Let's Discuss Drones!

[Oddsbodkins 3]

Doh!  My mistake, what a plonker.  I've been confusing the 300 crystal purchase price with 300 batteries.

I'll go away.

Edited June 17, 2018 by Oddsbodkins

[KILL_BILL_CHAUHAN 2,505]

:lol:  :lol:

[r_Issimo2 1,495]

Drones, and Overdrives, will ruin the game for me. I haven't even tried the test servers for weeks now.

[KILL_BILL_CHAUHAN 2,505]

Drones, and Overdrives, will ruin the game for me. I haven't even tried the test servers for weeks now.

new overdrives are more scary then drones 

[Viking4s 10,791]

new overdrives are more scary then drones

 

True dat

[JMD1 0]

How does the assault drone work? Every time you make a kill you get the DD, DA and SB effects on you for like 10s? :huh:

[KILL_BILL_CHAUHAN 2,505]

How does the assault drone work? Every time you make a kill you get the DD, DA and SB effects on you for like 10s? :huh:

https://en.tankiwiki.com/Drones

[JMD1 0]

"After destroying enemy tanks, prolongs the effect on all active supplies."

So this means that it just makes the effects that are "on" to last longer? So if you make kills every 10 sec you will be affected forever?

Edited July 26, 2018 by JMD1

[LittleWillie 3,199]

"After destroying enemy tanks, prolongs the effect on all active supplies."

So this means that it just makes the effects that are "on" to last longer? So if you make kills every 10 sec you will be affected forever?

Yes.  A full mu=20 Assault Drone can keep one set of power-up going an entire 10 minute game ... in theory. 

[JMD1 0]

Sounds very good... in theory  :D

But I ain't got the crystals for that... unless I open a yellow or red container :rolleyes:

[u812ic 1,629]

I just read that when a drone has been activated it hides inside the tank until it recharges. I've seen very visible drones, obviously charged and ready to go. But I have also seen blank spaces in the shape of a drone, but there's no drone visible. What's that about?

[LittleWillie 3,199]

Sounds very good... in theory  :D

But I ain't got the crystals for that... unless I open a yellow or red container :rolleyes:

Yeah me too ... or a year+ passes lol.  But at lower MU levels the drone can sustain supplies a good while so long as the kills are coming in. It might be one of the more benfical ones.

 

Bottom line I don't see them as overly effective. That is assuming batteries are dirt cheap. With super expensive ones they have microscopic returns on cost.

[DestrotankF1 52]

Yeah me too ... or a year+ passes lol.  But at lower MU levels the drone can sustain supplies a good while so long as the kills are coming in. It might be one of the more benfical ones.

 

Bottom line I don't see them as overly effective. That is assuming batteries are dirt cheap. With super expensive ones they have microscopic returns on cost.

I've just recently got Assault and it seems really strong. Yes have to depend on batteries from Containers/Weekly but it does reduce supply usage a good amount while it's up, and if you have a strong tank it seriously reduces the downtime when you don't have supplies on turning your tank into a machine - when the other guys supplies wear out you will destroy them. Definitely like it for some tanks.

 

Only complaint I have with drones is the supplier drone - imo the best Isida drone. I don't understand why it is so weak without MUs, at lower level the effect only has a 1 second duration, up to 5 seconds at max MU. That is not like any other drone, who's duration at best doubles with MUs. Why is supplier like that? It should be at least 2.5 sec at 0/20 MU to be useful and consistent with all the other drones.

Edited July 27, 2018 by DestrotankF1

[LittleWillie 3,199]

I've just recently got Assault and it seems really strong. Yes have to depend on batteries from Containers/Weekly but it does reduce supply usage a good amount while it's up, and if you have a strong tank it seriously reduces the downtime when you don't have supplies on turning your tank into a machine - when the other guys supplies wear out you will destroy them. Definitely like it for some tanks.

 

Only complaint I have with drones is the supplier drone - imo the best Isida drone. I don't understand why it is so weak without MUs, at lower level the effect only has a 1 second duration, up to 5 seconds at max MU. That is not like any other drone, who's duration at best doubles with MUs. Why is supplier like that? It should be at least 2.5 sec at 0/20 MU to be useful and consistent with all the other drones.

I am thinking Supplier is perhaps teh best Drone also.  

 

Hee's why teh short 1 to 5 second values make sesne. The recharge time is only 10s. So at full mu you get +5 seconds every 10 seconds. Or IOW for every 10 seconds your supply decreases only 5 seconds. In essence Supplier doubles the duration of your supplies ... and... it gives 50% duration supplies to your nearbuy pals.

 

Now ... what happens if two Supplier tanks cooperate. Do the math then.  Indefinite supply duration!

 

Drones seem to have a lot of appeal for clan wars were players can coordinate their drone selection.  I see 4-tank "fire teams"  built around an Isida and Suplier and Mechanic drones.

[25452_the_crazy 14]

Tanki Online is developing something you might had seen in Tanki X   "Drones" 

 

 

 

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[Potdindy 866]

I really like Trooper drone. It isnt perfect, but it really helps when my team is getting spawn killed in our base...spawn in, kill the attackers, and disable drone

[KILL_BILL_CHAUHAN 2,505]

I really like Trooper drone. It isnt perfect, but it really helps when my team is getting spawn killed in our base...spawn in, kill the attackers, and disable drone

it is more useful in DMs

[BigCar 80]

I dont like the price tag on the batteries, for a casual player like me these drones just seem out of reach because of the insane ammount of crystals i would be paying to use drones constantly

[mhh.2000 888]

I dont like the price tag on the batteries, for a casual player like me these drones just seem out of reach because of the insane ammount of crystals i would be paying to use drones constantly

you can get them for free , you don't have to pay , and you certainly don't have to keep them equipped , you shouldn't anyway

[SporkZilla 1,775]

I've ended up with over 450 Batteries / 7.5 hours worth on my WO1 account after playing for 42 hours, and I'm only earning 3 Containers per day from the War. Not enough to use Drones constantly, but enough to use them often.

 

(MU cost is more an of an issue, almost 250K for the first 10 steps and over 750K for the rest)

 

Already seeing more Drones because of the War. I've got almost 200K Crystals on that WO1 account now (and 350K on this one), so people earning 10 Containers every day must have a lot more.

[Toby 2,938]

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[Potdindy 866]

So which would you all say is the best multipurpose drone?

[wild004 35]

already 10/20 on mechanic drones (which like Overdrive but for health kit only).

 

the extra tiny bit of instance boost is almost useless, since 500 health extra compared to 4000 heavy hull, is 1/8 of extra health,

 

only benefit is help teammate to repair even u are not isida at the moment they try to deliver the rugby or flag in last second and out of health kit due to cool down.

 

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so with mechanic drone as teammate,

 

you teammate can heal 3 times

  1. their own health kit

  2. their overdrive saved

  3. your mechanic drone neighborhood boost for them,

 

so give them at least 3000 health extra in most intense fight.

 

--- drawback of mechanic drone

  1. you can;t use it when you full health

  2. you have to think twice before repair your self, since it will cause the drone 30 sec cooldown. make u unable to heal your teammates when needed in next 30sec

[Heles 9,220]

Bought the driver drones

Hmm, rarely use it but not bad. I like it 

[DRAKO523 795]

I may have a different opinion about the Drones now. Trooper in specific is very good for DM battles and when you're getting spawn-killed, and if you enjoy DM battles Trooper is the way to go the better way of scoring much more points and defending yourself while spawning, actually used it for seven days unequipped it and the huge amount of different score was way better. Drones ain't as bad as I first suspected they would be tbh. The hard part is saving up and earning the batteries.