can anyone explain how the new medi drone works?

[Venture]

as above really

[Valhalla Awaits]

It's a really badly designed tool, but the idea is that you look where you want it to go and press Q to send it there. It may or may not actually go where you were looking, it usually just seems to wander to that general location.

Once it gets there it may or may not revive any downed players in it's radius, that also seems to be 50/50 chance. Basically it's bugged/broken, like most the game.

[Tetra]

The medi drone will be up all the time now and has 3 charges with a 30 second recharge timer (I think it's 30 seconds). You hold down the ability button and aim over a downed trooper to revive them (being higher than them helps with aiming). Also when I know I'm about to go down I pop my drone as an emergency.

[Valhalla Awaits]

Originally posted by Wehzy:

Originally posted by Valhalla Awaits:

It's a really badly designed tool, but the idea is that you look where you want it to go and press Q to send it there. It may or may not actually go where you were looking, it usually just seems to wander to that general location.

Once it gets there it may or may not revive any downed players in it's radius, that also seems to be 50/50 chance. Basically it's bugged/broken, like most the game.

Oh, i was like "Why is my drone not doing anything?"
Haven't played medic since 0.3 or so and i remember medic was pretty good. But the current medic's drone is really useless

Honestly, the entire medic class in general is just useless now. Every class can revive, and the medic can't really do anything unique other than the syringe gun, which misses 50-80% of the time anyway in hectic firefights with everyone moving around at mach 2. Likely the worst designed class in the game currently.

[Venture]

yeah the guns aim is horrible, same as the scan one the sniper gets, pointless

[Venture]

Originally posted by Valhalla Awaits:

It's a really badly designed tool, but the idea is that you look where you want it to go and press Q to send it there. It may or may not actually go where you were looking, it usually just seems to wander to that general location.

Once it gets there it may or may not revive any downed players in it's radius, that also seems to be 50/50 chance. Basically it's bugged/broken, like most the game.

ahh ty, dint realise you could hold and aim

[darkblade]

Without medic you have no chance of healing

The medic can also give anyone healing stims that can heal you or others

The drone is no longer as op as it once was, but saving people without doing it yourself and staying safe is just a very good thing

So I wouldn't say medics are bad

[BenShinobi]

Originally posted by Valhalla Awaits:

Originally posted by Wehzy:

Oh, i was like "Why is my drone not doing anything?"
Haven't played medic since 0.3 or so and i remember medic was pretty good. But the current medic's drone is really useless

Honestly, the entire medic class in general is just useless now. Every class can revive, and the medic can't really do anything unique other than the syringe gun, which misses 50-80% of the time anyway in hectic firefights with everyone moving around at mach 2. Likely the worst designed class in the game currently.

Medic's are vital, especially when people can be blasted all over the place. The drone is awkward to use and needs tweaking but I don't think it's true that it doesn't always revive people within the circle. If you get it over people it works, my issue is I often just miss slightly, so it's far from perfect.

Medics also have other abilities to revive people from range with their darts (again needs it's aim improved) & placing down of healing stims etc. Everyone else's ability to revive makes them vulnerable for several seconds and it's often when you have people stopping to try and res people without a medic nearby that casualties start multiplying.

The previous way the drone worked was just a magic heal all button and required no effort or thought. Alongside this new class getting some tweaks people will adapt over time.

[Serena]

i just hate that we have only 2 guns as medics atm like why give me my shotgun back :/

[Centuron]

Originally posted by Serena:

i just hate that we have only 2 guns as medics atm like why give me my shotgun back :/

That's what the mastery system is for. Once you master a gun, you can use it on any class

[Johnnie Walker]

drone is horrible now the tagging is terrible

[RaptorSolutions]

The best thing about medic is the second utility that gives the heal stims. That's an insta revive and everyone can use it.

[MY TEAM SUCKS]

yes the drone is so wonky, you can place the drone right on their body and it still won't revive, i like the new shootable stim though

[LaserGuidedBunnyRabbit]

I like that they did something other than make it a magic invincibility button, but I'd prefer if the drone worked by automatically going in the direction you're facing, reviving the first person it comes across rather than the current "aim and hope to god it does something" thing it's doing now. It really seems like it doesn't work most of the time.

[Noother]

Originally posted by Valhalla Awaits:

Originally posted by Wehzy:

Oh, i was like "Why is my drone not doing anything?"
Haven't played medic since 0.3 or so and i remember medic was pretty good. But the current medic's drone is really useless

Honestly, the entire medic class in general is just useless now. Every class can revive, and the medic can't really do anything unique other than the syringe gun, which misses 50-80% of the time anyway in hectic firefights with everyone moving around at mach 2. Likely the worst designed class in the game currently.

That is the opposite of how I feel about medic after playing all day. There'd be 4-5 of us trying to hold a pump but get overrun. As medic I stay a bit more back and when I'm about to also go down I just put the drone on location. Bugs wander away, drones pick me up. I either drone or dart gun and have the other 3-4 players up within a few seconds. It'd take half a minute or longer while under attack from nearby bugs to do it as a non-medic and you couldn't get yourself up.

Also the number of times people die in weird spots you have to run/jump into a hoard of bugs to try and revive, but I can either do it remotely via the perk (yell at them to get up), or drone, or dart gun. I often get 30+ revives in even the shorter match types, most of those revives are ones non-medics wouldn't be able to do.

[beef]

Now I've got used to the kit I've really been enjoying the changes imo

Especially now I have my beloved hawkeye back❤️