General discussion topic regarding Scout and Attack Drones as well as Loitering Munitions in the Infantry Mode
Scout Drone
FPV Drone
Loitering Munition
Another thread?
I think a thread for this already existed
There was one in machinery of war for loitering munitions but not one for the infantry CBT
They all suck but the FPV sucks the least.
Scout drone is completely useless. The game is too fast paced and the map is too small for scout drones to be useful. By the time you’ve found a group of enemies with it, they’re already a block away by the time you switch back to your soldier. Unlike the other drones that spawn high in the sky. The scout drone spawns right where your soldier is which means you’ve probably going to have to slowly navigate the drone out of the building you’re hiding in. It also lacks a mechanic to spot enemies for other allies. And flying it into people doesn’t hurt them.
FPV drone. Seems to be the most reliable drone so far. It spawns high up in the map and it has a hover function so you can have it float around and when you see an enemy, you can drop the hover function and pretty much have the drone fall onto them. For both anti infantry and anti tank, it’s quite reliable and will kill as long as you get a direct hit.
Loitering munition. It’s kind of a mix between the scout drone and FPV drone although the latter makes this thing useless. It can’t hover so you have to fly it like a plane. This makes searching for targets much harder. However it does have a camera like the scout drone, not that you’re gonna use it because you can’t lock or scout anything with it. For anti-tank work it seems somewhat reliable but it’s incredibly weak. For infantry it is incredibly inconsistent. Most of the time, direct hits don’t kill. I’d probably guess around 1 in 3 direct hits will kill.
Overall these drones have an extremely niche role. If it was up to me, I’d increase their damage, improve their flight performance, and give them their proper scouting mechanics. I think the scout drone and maybe the loitering munition should also get a thermal camera. I think the FPV drone could be balanced by giving it a low quality black and white camera with no sound.
Also could a hover drone that drops munitio