It would be nice to have drones to pick up things for us.

[kevin398_727]

Its becoming a standard in many games, and here it would fit in nicely since the Zirex heavily use drones for thing. I suggest a drone that can gather parts for us when we kill drones in space. it helps keep us from going out to get the stuff in our suit while the drone carrier runs in to waste our ship. Also HVs could carry 1 drone to pick up loot when we attack soldiers and other patrols. we dont need a hundred drones but one in the hv or sv would be nice or w pair in CVs to help with gathering in space.

OK modified idea....to eliminate cheating in other ways drones would be job specific, only made for doing 1 specific job. like drone looting, nothing else.or looting dead soldiers, all within sight range, very limited, so technically a new idea from an old one. probably not going to change anything but willing to show that negotiations are possible.

[mrx]

I believe you can go up to a destroyed drone and hit shift F and it will bring all the items into your inventory.

That's if your use is mapped to F.

[kevin398_727]

yes I kill them and do that a lot. but was asking for drones for US to gather things especially in space. dont want to get out of my ship in a space suit and try and gather scrap and parts from killed drones while other ships are attacking me.

[mrx]

I have a sliding door in my ship for that in which I launch the drown from inside the ship through the hatch and fly it that way. That way I can stay in a shielded ship. I mine like that all the time.

[kevin398_727]

OK I'll make this easier to understand I'd like to see a new devise we can build or buy, Scavenger Drones. They gather anything nearby that we didn't get the chance to ourselves. In a battle with Zirex soldiers? Not a problem keep down and keep shooting they will get picked up by the drone automatically while you kill some more. also would work in space while you are fighting more drones and ships as it gathers anything close by after its dead (range of maybe 1 mile) on planets it would be maybe 100 yards max. would not gather things like food or plants unless they are dead, we still have to gather plant protein and fruit etc by ourselves.

[Tryst49]

Originally posted by mrx:

I have a sliding door in my ship for that in which I launch the drown from inside the ship through the hatch and fly it that way. That way I can stay in a shielded ship. I mine like that all the time.

That's fine if you have the height/space behind you to launch it. Otherwise you get the "object in spawn area" error.

[kevin398_727]

how many of you have used the generic drone to gather loot? I doubt it can be done unless I just didnt try right. it can mine, do repairs and build things for us but I dont think it can loot anything.

[TwitchyJ]

Originally posted by kevin398_727:

how many of you have used the generic drone to gather loot? I doubt it can be done unless I just didnt try right. it can mine, do repairs and build things for us but I dont think it can loot anything.

That is on purpose....
The drone used to be able to loot containers directly, and what the devs found was players would find ways to send their drone into POI's and loot without ever putting themselves into danger (on the inside at least).

You used to also be able to pick plants with the drone, harvest underwater crystals, etc, etc.
Same thing, the devs viewed it as an exploit so they removed it.
They said we could go underwater diving for plants with the drone without having to use suit oxygen, etc, so they viewed it as an exploit and removed it.

So they aren't likely to give us your request without major caveats in the first place I'm afraid..... They already removed these things from the drone in the past for a reason.

[Tryst49]

Originally posted by TwitchyJ:

So they aren't likely to give us your request without major caveats in the first place I'm afraid..... They already removed these things from the drone in the past for a reason.

Having a drone do those things around your base or CV wouldn't be a problem though. There's no exploit in having a gardening drone, for example, that can harvest and store the plants in the fridge when they've grown in your base. It's really no different than playing MP and having other players do it. For SP, this would b a great help since the SP game is a mega grind in that respect.

[TwitchyJ]

Originally posted by Tryst49:

Originally posted by TwitchyJ:

So they aren't likely to give us your request without major caveats in the first place I'm afraid..... They already removed these things from the drone in the past for a reason.

Having a drone do those things around your base or CV wouldn't be a problem though. There's no exploit in having a gardening drone, for example, that can harvest and store the plants in the fridge when they've grown in your base. It's really no different than playing MP and having other players do it. For SP, this would b a great help since the SP game is a mega grind in that respect.

The part I quoted they were directly asking about using the drone to loot, so what I said was applicable.

Plus, having it as a CV item, and having it loot (they were asking about looting in the quote), would still allow players to land a CV at a POI and potentially exploit it again...

I.E. not likely to happen.

Same situation with the plants, the devs viewed it as an exploit in the past, which is why they removed it.

In just being realistic. It was all removed in the past for a reason(s).

[Tryst49]

I fail to see how it could be an exploit for drones to be tied to the Base (possibly even using the CPU as well) and doing the gardening chores for you.

So long as they can't be taken with you or leave the confines of the Base/CV, I don't see it as a problem.

[kevin398_727]

well at least I didn't ask for auto looting on contact or teleporting loot in like 70% of the other games out there. oh well not going to happen so no reason to worry about it. just thought that if we have the technology to build star ships by hand on enemy planets with hand tools....all alone...lol see my point?

[TwitchyJ]

Don't get me wrong, I too wish for these things. I want all the stuff just as much as the next person.

I'm also not trying to be a Debbie Downer.
Just trying to help explain why this may never happen, so people aren't as upset if it never does.

At the same time, I hope we do get it one day.

[The-Maple-Syrup-King]

That or something similar to Minecraft's Redstone / Satisfactory's Wiring or NPC Companions would be nice. We really need more automation, pistons and hinges

[Sir-Derp's]

Originally posted by TwitchyJ:

They said we could go underwater diving for plants with the drone without having to use suit oxygen, etc, so they viewed it as an exploit and removed it.

So if sending robotic drones to the deepest trench in the oceans was found to be an exploit of marine life that could benefit humanity, the Devs of Empyrion would vote the Liberal way and protect marine life from humans? Even if we found the cure for cancer down there?

Whatever in real life I would just bombard a planet with none nuclear artillery shells from orbit or deep space and not waste time with "CV weapons don't work on planets" what BS rule that is... nerf herders.

[neghvar]

I have made a similar suggestion numerous times. Retrieval drone. After your base destroys an NPC ship/drone/troop or predator/prey. Drones deploy to loot the remains, return to your base, and deposit them in a specified container.
When my missiles take out a drone or troop transport, it's a long run to each of them