How do you attack?

[TeknoTel]

Is there way to go and attack? I have lots of assault drones stationed in hives, can I send them out to attack? If so how? Thanks,

[Spite Sprite]

Yes, you can! By selecting the drones directly by clicking the blue circle, you'll automatically open up the combat lens as well as their movement arrows. You can then click to select a new place to "station" your assault drones. This is how you can designate attack targets as well.

[TeknoTel]

Originally posted by Spite Sprite:

Yes, you can! By selecting the drones directly by clicking the blue circle, you'll automatically open up the combat lens as well as their movement arrows. You can then click to select a new place to "station" your assault drones. This is how you can designate attack targets as well.

Great thanks!

[Eliot the Cougar]

So many people have the same issue because usually in games you select units by clicking on them, and not on an arbitrary indicator above them...
So many people have the same issue because right-click doesn't make selected units to attack/move like it does in all other strategy games, and instead it simply closes the combat lens...
(I'm the guy who played for 20 hours entirely sure that assault drones cannot be controlled directly, and that it was intended)

[Kotori Asobi]

I have no clue how to use drones as well, even the knowledge database has no explanation, how to use drones. I think the game needs a tutorial about how to use drones, because google is not helpfull too.

[Ashar]

how do people not test things for themselves, have they been so handholded in games before that if they arnt directly told they can do something ingame, they just dont even try. Games didnt used to have tutorials, you were just plonked in a game, and expected to figure ♥♥♥♥ out for yourself.

[Sanger Zonvolt]

Originally posted by Eliot the Cougar:

So many people have the same issue because right-click doesn't make selected units to attack/move like it does in all other strategy games, and instead it simply closes the combat lens...

I mean there are tons of strategy games that use left click = command and right click = deselect, too. That alone is not counterintuitive at all. It literally takes two clicks to test out both alternatives and see it working.

Selecting by clicking on the numbers was intuitive for me, but I can see people tripping up on that when they are not used to controlling swarms.

[Ashar]

and thats the issue, people dont test things themselves, they just rush to the forums to ask.

[TeknoTel]

Originally posted by Ashar:

and thats the issue, people dont test things themselves, they just rush to the forums to ask.

I mean in some cases its not intuitive like in this game. I did try clicking around and I did look on the combat screen where there were no signs you could attack and no command buttons.

Even the hive buildings are described as 'defensive towers', there is very little to suggest or indicate you can attack with the drones and move them yourself.

Not really sure what the issue is with people asking for help on a discussion forum, bit of a weird thing to take issue with.

[Sanger Zonvolt]

Originally posted by TeknoTel:

Not really sure what the issue is with people asking for help on a discussion forum, bit of a weird thing to take issue with.

I think the issue wasnt you asking, which is a completely sensible thing to do, because sometimes you get stuck on simple concepts. Happens to everyone once in a while. The issue is that Eliot presented it like it´s the game fault for not telling you something which most people can figure out quite well, implying that EVERYONE needs handholding. The game has a lot of issues, but this isn´t one of them I think.

So I think the heat wasnt directed at you.

[rumax]

Originally posted by Spite Sprite:

Yes, you can! By selecting the drones directly by clicking the blue circle, you'll automatically open up the combat lens as well as their movement arrows. You can then click to select a new place to "station" your assault drones. This is how you can designate attack targets as well.

I want to note that I also did not immediately understand how to manage them. You have made very inconvenient management. Also, after many hours, I finally figured out how to combine combat drones into groups, although in other strategies it is intuitive and determined in seconds. Sadness.

[Find the Strawberry]

Originally posted by Ashar:

and thats the issue, people dont test things themselves, they just rush to the forums to ask.

If people didn't go to the forums to ask, I wouldn't have known the answer. I looked through the tech tree and there was no mention of attack options, everything mentioned defence. I wish I'd realised earlier the drones could be moved, so I could have saved a few of my buildings.

[Sanger Zonvolt]

What I found really hard to find out was how to divert one group into multiple ones. I figured it out because I played similar swarm strategy games before but I can see a lot of people struggeling with that.

If anyone is wondering: You have to hold shift when left clicking to give the order, hold the mouse button and then you can decide how many drones you send with a slider.

[Eliot the Cougar]

Originally posted by Sanger Zonvolt:

If anyone is wondering: You have to hold shift when left clicking to give the order, hold the mouse button and then you can decide how many drones you send with a slider.

My experience was different... I tried shift-clicking on the number of units, like it usually is done in most games I played, and noticed that sometimes the split selection bar appears for a moment and then disappears... If I hold LMB over the number of units, sometimes it appears, I can drag the bar, but after I release the button, nothing happens... I've spent some time trying everything I could come up with, but with no results... I concluded that the feature is broken, and wrote a bug-report...

The controls are not explained in the game. Period.

[Sanger Zonvolt]

Originally posted by Eliot the Cougar:

The controls are not explained in the game. Period.

Yeah those ones are not explained at all. To explain what I said in more detail: Select the swarm you want to divide. Then hold shift and while holding shift left click somewhere else on the map and hold the click. Then the slider appears and you can move you mouse left to lower the number. The number that is shown is the drones that will actually move, while the rest will stay. This worked consistently for me but it is not explained at all.

[GB]

Originally posted by Kotori Asobi:

I have no clue how to use drones as well, even the knowledge database has no explanation, how to use drones. I think the game needs a tutorial about how to use drones, because google is not helpfull too.

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