I think drones are awesome and are for the most part neglected, so I came up with a few drone ideas and building ideas that could help.
Idea 1: A new drone that shoots a sonic pulse, a little like the siren. Upon contact with an enemy unit this pulse will do 200 damage and 150 slow damage - and will look a little like the unused Spicula. While I would make a simple model for this specific post (I helped
DISCON_NECTED with the
build-able unit model) I don't have lots of time, however I will make one if the opportunity presents itself. (same for all other unit ideas)
Idea 2: A drone factory that can make all of the other drones listed and all pre-existing drones. You can also make a drone beacon: while the drones wont be select-able you can still tell the drones where to go using the beacon (it has a max radius that you can command the drones in, similar to the aircraft carrier) you can tell which drones to assign to said beacon. While I do know that this might defeat the purpose of the aircraft carrier, I have another drone unit that wont.
Idea 3: A drone commander chassis that has lots of new drones and a whole new preset of upgrade-able weapons and abilities that will assist his drone companions, such as...
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a healing bubble of sorts that only heals drones
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and/or increased drone assign range with every upgrade (again like the reef)
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and/or a weapon that is like the placeholder's weapon which will disarm the enemy raider or scout while the placeholder effect keeps them in place, making them an easy kill for the drones. The list goes on.
As for the drones, you could have...
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a builder drone that will assist the commander with building
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and\or a drone that will kamikaze to save the commander
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and/or a shield drone that has a forward facing shield leaving the back exposed and it will try to intercept projectiles that are inbound to the commander
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and-or a drone that will shoot a barrage of small napalm missiles (combine that with the commanders placeholder like upgrade)
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and/or a drone that has a sort of Gatling gun that shoots disrupter beams. the list goes on
Idea 4: A drone airship that can be made using the Strider Hub. It should have around 4000 health and cost ~2500 metal. It would have a whole assortment of drones that are built onboard, including...
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fighter drones that fly around like the swift or bombers from the aircraft factory
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drones that will terrorize ground units
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drones that will fly around it that have shields and will repair the drone carrier
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drones that have a directional disrupter pulse (like the outlaws but directional and faster) - this would be good against air units
It would also have onboard AA guns and a missile barrage system on (D) which would do 400 damage per shot and shoots 5 missiles from the top of the carrier. I am open to any suggestions (and help :D).
