I have a question.. - Page 2

Ragnarok-X · #11 February 15th, 2005, 07:46 AM

I like drones. Give them good engines, a lvl 3 warhead and armor and they surely overcome planetary defenses. Add stuff to increase defense and laugh at your pitiful enemy

Atrocities · #12 February 15th, 2005, 09:23 PM

I have been playing with drones now for about a week. I have to say that they do have a purpose when employeed in ones overall strategy. I call it Drone Tactics.

Rathar · #13 February 15th, 2005, 11:25 PM

This is all fine and good but my drones still don't launch in strat or auto tactical.. Curious what I am doing wrong.
Anti ship drones with no warhead but 3 missile launchers. (trying to make a swarm of missiles to overcome silly amounts of PD)

Suicide Junkie · #14 February 15th, 2005, 11:46 PM

Are you using a modded drone launcher component or something?
Make sure you have combat launch ability points...

Rathar · #15 February 16th, 2005, 10:41 AM

straight se4 1.91 or whatever it is atm.

geoschmo · #16 February 16th, 2005, 10:46 AM

Well, all we can do unfortunatly is guess, and it sounds like none of our guesses are correct so far. If you can post a savegame for us to look at we might be able to come up with something. If it's a multiplayer game and you don't want your opponents taking a peek you could email it.

TheDeadlyShoe · #17 February 16th, 2005, 10:49 AM

Does the drone have engines? Will a drone launch without engines?

geoschmo · #18 February 16th, 2005, 10:50 AM

Wait, no warheads you say? Do they have weapons of any sort? Is it possible the game is deliberatly not launching them because they have no weapons. Wave you tried drones with a weak direct fire weapon? This should cause the drones to approach the enemy close enough that it will attract some PDC fire.

Rathar · #19 February 17th, 2005, 02:04 AM

Large drones (180kt) 3 missile v's, 2 engines to give it speed 8 (high tech game)

Ive tried setting my drone carriers to drone attack, fighter attack, dont get hurt(accident..), maximum weapons range and optimum weapon range. The drone carriers themselves are well armed with big big guns, 12 drone launchers, space for 24 drones and all they ever do is run up and try to shoot stuff.

Ive put them in fleets, told both the individual ships and the fleet to do the same strats, diff strats, no dice heh.

What I am really asking is for anyone to succeed in making a drone carrier that launches drones in auto tactical or strategic and tell me what settings you had to set what to to make it happen.

TheDeadlyShoe · #20 February 17th, 2005, 02:44 AM

Again, did you try adding a direct fire weapon or warhead?