Deadly SL Drones Bug...

[AboveAndBeyond]

Ok.... this 1.2 patch has totally made the OTUS recon drone worthless and worse. I play one game and first time I deploy the drone it crushes me and kills me. Then I go up to defend our titan, a prime time to use the Recon drone, and the POS now explodes everytime I deploy it. I tried deploying it crouched, prone, and standing... BOOM BOOM BOOM! WTF!!! I figured maybe the ceiling is now destroying them and I try to deploy it in the hangar and BOOM! So let me get this straight, we went from having 1 wothless squad leader drone, the SD-8 Accipter, to having both drones now being worthless. I wasn't a beta tester, but I found this problem with one game played after downloading the patch. This is a problem that should have been recognized and solved before dropping on the general public. Really lame.... EA I hve stuck for you in alot of posts and even thanked you for a new patch working to solve the known bugs, but you dropped the ball on this one. Recon drone being used as a "stairway to heaven" now serial crushes you with the "Elevator Down to Hell". One of my favorite unlocks in the game is now not only worthless, but now has the potential to kill me the instant I deploy.... Thank You exploiters for making EA "fix" the drone and Thank You EA for dropping the ball on the "fix".

[Buttoneer]

Not been killed by it but I pointed this out during the beta period - I posted a bug report. Please don't tell me that nobody took any notice of this :rolleyes:

My experience was that it would deploy properly the first time but that every other time I tried to give it a go it went boom.

[DarthOps2142]

Ahh, buttoneer is the DEVIL, look at his post count

[AboveAndBeyond]

Well appearently no one heeded your warnings Buttoneer. I have now tried it in singleplayer and the drones are worthless. I have now had it kell me multiple times, get trapped at my waste and prevent me from moving, and had it continually blow up inside the titan. I even have screenshot of and AI in singleplayer that is trapped with an SD-8 Accipter around his waste. Absolutely incredible that EA was aware of this problem and released the patch without fixing this. The very first time I deployed it in multiplay it crushed me to death the minute I deployed it. My brother has now tried the drone out in single player and the same probelms are occuring for him. I have been killed before when my drone got EMP'd but this was nothing like that. Pure and simple this is a bug that should have not made it through beta testing unfixed.

[Trippet]

Well appearently no one heeded your warnings Buttoneer. I have now tried it in singleplayer and they drones are worthless. I have now had it kell me multiple times, get trapped at my waste and prevent me from moving, and had it continually blow up inside the titan. I even have screenshot of and AI in singleplayer that is trapped with an SD-8 Accipter around his waste. Absolutely incredible that EA was aware of this problem and released the patch without fixing this.

How'd you try the Otus in singleplayer? You have to have a squad of 3 to use the Otus... Is there a way to get the AI bots to join your squad?

[[MyIS]DAD_23]

Not been killed by it but I pointed this out during the beta period - I posted a bug report. Please don't tell me that nobody took any notice of this :rolleyes:
NS!!
It was reported so many times and they did nothing?!?
WTF is wrong with them??

Beta Testing for Ea/Dice=WORTHLESS!

[The_Eliminator]

I beta tested NS and the beta patch and i reported this very flaw about 10 times and they still ignored it?

They are the most useless feedback team in history.

[Argh...]

Yup i noticed it myself as well. Its not killing me but once you lose your drone after spawning the next ones will explode untill you die and respawn. The only solution i found was to pick up another kit of one with otus drone then you can deploy it again.

Unproffesional beta test result implementation. Doesnt suprise me.

[Fakkamajakka]

I used the Otus quite a bit last night on the Titan and off of it. I didn't die. It didn't smack the ceiling and blow up. I guess there are some factors not nailed down yet.

[AboveAndBeyond]

OK.. for the single player squad... just join into an AI squad and hit page up and you become the SL then. So far after more testting this is what I have found. If you are near stairs or walls when you deploy the drone, you die. I now have screenys of the drone crushing me and ,when intially deployed, of it soaring up into the air. The drone is purely screwed up now. I will post some screenshots in a minute if I get them working properly.

[YogiSmith]

There is a way to fix it.

When you die or alive go the the kit customization screen and swap the Otus for the Beacon and then put the Otis back in.

Worked for me last night when I was having problems with it.

[AboveAndBeyond]

I tried swapping out the Beacon and the drone and it still blew up sometimes and crushed me when near buildins or stairs.

[Minmaster]

looks like we need another hotfix...seriously though, why didn't they fix it after all the reported problems during beta? if they don't listen to the testers, why bother even having a beta testing?

[Skates]

How'd you try the Otus in singleplayer? You have to have a squad of 3 to use the Otus... Is there a way to get the AI bots to join your squad?

If you join one of their squads it gives you the option right after you join to become sqaud leader. Just "page up" and you'll be the squad leader.

[(Undecided)]

if they don't listen to the testers, why bother even having a beta testing?

'Cause they catch less flak if they said they tested it.

Looks like I didn't miss anything in my absence. :rolleyes:

[kamikaze cow]

[Dice] CMCK " We are looking into the drone issues" From the 1.19 feedback in this forum. They knew about it.... Just put it back to normal please, the exploit didn't really do much harm anyway...

[King-Poulet]

yeah, my Otus Killed me 3 times yesterday night :mad: EA YOU BASTAGE!

[AboveAndBeyond]

Funny thing... DICE has responded to a "bug" with the titan gun's points by saying "This is a bug.... we are investigating", yet they don't respond to an issue as serious as your own equipment crushing you to death when deployed.

