It isn't going to happen any time soon, seeing as we most likely don't have the models or AI ready for it, which means it simply won't come about until CCP really gives a **** and starts putting real assets towards Dust.

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oh boy you want me to blow up this thread eh? you want proof of models or an explanation why the ai is all there and just needs to be put together a tiny bit? or you want proof that the models not only exist but are already rigged? or lore explanation for how dust514 in-universe can not exist without drone battle pve?
tell me where to start ill be on it like stink on a durian

"More specifically it won't happen on PS3."
why? barring BS about assets that already exist or hardware limitations that are well far from tapped, please tell why not when all the pieces are there? there is no reason to spend a week of development time taking the requisite parts and building it into something that will make people want to spend money on it and bring back hundreds or thousands of bittervets/recruits?

they dont need to be dropped. i'm just saying take the route planning from the RDV.
at present, the RDV starts from a defined point and takes the shortest route it can find to the OMS beacon.
from that point, the turret targeting AI can take over and the drone can attack anybody it "sees"

and at this point, nobody cares if the pve game mode is perfect when it comes out, we just want to finally have the first thing we were shown about this game: drone battles

That is why i dont forget.
That is why i will never forget

I'm not being overdramatic. I believe, and so does everyone I've talked to, that it would have that much of an impact in this game.
And I'm not trying to oversimplify it, as I said before I'm just trying to put it in words that aren't too technical. You may understand how ai programming works, but the average person who may visit this thread probably doesnt. Something simple can be slapped together with what we already have to make a new game mode based on ambush featuring drone battles, and everybody wants it to happen, so seriously, why not?
I am not one to downplay the complexity of what CCP does OR how difficult developing for ps3 is. I'm one of those that points out how the cell be was designed to be incredibly difficult to program for it is(by design FYI) and applaud ccp not only for the massive project theyve decided to undertake but the amount of work theyve managed to do and the growth theyve managed to achieve in terms of ps3 development in a rather short time frame.

But we're talking about something that us honestly feasible using current game mechanics and assets that are already developed

Okay maybe a little overdramatic, but everybody's talking "nerf this, remove that" and I'm really getting stressed by it.
Nerfvalanche is a real thing and I want to see this game grow, not dwindle.
And idk maybe I'm always a little overdramatic. I am very devoted to the success of this game. Ppl don't know.

Just was talking about a starting point, trying to demonstrate that the #1 most demanded feature for this game is not only possible, its feasible.

I'd like to try and argue my point but I'm already worn out and in a bad mood so you win. Idgaf right now