Drone Wars Competition , Season 2

[Drakkart]

status 1 may 3 month before the submission deadline one submission.

 

[Madman198237]

Don't worry.....drones are coming for you......sometime.

 

[Col_Kurtz]

Don't worry.....drones are coming for you......sometime.

Yep and I just need to make my drone rack :P Never messed with any logic soooooo sorry about taking forever

 

[StormWing0]

I like that idea, but I see one tiny flaw. What happens if the opponent doesn't use missile drones???

The AMS Drones get deployed anyways. Than become target practice. XD

 

[StarWars1981]

They should have weapons capable of engaging hostile fighters as well. Not just weapons capable of ... popping missiles left and right for when you DO face enemies with powerful missiles. Lol.
Drone Nukes seem to be effective, at least from Season 1's footage (I watched it, skipped a lot of one LOOONNNGG match between two sets of underarmed drones xD), but AMS turrets would've been effective far beyond their weight.
Also, has anybody tried going massive range? Just build longrange beam weapons + such to stay out of range on anything but other beams and missiles. Also, have plenty of shielding to survive shots. Focusing on combat regen to survive longer.
I have new theorems ... and I just need a style of drone to go with it. xD, this may take awhile.

 

[Peekie30]

I'm facing some holdup with my team, as I am busy building a fleet for the othe competition too, and i have finals in a couple weeks.
I will submit, don't worry

 

[Drakkart]

i was not worried at all guys i just got asked how many submissions we had already and to point out like there is plenty of time left i did post that 3 month before the submission ends we already have 1 submission ; ) dun worry guys i know how hooked you are ; p (me too btw.)

 

[Sgtwisky]

Well, Seeing that a few other people already did, I think I will throw up a preview of my team.

I still consider them in "Alpha" so like starmade anything is up for changes both with aesthetics or systems. I also am Desperately trying to get a good looking carrier for them, but I may not finish it in time and just go with a rack of some sort.

 

[Drakkart]

Well, Seeing that a few other people already did, I think I will throw up a preview of my team.

I still consider them in "Alpha" so like starmade anything is up for changes both with aesthetics or systems. I also am Desperately trying to get a good looking carrier for them, but I may not finish it in time and just go with a rack of some sort.

i really like the shape of the one to the right... and hey glad the protoss will make it back in season two as well : ) I mean you have to defend a title right? ; )

 

[StarWars1981]

i really like the shape of the one to the right... and hey glad the protoss will make it back in season two as well : ) I mean you have to defend a title right? ; )

And we ... the new builders ... have to take one ...
We are coming.
Nice looking so far, on a serious note, keep going. I like the variety of shapes this time.

 

[StormWing0]

hmm still trying to figure out a good micro carrier setup. Just wondering what the rules on these are and how things are going to go when launched, are you guys going to force the launching of all drones or just the main drones?

 

[Col_Kurtz]

hmm still trying to figure out a good micro carrier setup. Just wondering what the rules on these are and how things are going to go when launched, are you guys going to force the launching of all drones or just the main drones?

I can only assume they will do what they did last competition. Some guys just had a simple stick with their name on it and rails attached :P

 

[StormWing0]

I can only assume they will do what they did last competition. Some guys just had a simple stick with their name on it and rails attached :p

One of my drone types will have an auto launching system for sending out smaller AMS Drones. Only reason I was asking since the main launcher is only going to launch the main drones.

 

[Sgtwisky]

I can't say for sure, but I could swear that at one point (I think before rule amendment for carriers) that you had to have the launch of your combat drones automated with a single button press. I could be wrong.

In my case, I will only be including the drones that will actually be part of the competition on the carrier, though it may well be able to house more drones then what I will be fielding. I can always add more if they want to see a full launch or something, but I would rather not push my luck and get a DQ because they didn't want to fiddle with figuring out which drones to keep and how to launch them.

 

[StarWars1981]

You should probably submit only those drones that will be launched, except in a case of disabled logic so you have a cool-looking rack that deploys only, say, 2/3rds of all the drones. Instantaneous interior/exterior detailing, and a very cool set of it at that.

 

[Drakkart]

We will press one button everything not launched and still docked to the submitted structure will suffer the results of /destroy_entity_dock if your launched drones will launch additional stuff you better make sure that mechanism works.

 

[Madman198237]

Do you have a preference for the time it takes to launch the drones?

 

[Drakkart]

Do you have a preference for the time it takes to launch the drones?

You are asking the wrong question.
It is about delivering a blow. if you punch someone would you like to knock them out instantly or give them time to hit back on you?
Should your drones do massive damage to their opponent? So how would they get launched in the most advantageous way to increase their chances of delivering their load without suffering to many losses... show us your solution. Should they be spread out? idk is it advantagegous to not get hit by some random laserfire which was supposed to hit my neighbour? maybe? or do we have bigger shield drones to catch all the incoming alpha damage and the others are well advised to stay behind? depends on your tactic entirely ; )

 

[StarWars1981]

I need configurable AI, that can be linked. I'd then chain-link them, so that THIS drone stayed 100 meters astern at 45* to the front drone's left, and then you have an opposite to the right, and then one to ITS right, but in front a similar distance. Shield drones in front, (of course, it'd be built into 3D), missiles in back center, top + bottom would be cannon or some such ... yeah, I'd love to build formations. It'd act like one giant murder drone.

 

[Madman198237]

Actually, Drakkart, I'm talking about a showy deployment that may take some time, not a system that launches drones throughout a battle. This one launches all drones before a battle.