damage!!!  
Im pissed off

Does this happen only when you play with Booster? Or does this happen with other Drones as well? 

 

You're a Legend and I would assume that you use double armour and speed boost every time you spawn. And if what you're saying is true, you'd be using 20-30+ batteries in your battles. 

 

Battery consumption is one per minute. At the beginning of a battle, the first time you spawn, a battery will be deducted when you materialise. And in a 7-minute battle, you should see yourself losing 7 batteries. 

[CriTicAL_AgeNT 18]

21 hours ago, TheCongoSpider said:

 

Still did not got the point of Booster drone is still using batteries even if I don't use double damage or if i used D. armor or speed.

The drone itself and its MUs steps are very expensive, so are the batteries. And the drone uses 3 double damage everytime it's activated.

SEE?!.. using a drone is not that cheap!

I believe that the developers should reconsider the mechanic of battery consumption.

[Potdindy 866]

Anyone using Brutus drones?

Also with defender, does it use extra armors when you use it?

Edited January 22, 2020 by Potdindy

[TheCongoSpider 8,962]

3 hours ago, Potdindy said:

Anyone using Brutus drones?

Doesn't make sense to me to use it over other Drones. I would rather a strong effect + 5% attack and defense than just +10% attack and defense. 

 

3 hours ago, Potdindy said:

Also with defender, does it use extra armors when you use it?

No. 

[TheCongoSpider 8,962]

This is what happens when you protection someone with the Saboteur Drone. 

 

 

Dozens of mines were triggered by enemies trying to kill that Dictator. 

 

[TheCongoSpider 8,962]

I'm slowly expanding my Drone arsenal, by purchasing all the cheaper ones. My latest purchase for testing was the Sprinter Drone. It has a lot of potential in tense CTF and RGB battles. 

 

So, this drone requires you to go after the objectives of the game modes (sans TDM). It's more practical in CP than in Siege. 

 

It gives you an immediate repair kit and 10 seconds of double armour, damage and speed boost at 0/20. How the supply accumulation works is that if the remaining time of your supplies are less than 10 seconds, then when the Drone activates, it will put the active timer on the supplies to 10 seconds. If the remaining time of your supplies are more than 10 seconds nothing will happen to the timer. So at 0/20:

 

If your DA, DD and SB are with 5 seconds left and you activate the Drone, then you will activate a repair kit and the remaining time for your DA, DD and SB will be increased to 10 seconds. 

 

If your DA, DD and SB are with 25 seconds left and you activate the Drone, then you will activate a repair kit and the remaining time for your DA, DD and SB will remain at 25 seconds and continue as normal. 

 

What gives this Drone a lot of potential is that the repair kit that activates when the drone is activated is not taken from your supply of repair kits. It's a free repair kit, essentially. So, if you're hiding behind a building in a CTF battle that is currently 1 - 1, you can drop the flag, and then when you automatically pick it up again, the Drone will activate and give you a repair kit (and supplies if you need it). Same for Rugby, you can throw the ball against a wall or something and when you pick it back up, the drone will activate and give you a repair kit (and supplies if you need it).  

 

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I haven't tested all possible scenarios yet, but those are the bare essentials if you're looking to consider buying this Drone in the future. Make sure you have many speed boosts though, as that is the supply it consumes upon each activation.

[Dhikr 132]

56 minutes ago, TheCongoSpider said:

I'm slowly expanding my Drone arsenal, by purchasing all the cheaper ones. My latest purchase for testing was the Sprinter Drone. It has a lot of potential in tense CTF and RGB battles. 

 

So, this drone requires you to go after the objectives of the game modes (sans TDM). It's more practical in CP than in Siege. 

 

It gives you an immediate repair kit and 10 seconds of double armour, damage and speed boost at 0/20. How the supply accumulation works is that if the remaining time of your supplies are less than 10 seconds, then when the Drone activates, it will put the active timer on the supplies to 10 seconds. If the remaining time of your supplies are more than 10 seconds nothing will happen to the timer. So at 0/20:

 

If your DA, DD and SB are with 5 seconds left and you activate the Drone, then you will activate a repair kit and the remaining time for your DA, DD and SB will be increased to 10 seconds. 

 

If your DA, DD and SB are with 25 seconds left and you activate the Drone, then you will activate a repair kit and the remaining time for your DA, DD and SB will remain at 25 seconds and continue as normal. 

 

What gives this Drone a lot of potential is that the repair kit that activates when the drone is activated is not taken from your supply of repair kits. It's a free repair kit, essentially. So, if you're hiding behind a building in a CTF battle that is currently 1 - 1, you can drop the flag, and then when you automatically pick it up again, the Drone will activate and give you a repair kit (and supplies if you need it). Same for Rugby, you can throw the ball against a wall or something and when you pick it back up, the drone will activate and give you a repair kit (and supplies if you need it).  

 

 

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I haven't tested all possible scenarios yet, but those are the bare essentials if you're looking to consider buying this Drone in the future. Make sure you have many speed boosts though, as that is the supply it consumes upon each activation.

This actually sounds like a well-priced drone that is worth purchasing if you have, as you said, speed boosts, as well as some extra crystals to dish out. If one use's it to it's maximum potential, I could see it becoming a super useful drone that I might consider purchasing. Thanks for the insight.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

1 hour ago, TheCongoSpider said:

I'm slowly expanding my Drone arsenal, by purchasing all the cheaper ones. My latest purchase for testing was the Sprinter Drone. It has a lot of potential in tense CTF and RGB battles. 

 

So, this drone requires you to go after the objectives of the game modes (sans TDM). It's more practical in CP than in Siege. 

 

It gives you an immediate repair kit and 10 seconds of double armour, damage and speed boost at 0/20. How the supply accumulation works is that if the remaining time of your supplies are less than 10 seconds, then when the Drone activates, it will put the active timer on the supplies to 10 seconds. If the remaining time of your supplies are more than 10 seconds nothing will happen to the timer. So at 0/20:

 

If your DA, DD and SB are with 5 seconds left and you activate the Drone, then you will activate a repair kit and the remaining time for your DA, DD and SB will be increased to 10 seconds. 

 

If your DA, DD and SB are with 25 seconds left and you activate the Drone, then you will activate a repair kit and the remaining time for your DA, DD and SB will remain at 25 seconds and continue as normal. 

 

What gives this Drone a lot of potential is that the repair kit that activates when the drone is activated is not taken from your supply of repair kits. It's a free repair kit, essentially. So, if you're hiding behind a building in a CTF battle that is currently 1 - 1, you can drop the flag, and then when you automatically pick it up again, the Drone will activate and give you a repair kit (and supplies if you need it). Same for Rugby, you can throw the ball against a wall or something and when you pick it back up, the drone will activate and give you a repair kit (and supplies if you need it).  

 

 

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I haven't tested all possible scenarios yet, but those are the bare essentials if you're looking to consider buying this Drone in the future. Make sure you have many speed boosts though, as that is the supply it consumes upon each activation.

If there was a feature that allows me to do so, I'd give you 18k of my speed boosts, so you could make full use of your new toy.

 

The part where you get a free repair kit if you pick up a ball or flag is a really cool mechanic that I didn't thought about.

Edited January 29, 2020 by DieselPlatinum