[Lofty]

It doesn't look like any of the bugs reported in the beta were fixed, I think the beta was probably for the next patch (hopefully).

Yes it seems they have ruined the best unlock. I havn't been killed with it yet but the only time I deployed it (when I was outside on the titan) it just blows up instantly. Well done DICE, if theres something wrong with it, get rid of it.

[nadicus]

I'm not surprised, AT ALL!

[Vreki]

I too reported this, both here and on the official forums. And DICE acknowledged it.

It is quite easy to get the feeling that betatesting for EA/DICE is a complete waste of time. It was the same with the BF2142 beta, lots of bug reports that was ignored.

I understand that they need to release 1.20 before NS can be sold, but they could just have removed this "fix" from the patch if they couldn't make it work :rolleyes:

[Kraxis]

I doubt I can say anything that hasn't already been said... But wow! How can it come to this?

[m7kf83sf92]

Killed 3 times by my own drone below me. I think the problem is a fix for dronesurfing, but it spawns below me, and autokills (permanently) me. Useless. I'll go back to using the SLSB, thanks very much. Or try to get that 55 Teamwork ribbon. 3 more SM hours.

[AboveAndBeyond]

Still no word from DICE that I can see. Are we going to have to live (or die)with the drone this way? Please DICE, let us know something.

[DarthOps2142]

The problem with the beta was that there were loads of bug reports which got the response "Could not reproduce" even though loads of people were having the problem.

[Argh...]

Still no word from DICE that I can see. Are we going to have to live (or die)with the drone this way? Please DICE, let us know something.

It would be a miracle if they would fix this soon. One of the greatest assets of teamplay murdered. One of the greatest non teamplaying aggonies (apm ff off added) Yup i am pissed and so are a lot of peeps I play with. I am back in my transport going for 25000 kills and who know i can join TimSad then in his elite club.

[Kraxis]

*EA automated system*

"Wipe player Argh... too many kills with Transport. Must be hacking."

[AboveAndBeyond]

This is a very reproduceable bug. I was easily able to get screenshots of it killing me because I knew as soon as I was going to deploy it it would kill me. notice it one of my screenshots that I still have the 15 seconds until respawn. I got the pic at the instant the drone killed me. The drone blows up every single time it is deployed on the titan. It was impossible for me to make it work in over two dozen attempts in the first game I played on 1.2 patch. How is this a problem that could not be fixed because it was "not reproduceable"? I am a computer simpleton and only testing with the drone for about 2 hours in single player gave me a wealth of info of the locations that the drone was likely to kill you when deployed; as I have posted in this thread. I am sure that DICE has great deal more knowledge about this problem than I, but the fact that the drone didn't have this problem still they fixed it begs the question... If they knew it had a bug, why did they add it to the patch and not wait to fix the more minor problem of drone surfing after they figured out a proper solution?

[Vreki]

If they knew it had a bug, why did they add it to the patch and not wait to fix the more minor problem of drone surfing after they figured out a proper solution?

That is a very good question.

The only thing I can imagine is that some PHB (http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/the_characters/index.html#boss) with necktie-impaired blood flow to the brain made the decision

Developer: We have a problem with a bug in 1.20, we need to fix it before release.
PHB: No Fix. NS Need. Release Now!!!
Developer: But it is a serious bug, at least we need to remove the change that causes it from the patch.
PHB: No Remove. NS Need. Release Now!!!
Developer: But I think that....
PHB No Think. NS Need. Release Now!!!

[AboveAndBeyond]

The employee in question should be hung by said necktie til... DEAD DEAD DEAD hehe

[TheMofficer]

I use the UAV drone all the time, its the most important unlock to me as an assault squad leader. Now 1/4th of the time it kills me on deploy, another 1/4th of the time it blows up instantly when i deploy it. another 1/4th it appears and kills a squad member behind me (I get the TK) and only about 1/4th the time does it work like it used to.

Why did they have to make it instant kill when you come in contact with its movement? Why could they just made it impossible to stand on top of the drone? It would have been a much better fix.

[AboveAndBeyond]

Well, it isn't an instant kill if it touches you. I have survived contacts with my drone while I was testing this problem out. I have taken as little as 2 points of damage from the drone contacting me. The problem is the elevation of the drone fluctuates wildly when it is first deployed. I have screenshots of the drone soaring at 20 meters into the air above me when deployed. I have yet to ascertain what all triggers drone homicides. A few times the drone has even become stuck around my waste like an innertube watertoy and it hasn't killed me; instead leaving me unable to move until using prone position to release myself from the OTUS's hold. I am truly disappointed that EA/DICE felt the need to post on this forum about some other minor bugs with pacth1.2 yet, to the best of my knowledge, has never addressed this issue. As far as I am concerned, the drone bug is the biggest problem with patch 1.2.

[scottmuecke]

You guys seem to be pretty lucky. 1/4 of the time it works? i had a go on Cerebre Landing tonight and tried to deploy the SD-8 numerous times.
50% it blows up,
30% it kills you,
10% it damages you,
10% it works,

i have tried it in countless areas of the map, slopes, near trees, open area. it really doesn't matter.
DEPLOY WHILE PRONE YOU WONT GET KILLED, but it will still probably blow up.

so people could get to high rooftops by surfing... SO WHAT, you can do that with the beacon.the rooftops are useless anyway. whats the big F'N deal?