Which Drone is Best?

[Scorpio XIII 0]

I use battle drones for quick battlefield fixes for my tanks and for Anti-Infantry or as Cannon fodder for Anti-Tank or AA weapons

[Cygnus X-1 12]

Is the build limit on the Strategy Center only in Generals ??

 

Cause I can olny ever build one of them

[Acerz492 1]

Nah, it's on Zero Hour as well. But there is such a thing as using the Nuke Cannon's Neutron Shells or Jarmen Kell to make an enemy dozer driverless..... :wink: It's what I usually do when I play as China and I really want some Laser Turrets, King Raptors and Advanced Cold Fusion Reactors....:wink:

 

sentery drones were ment to be used to secure oil deriks and general map stuff against rifle infantary..... 1 prob there too slow too weak and too easy to kill.

 

They're not slow at all...maybe it's just your computer? They can go pretty damn quick on mine.. :wink: They aren't that weak, get the Drone Armour upgrade and a large bunch of 'em (about 6-9 or so) can take out light vehicles and infantry pretty damn quick. I think they can also run over infantry as well...so they're not all bad. Plus they don't fire on the enemy unless they're put into guard mode while they are idle, so you can scout in pretty remote areas with them early-game and the enemy won't even know they're there unless they have stealth detecting equipment, which dosen't usually happen often in the early stages of a game.

[Guest MadBadger]

they do now fire on enemys that come into range one of the new updates saw to that cos it sucked how kell, lotus, burton could just walk past them and the drone did FLIP ALL. and wtf the point in drone armour? waste of cash get tank armour

[Acerz492 1]

Something to gawk at:

 

 

I know I should post this in the Pic of the Day thread, but...eh, I thought that since we got onto the topic of having all three Battle Plans at once, I may as well show you guys as well.

 

they do now fire on enemys that come into range

 

I never noticed that till just a few minutes ago. Must've been awhile ago that I saw that happen, before the patches started coming out. But it was odd, I remember one game where I had a few Sentry Drones guarding a bunch of Oil Derricks, not in guard mode, to stop some Minigunners from capturing them. That was in a game with ZH fully updated with patch 1.04. So I'm not sure about that..maybe the game was just schizophrenic about it. :lol:

 

one of the new updates saw to that cos it sucked how kell, lotus, burton could just walk past them and the drone did FLIP ALL.

 

Then that is what the guard mode is for... :wink:

 

wtf the point in drone armour? waste of cash get tank armour

 

Well it's point is exactly what the name implies..you wouldn't want your drones to be killed off in the heat of battle and have to spend an extra $100, $300, or $500 per Crusader/Humvee/Paladin/Tomahawk/Avenger/Laser Crusader in order for them to have a fresh Spy, Battle or Hellfire Drone (respectively to the aforementioned prices).

 

By the way, I always get these upgrades in this order as soon as I can when the Strategy Center is built: Supply Lines, Composite Armour, then Drone Armour.

 

Drones have their uses in battle, but they can't win the war for ya. That's what your shiny Crusader/Paladin/Laser Crusader tanks are for. :wink:

[Guest MadBadger]

Hehehehe after i have been in a game for 30-40 min you dead i will have toooons of cash and ur quite frankly screwed so i dont need to worry about buying 20 odd $500 hellfire drones every so often while i attack .......

 

but then i also do quick attacks at which point my tec levle prob dosnt pass level 2 (warfactory level 2 i belive if baraks is level 1).... i can quite easly go around after 4-5 min where players are fighting to get there strat center up for advanced units and just wipe them away.

[Acerz492 1]

:wink: You're going to have to show me how well you play...if you don't mind playing against someone who is on dail-up. PM me about it though, a'ight?

[Guest MadBadger]

pffft dial up? i got 2 meg broadband ya little Luk3us play thing

[Acerz492 1]

pffft dial up? i got 2 meg broadband ya little Luk3us play thing

 

:rockbrow: Might wanna quit while you're ahead mate... :roll:

[Guest MadBadger]

naaa.... and why no one posted in de team speak thread? and did someone come onto SAS server on friday? cos i think someone was there :?

[Dark_Kodiak 0]

I cahnged my mind. I like the Repair drone thingy the most.

[Mr_Lee_ 0]

I give it about 2 posts before madbadger spams this

 

I say this is relative to your vehicles role. Defensive things need repair drones, attacking things need hellfire and the occasional spydrone is always good.

[Scorpio XIII 0]

Spy drones with Tomahawks (extra sight for pain) is the only time I dont use Battle Drones. :?

[GeneralZ 0]

30-40 minutes? then i wont give u taht much.... i will rush you then, or encircle you

[Mr_Lee_ 0]

If anyone wants an honourable battle with someone who'll let them actually gather themselves before they attack in a sane and somewhat collected manner, then PM me. I've got a soft spot for long drawn out games of C&c and have had several stalemates, not from turtling, but from having the ability to counter everything from a rush to superweapons.

[GeneralZ 0]

letting some 1 collect themselves to attack does not result in a sane battle, its an insane battle cuase they've got enough money to get anything they want.....

me and acerz had that once.....it dragged time....all acerz did mass luge loads of laser tanks... i massed stinger sites....i still have a screenshot:

 

 

i was steath general..... at the peak of the battle...my lines of stingers stretched more than half the map straight down the line.... acerz gave up...

 

remember that acerz?

 

this is waht happens if you give ur opponent time!!!!

[Acerz492 1]

Bleah, don't remind me. The annoying thing was, you wern't doing anything but attacking me with your SCUD Storms and Anthrax Bombs.

 

If I was another General, with Artillery, you would've been pwned... :wink:

 

ANYWAY!

 

I shall use luk3us's sign:

 

 

Please do. If you can't, then...bleah, iuno, how about ideas for future CnC games that may use Drones?

[Dark_Kodiak 0]

You shoulda put them shiny laZer tanks in transports and flew them right over his defenses :wink: Works all the time if you have more than 100 and a few pathfinders... and 1 avenger for every 1.5 tanks... :wink:

[Cygnus X-1 12]

the stingers would have wasted anything airborne

 

as for drones.....maybe a Laser drone ? Its like a flying version of hte Paladin tanks laser on a drone 8)

[Dark_Kodiak 0]

the stingers would have wasted anything airborne

 

as for drones.....maybe a Laser drone ? Its like a flying version of hte Paladin tanks laser on a drone 8)

 

...100...

 

plus a lot empty ones on the front and middle of the bunch to absorb the missiles :wink:

[Acerz492 1]

It would've been cheaper to build a few Particle Cannons instead mind you...I knew I shoulda gotten them up and running before he got his SCUD Storms up... :strain: Oh well, I'll remember next time.

[Cygnus X-1 12]

or a bunch of F-117's

[Acerz492 1]

Lol...if they were in the game of course... :wink:

[Cygnus X-1 12]

Well, you were a US general were you not ??

[Acerz492 1]

Yus.

 

But did I have an airfield?

 

Of course not.