Sharing the Plan about the Drone Master

[fallen]

I wanted to take a minute to share the plan about the upcoming Cyber Knights Drone Master.

We've been talking about the Drone Master for a long time, and to get there we had a lot of work to do in the guts of the game engine (new profession support, pet support, Safehouse upgrade support). With the Hunder released a number of months ago and Safehouse upgrades now real and live, we are approaching the Drone Master release.

I wanted to take a moment to share the plan for the Drone Master. This has been a monumental journey to make an idea possible within the limitations of the game, but we're very close now.

- The Drone Master will only be available in Cyber Knights Elite
- The Drone Master will require a $1 Drone Unlock IAP, which matches the Hunder IAP
- The Drone Unlock will allow you to play any Knight avatar as the Drone Master profession
- The Drone Unlock will allow you to play a new avatar, a female character
- There will be no Drone Master runners, which matches the Hunder limitation
- Drone Masters will require special cyberware implants to add drones to their team. A Drone Master will start with the required Rig to add one drone to the team
- Safehouse upgrades will allow a Drone Master to modify drones by installing kits
- Drones will not gain Experience -- their advancement path is only by installing kits

Thanks for reading the plan release, and I hope you'll share your thoughts and ideas!

[grävling]

cheer!

[Officer Genious]

No minion runners? Bah, now I can stop holding my breath for them. But I am looking forward to some new art and stuff!

[ntsheep]

This is good news! Jumping for joy and joining the rest of the flock for Rockets style dancing

[ncaoa]

Woo! Can't wait to stalk the NBZ with a drone swarm.
Will the drone parts you find in encounters be used for upgrading drones?

[fallen]

ncaoa - yes, as well as other recipes for crafting and modification eventually. Drones first.

[Alex Fury]

This looks awesome, can't wait!

I can understand why not drone/hunder runners, the force-multiplication would be gamebreaking

[koles]

great news!

what will be special drone master's tallent?

[fallen]

koles - an interference based attack against enemy drones. Reduce HP / MP / AP.

[dragolord]

Will you be able to get Drones like you can Hunds? At shops, I mean, even if you're a Sniper, say.

[fallen]

dragolord - at this time, we don't have a plan for non-Drone Masters to be able to acquire and control drones.

[abysmal]

What kind of loadout will a newly started Drone Master start with?

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[fallen]

abysmal - haven't pinned it down yet.

[Jacob]

Are there any benefits for the combo Drone Master + Hacker?

[fallen]

Jacob - nothing specific in the plans at this time.