Ion Blast & Combat Drone vs Enemy Anti-Combat Drone

[Big Ape]

I think I have the engi ship, i just hit random and went. I'm up against an anti-combat drone and I've tried disabling the enemy drone control with my ion blast but the enemy drone remains active and takes down my combat drone when i resend it.

In this screenshot you can see both shield and drone control are disabled (flashing blue) but maybe I'm being retarded and have missed something obvious http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1307847437

[stcaFylnO]

Timing is key. Imagine you are disabling power, so the enemy drone can't pick up the signature of yours. Turn off power to your drone to avoid getting hit, then turn it back on. Keep toggling power as necessary.

oops forgot: In my game, when they are disabled, there is a small lock symbol above those icons you mention (color blind option is active).

[Ray Robertson]

They also have a repair drone. Ion blast only deals 1 ion damage. So only the repair drone is probably getting disabled. You'll need do hit their drone control twice in a row.

Auto-fire at their drone control and depower your drone when their anti-drone is powered.

[stcaFylnO]

Автор сообщения: Ray Robertson

They also have a repair drone. Ion blast only deals 1 ion damage. So only the repair drone is probably getting disabled.

Rather target their oxygen and then when they run to the medbay target that.

oh yeah, nice... crew kill, if not... atleast that dang repair bot

[Ray Robertson]

I altered my post.

[stcaFylnO]

Автор сообщения: Ray Robertson

I altered my post.

two votes for power toggle then (posts 1 & 2). I guess he can't do your heal station trick, since there is no telling if and when the drone might shoot it :/

[Ray Robertson]

Автор сообщения: stcaFylnO

Автор сообщения: Ray Robertson

I altered my post.

two votes for power toggle then (posts 1 & 2). I guess he can't do your heal station trick, since there is no telling if and when the drone might shoot it :/

No, it will work, but takes a lot of patience.

[AshTalion]

Interesting. Thinking...

[Big Ape]

I used up all my drones trying before I understood it. I was concentrating too much on the subsystem colour when I should have been watching the anti-combat drone animation to see when it stopped circling. Thanks for the help, at least I know for next time.

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

As others have said, you were only ioning their System Repair Drone.

In these fights, especially as you're only going to get small amounts of scrap anyway, I just run off. It's not worth the effort to waste so many drone parts.

[Skinny Pete]

IB II stacks but any time you fail to depower your combat drone as soon as the Anti-Combat Drone comes back, there's a fairly high chance of it being outright destroyed. You only had 5 drones and shouldn't have wasted them all.

Alternately just leave the IB II on autofire and go away for a while. With two shield layers it can't hit you and just by pure blind chance it will eventually exhaust the enemy drones. Then you can go for the kill.