Drones use ammo

[Scipio_Artelius]

@Agondray

lol it wont just impact 1 ship but everything with a drone bay, every person that uses drones.

Yeah, that’s what I wrote, though you’ve written it more directly.

[Corraidhin_Farsaidh]

@Agondray

question is do they use already existing ammo or do they get their own ammo? ie hobgoblins would use small hybrid charges or do they require some kind of special drone charge.

Wouldn’t this also add another level of server impact to drones? instead of just tracking the drones, you now have tracking drone ammo counts, recalling drones when they need a reload etc.

You then also need to re-balance drone dps since this would impact them with having to recall and relaunch after reloads. Where is the ammo stored? Does each drone capable ship now need an ammo bay? How much ammo should a ship be allowed to carry? Drones are already consumables, so being able to run out of ammo on top of being able to lose the drones seems excessive.

[Agondray]

this could be true, the only option we have to reducing what damage drones do now is to reduce the numbers used while increasing their stats accordingly.