Overview[]
A Drone formation is a certain setting you can apply to your active drones that forms them into a certain stance around your ship, each with its own stat bonus but at the cost of reducing some other stat. Some drone formations only work with six or more active drones, others if you have four or more. They are permanent once purchased and can be switched instantly once in-game. They are available in the Shop to purchase with both Credits and Uridium.
Below is a table with the formations and the benefits and negatives of them.[]
Drone formation | Icon (stance) | Cost | Effect + | Effect/Other (EP/Honour) | Effect - |
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Turtle | 1,000,000 credits | + 10% shield power | - 7.5% damage | ||
Arrow | 1,000,000 credits | + 20% rocket damage | - 3% laser damage | ||
Lance | 25 friend invites during the Friend Invite Event Not obtainable in the shop.Obtainable in Assembly. |
+ 50% mine damage | No Drawback! | ||
Star | 75,000 Uridium | + 25% rocket damage and 10% evasion | + 33% Rocket Launcher reload time | ||
Pincer | 100,000 Uridium | + 3% damage to other players | + 5% Honour | - 10% Shield Penetration | |
Double Arrow | 75,000 Uridium | + 10% Shield penetration | - 20% Shield power | ||
Diamond | 100,000 Uridium | + Shield regenerates 1% of the maximum shield per second (max of + 5000) | - 30% less HP | ||
Chevron | 75,000 Uridium | + 65% rocket damage | - 20% less HP | ||
Moth | 100,000 Uridium | + 20% shield penetration | + 20% HP | - 5% shield every second | |
Crab | 100,000 Uridium | + 20% shield absorption | -15% Speed | ||
Heart | 100,000 Uridium | + 20% shield and
+20% HP |
- 5% laser damage | ||
Barrage | 100,000 Uridium | + 5% laser damage to Aliens | + 5% EP | - 15% Shield absorption | |
Bat | 125,000 Uridium Not obtainable in the shop. |
+ 8% damage to Aliens | + 8% EP from Alien Kills | - 15% Speed | |
Dome | 150,000 Uridium | Shield points are increased by 30% and regenerate by 0.5% per second
Cooldown times for rockets and rocket launchers are reduced by 25% |
Laser damage and speed are both reduced by 50% | ||
Drill | 150,000 Uridium | Laser damage is increased by 20% | Speed is reduced by 5% | ||
Ring | 150,000 Uridium | Shield points are increased by 85% | Speed is reduced by 5%
Laser damage is reduced by 25% Cooldown times for rockets and rocket launchers are increased by 25%. | ||
Veteran | 150,000 Uridium | Honour is increased by 20% | Laser damage, hit points, and Shield all decreased by 20% | ||
Wheel | 150,000 Uridium | Speed is increased by 5% | Laser damage is reduced by 20% | ||
Wave | 4,950,000 Credits | None | None | None | |
X | 300,000 Credits | + 5% laser damage to Aliens
+5% XP in PVE +8% HP |
Seriously, do NOT use this. | No dmg in PVP
No honor from all sources |
Vant numbers:[]
The vants have assigned numbers to fulfil a slot in a Vant formation, for example:
Trivia[]
- On June 2nd, 2015, Bigpoint released seven new 3D drone formations increasing the total formations available to 13.
- There is a small delay in which you can change your drone formation again.
- The X and Wave formation is the newest credit formations currently, both being terrible.