BOB Drones?

A few patches ago CCP introduced BOB drones in stations (NPC only I think).

Do they actually do anything to your ship or give you any messages?

Or are they just a visual aesthetic?

They do transmit subliminals if you turn the volume up.

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“I can double your ISK…”

Those are ‘Paparazzi’ Drones…

They quickly rush in, put the spotlight on your ship for a bit and then leave…

They don’t do anything else, strictly just a visual aesthetic…

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Was kinda hoping it was some sort of “repair while U wait” scenario whereby if you spent long enough arsing about with your modules or doing Industry stuff then that little bit of armour damage you came home with would be fixed.

Nope. Just useless cruft. Standard.

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Now now, they also make an otherwise impressive station overhaul obnoxious.

They are too common and too random. Often flying through each other.

Everything about them screams “wouldn’t it be cool if” without any further thought.

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Bah humbug…

They feel like something I’d see in star fox, not eve lol

Pretend they’re “squeegee kids” cleaning the hull.

How would that help?

Be fair, an intern needed a small thing to make to fill some downtime before the Christmas break.

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The player owned stations, like my Astrahus, repairs your stuff free, even outside using the tether. Those drones better not be charging you. I dump fuel cubes in every week to keep that stuff active. Why don’t the NPC stations offer free repairs? I will tell you why, they are inconsiderate mean SOBs.

Have fun!

Good morning, @Jin_Endares :blush:

They are baby ships, happy that mother came home in one piece.

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1975 : " Fill her up with high octane fuel…oh and can you wipe the bugs off the windscreen "

23341 : " Clean your own damned windscreen…and pay the equivalent of 400 year’s salary for Advanced Thingumy V for your fuel "

Progress !

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I was hoping they’re do something a bit more like inform you that your ship has damaged modules and needs repair, or popup a note that your ship is 100% functional, etc.

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One can always hope!

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Maybe in future patches?

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It would be funny if they left random graffiti scrawled alongside the hull, ie: “HTFU”, “I brake for no one”, etc.

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“wordsalad”

:smiling_imp:

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