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[Gaidren]

Drones seem to fall over fast....which makes me wonder if Exploding is the better bang for the buck.  Exploding also "double dips"  against shielded enemies, since the base attack still works vs. shields *and* you get the pulse AoE at the end.

Any comments from Engineers?

[Twosday]

I used the attack drone since it frequently got in more 40 damage attacks than a single 100 damage would do, but ultimately I don't think it's a huge difference either way since the real value in the drone is the distraction and cover disruption.

[SmilingMirror]

I always choose exploding drone. just so it'll stun everyone.

Modifié par SmilingMirror, 12 février 2010 - 03:53 .

[Darnalak]

Exploding drone... the life expectancy if your lil glowy ball on insanity is ... short, to put it mildly.

[Grand_Commander13]

I'm torn. I used exploding drone for a while but have recently started using the attack drone; some enemies will target the drone right away, but many more will try to ignore it and as such allow it to keep stunning them with its attack. Considering how I see each drone being championed by about half of the population that has made up their minds, I'm not surprised I can't tell you which I prefer.

[lessthanjake9]

Exploding.

The Attack Drone does 40 damage every 3 seconds. It attacks right away when you summon it. Thus, it would have to be alive for 6 seconds, to do 120 damage, and thus, outdamage Exploding Drone. On insanity, the Drone will almost never be alive that long. Furthermore, the explosion of the Exploding Drone has a 6m radius, so you are likely to hit multiple targets. In that case, the damage you will have done would be FAR beyond anything the Attack Drone could muster. Lastly, the Exploding Drone still does damage against shielded opponents with its normal attack. Attack Drone would already rarely outdo the damage of Exploding Drone on insanity even if the Exploding Drone does no damage with its normal attack. When you are facing shields and it does do damage with its normal attack, then the difference is even bigger.


EDIT: Also, if you think about it,  Exploding Drone can actually do some pretty high DPS. It does 100 damage with a 6m radius and a 3 second cooldown. If the enemy destroys it as it cools down, suddenly you are doing 200 damage every 6 seconds with a 6m radius. That is the damage of a Heavy Warp, except with a massive area of effect. This works BEST on insanity, because insanity is the mode in which the enemies will actually kill it fast enough to get that kind of damage.

Modifié par lessthanjake9, 12 février 2010 - 06:06 .

[Astranagant]

Exploding, all the way. The only thing that's guaranteed with the drones is that they'll get destroyed, so use that to your advantage.