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    Drone pathing and attack issues?

    As per title. Has anybody else noticed that since the recent update your striker drone gets stuck in scenery, on walls or won't follow from room to room if you're indoors and if you use 'Q' to order them to attack a particular enemy they either ignore it or just attack a random enemy rather than the one you instructed them to?
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    Been happening for a while now.
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    Yeah, I agree with the symptoms but don't agree it's new or even recent. Getting it to attack and not just hover there in a room full of hostile NPCs has been a challenge for some time now.
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    Nothing new. Been an issue as long as I been playing. They have made some improvements but still an issue in certain areas. Why I love the Rigger set bonus, if it won't go just cancel it move a bit and launch again.
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    Yes, this is goin' on for a while now and combined with the occasional non-responsiveness of the drone it makes my gaming experience a "not so awesome one" to be honest.

    Nothing more annoying than being in the process of taking over a CP while all of a sudden at heavy support troop swings by, PLUS some other NPC's AND on top of that a named heavy walks in conveniently while your drone is hovering idle somewhere over the rainbow being unresponsive and/or stuck in the enviroment.
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    I think it was happening before the update, but I do feel it happens more frequently since the update. It's frustrating when you send your drone to attack an enemy and instead of just moving onto the next enemy right next to the one it's just killed, it decides to come back to you......
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    Originally Posted by IcemanD18 Go to original post
    I think it was happening before the update, but I do feel it happens more frequently since the update. It's frustrating when you send your drone to attack an enemy and instead of just moving onto the next enemy right next to the one it's just killed, it decides to come back to you......
    Even better is when you freshly release it, then "look" at an enemy and get the overlay for which button to press to order it to attack (in my case the drone is Q), then you mash that button over and over and over and it does...nothing. Just buzzes around over your head while you're getting shot.

    Sometimes it gets so stuck in this mode I just cancel it and re-release it. Another great thing about Rigger; doing so creates NO cool down. Still a nuisance though...
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    I wouldn't mash the button as double tap calls the drone back to you. Try sending it after a couple targets and if it still stuck then take advantage of that Rigger set and cancel. I suggest moving your position as sometimes when in cover by a wall it will get stuck on the wall. In those tight rooms I often enter the room launch drone send it off then exit the room for cover to avoid the issue.
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