Testing the Tank Drone

[NoobKid]

quote="TheFlame52, post:10, topic:7567"Test: the player taking a SEVERAL 120mm HEAT to the face
Results:

THIS IS WHY I MADE A BACKUP, NOOBKID YOU SUICIDAL BASTARD[/quote]
Er, thanks?

[NoobKid]

What about RM20 burst point-blank?

[TheFlame52]

Test: RAMMING IT WITH A HUGE-ASS TRUCK

Results: It only got one shot off with the mortar and one burst with the rifle before I ran it down. Would recommend, and you probably don’t even have to armor-plate the vehicle unless you want to use it again.

[jokaro]

What about a smaller vehicle? A pickup?

[TheFlame52]

Test: ramming it with a pickup truck
Results: The front of the truck is shot to hell. The battery is broken, too, so I won’t be driving this back to base. But fixing a pickup truck is an easy half-day job for a mid-level survivor, so it’s a good trade-off for eliminating a very dangerous enemy. Would recommend.

[Sunflash]

The question then becomes: What is the minium ‘size’ vehicle required to kill a tank drone via crashing into it? Obviously a bike wouldn’t work, but what WOULD it take?

[Dark_Star]

AN HUM-WEE!!! ^ xD xD but…it could be,it’s well armored :3

[Arek_PL]

my hummer survived 3 landmines so maybe they can take few 120 mm HEAT rounds and some 5.62

[KA101]

[quote=“TheFlame52, post:15, topic:7567”]Test: ramming it with a pickup truck
Results: The front of the truck is shot to hell. The battery is broken, too, so I won’t be driving this back to base. But fixing a pickup truck is an easy half-day job for a mid-level survivor, so it’s a good trade-off for eliminating a very dangerous enemy. Would recommend.[/quote]

I recently added a “pickup truck”, as we’d been using a much-larger-IRL “flatbed truck” to stand in. Which were you driving?

(Asked because in latest experimental you shouldn’t be able to move roller drums with the electromagnet CBM. Too heavy.)

[HunterAlpha1]

[quote=“Arek_PL, post:18, topic:7567”]my hummer survived 3 landmines so maybe they can take few 120 mm HEAT rounds and some 5.62 5.56[/quote]FTFY.

[Exqupalaquateql]

I got killed by it while driving in my car at 48km/h. I wasnt expecting it and it hit me with a 120mm shot while it was still offscreen. The car just exploded and I died.

[KA101]

I got killed by it while driving in my car at 48km/h. I wasnt expecting it and it hit me with a 120mm shot while it was still offscreen. The car just exploded and I died.

Huh. Tank drones have VIS_50 so you should see them first if there’s no blockage in the sightline. (After that, freak occurrences can happen where one party sees the other but not vice versa…)

[stk2008]

Hmmm so this is the thing that killed me in my last game.

Was just about to head into a house and see a trail of smoke head towards me then DEATH :(./

[jokermatt999]

I get that the game needs more challenging enemies for high level characters, but having tank drones just waiting around randomly on the roads kind of sucks. They feel like an extremely cheap death in that they can easily one shot newer characters, have crazy range, and even splash damage. If they were in the bottom of some military tank hangar they’d feel balanced but randomly wandering into one isn’t fun at all.

[Jarlaxle]

I get that the game needs more challenging enemies for high level characters, but having tank drones just waiting around randomly on the roads kind of sucks. They feel like an extremely cheap death in that they can easily one shot newer characters, have crazy range, and even splash damage. If they were in the bottom of some military tank hangar they’d feel balanced but randomly wandering into one isn’t fun at all.

I said the same thing about zoose, minus putting them into a military hangar, until I figured tactics and strategy.
When I first started play CCDA it was all I could not to die in the firs day with a cheat character, now I can get a regular survivor with regular good/bad traits and no starting skills and clear a whole town in a couple of days unless a tank drone shows up. It’s all a learning process.

[Valpo]

You can still die to bad luck even if you are experienced. I discovered a chickenwalker around a house corner which killed me within 2 rounds in which i could not react. Life ain t always fair

[SBombay]

Seeing how this thread is linked to from the Tank Drone Wiki page I felt it was OK to necro post to update some information.

As of 0.C 6399 experimental a stick of dynamite only does moderate damage taking a tank drone to about half health. This was from a radio dynamite bomb on a RC car detonated while directly beside the drone. So dynamite no longer one shots these guys.

[hexman]

[quote=“SBombay, post:27, topic:7567”]Seeing how this thread is linked to from the Tank Drone Wiki page I felt it was OK to necro post to update some information.

As of 0.C 6399 experimental a stick of dynamite only does moderate damage taking a tank drone to about half health. This was from a radio dynamite bomb on a RC car detonated while directly beside the drone. So dynamite no longer one shots these guys.[/quote]

I think M72 LAW still does decent damage though I’m not sure. I prefer to leave them alone when possible instead of (possibly) destroying my truck by ramming them down.

And feel free to add some useful tips on the wiki page (http://cddawiki.chezzo.com/cdda_wiki/index.php?title=Tank_drone). The wiki could use a little help though, it has been left out-of-sync for far too long.

[mlangsdorf]

I know I one-shotted a tank drone with an M72 LAW about a month ago with a then current experimental. You don’t have to be completely accurate with the LAW either.

[Arek_PL]

they use tier cannon agaist cars, infantry is attacked with other tank weapons so they are not that big threat too

for weapons i still suggest car ramming, there is a reason why my cars got thier vital components in back not front