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Drone Formations FAQ
DRONE FORMATIONS FAQ
Last updated 2012, November 3rd
Greetings Space Pilot,
As of today, you will have the ability to change your drones' formation. Not only will it change the look of their formation on your screen, but it will also provide modifications to your firepower or shields, among other things.
You can only get that Drone Formation (F03-LA : Lance Formation) if you have invited at least 25 friends that have reached level 7 (or higher) **DURING**SPECIAL**INVITE**EVENT**ONLY**.
The "Bat" Formation was initially only available during the Halloween 2012 event, but it sometimes appears in the SHOP for limited periods.
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The Drone Formations
F-00-ZE: Zero 00
This is the standard default formation for drones.
• No bonuses/penalties.
• This formation can be actively selected.
• Drones will change to Zero formation automatically if the player drops below 6 drones or sells their current formation.
F-01-TU: Turtle Formation
Increases shield power by 10%, but laser and rocket damage decreases by 7.5%.
F-02-AR: Arrow Formation
Increases damage of conventional rockets by 20%, but laser damage decreases by 3%.
F-03-LA: Lance Formation
The Lance F-03-LA will increase your mine damage by 50%.
You can only get that Drone Formation if you have invited at least 25 friends that have reached level 7 (or higher).
F-04-ST: Star Formation
Increases conventional rockets damage by 25%, but rocket launcher reload time increases by 33%.
F-05-PI: Pincer Formation
Increases laser damage by 3% against other players and provides an additional 5% honor point bonus. However, it reduces shield penetration by 10%.
F-06-DA: Double Arrow Formation
Increases shield penetration by 10%, but reduces shield power by 20%.
F-07-DI: Diamond Formation
Your shield regenerates 1% of your max shield power per second (up to a maximum of 5,000 per second), but hit points are reduced by 30%.
F-08-CH: Chevron Formation
Increases conventional rockets damage by 50%, but reduces ship hit points by 20%.
F-09-MO: Moth Formation
Increases shield penetration by 20%. Increases hit points by 20% as well. But weakens your shield power at a rate of 1% per second.
F-10-CR: Crab Formation
Increases shield absorption by 20%, but reduces speed by 20%.
F-11-HE: Heart Formation
Increases you shield power by 10% and your hit points by 20%. Reduces, however, laser damage by 5%.
F-12-BA: Barrage Formation
Increases laser damage on NPCs by 5% and provides an additional 5% of EP. Shield absorption, however, will be reduced by 15%.
F-13-BT: Bat Formation
Increases damages on NPCs by 8% and provides an additional 8% of EP. Speed, however, will be reduced by 15%.
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Effects introduced in drone formations
Shield absorption
Shield absorption boosts the percentage of damage that the shields can take. The percentage is added to the current shield absorption rate.
Example:
with 80% absorption you can get a boost of 20% to reach 100% shield absorption.
Shield penetration
Shield penetration reduces the percentage of damage that an opponent’s shield can absorb. This can be used to push damage through to a ships health to destroy it quickly.
Drain Shields
Drain shields is a drawback added to formations that reduces your shields over time. It will drain your shields leaving you vulnerable. Use it for hit and run attacks.
Shield Regeneration
Shield regeneration grants in combat shield regeneration. It will be added to your normal shield regeneration out of combat.
Cooldowns
Increased or lowered cooldowns are applied across all types of ammunition in a category. If a formation is changed while a Cooldown is active ( a reloading rocket for example) the cooldown will stay the same length.
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Questions / Answers.
Q: Wouldn’t drone formations with just 2 drones look silly? A: Yes, they would, and that is why you need at least 6 drones to activate a formation. If you have less than 6 drones; the Drone Formations will be grayed out.
Q: I use the simple view, how can I see the formations? A: There is a little icon right beside the Hitpoints/Shield bar that shows you the formation that the drones of the ship currently have.
Q: When switching to a formation that boosts health or shields, will this be added instantly? A: Your maximum health and shields will increase immediately but you won’t instantly gain that amount to current health. It has to build up to the maximum.
Example:
A ship with 100 health switches to a formation with +10% health. Its max health becomes 110 and its current health stays at 100. The ship repairs itself so current and max health are 110. It then switches to a formation with -10% health. Its max health becomes 90 and its current health drops to 90.
Q: Will my formations be saved along with a configuration? A: No, you will be able to freely switch between Drone Formations regardless of configuration.
Q: Are the bonuses/penalties applied to equipment on ship or only to the one on drones? A: They are applied to both ship & drones.
Q: Are Hellstorms conventional rockets? A: No they are not.
Specific drone formation questions:
F03 - Lance Formation
Q: What if you lay a "super" mine while wearing the formation and then you change formation before the mine detonates? Is it still a super mine? Same question the other way, if you lay a mine with any formation active but the lance one, but you switch to the Lance formation before the mine detonates, will it be affected by the formation bonus? A: Lance formation buffs affect any mine that is deployed while the formation is active so it will keep its boosted value if you switch away from the Lance formation.
Q: Does this affect only standard mines? What about the DDM and other special mines? What about smart bombs? A: The drone formation should only effect mines with damage values so the DDM should be included. Smart bombs shouldn’t be included as they are made from mines but not mines themselves.
Q: So if you have your pilot bio maxed out, you will get 100% damage increase? or a 50% of the remaining 50% meaning 75% total? A: The percentages should be cumulative with 50% of 50% giving a total 75% increase in damage.
Q: Is there any visual effect to the "super mines"? A: There isn’t any extra visual effect to differentiate the Lance Formations mines.
Q: This drone formation comes in place of the special Goli design for the time of the offer, or does it come on the top of it? A: The drone formation will replace the ship design as a reward for the duration of the Friend Invite Event.
Q: What about people who have already invited 25 friends confirmed, and who already have the ignite design? Can they participate? Can they win the prices? A: For the duration of this friend invite event the counter of invites (e.g invites =25) should be reset to zero, at the end of the event the counter sets to the value before the event began (e.g =25).
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