[Request] Manual Control of Drone Deployment

[lSeraphiml]

Problem:

I can't deploy defense drones when I want to. I can't stop them from deploying when I don't want them to.
For example, I don't want to fight in a hazardous zone because I will be at an disadvantage. So, I rush past the first zone and do a raid run with my Cerberus deeper into the Xenon territory.
However, as soon as a single Xenon ship enters the range, my defense drones started deploying while I'm traveling at a speed of 2.5 km/s.
Because their default behavior is protect the mother ship, they have fly back to me as soon as they deploy since I am more than 2.5 km away from where they have finished deploying.

Solution:

I request addition of following options for drone management:

1. (top priority) Toggle automatic deployment on/off
2. Deploy all now
3. Recall all now(for some reason, recall subordinate button only works on a single defense drone. The rest just goes about their default behavior.)
4. Defend target(which I assume, once the drones are deployed and assigned to the wing of their mother ship, they will listen to wing commands. However, I would like to be able to order my defense drones to do one thing, and fighters under the same wing to take a different order.)
3. (low priority) Deploy only a certain number of defense drones

These are my personal requests of what I would like to see added into the game. Please take a look and consider their addition. Thank you.

[suilala]

I agree, drones are not deploying anymore on my ship... I would like improvements on giving orders to drones because they are useless... Please devs help us playing the way it's meant to be played...
THX

[GCU Grey Area]

1. (top priority) Toggle automatic deployment on/off

This at least is already in the game. Can set a key to toggle drone launching in controls/general/misc section. Switches them between armed & disarmed status. Generally keep my drones on 'attack my current enemy' & tap the key to deploy them when close to the enemy. When the fight's over I tap the key again & wait for surviving drones to return & dock.

[Sturmer]

This at least is already in the game. Can set a key to toggle drone launching in controls/general/misc section. Switches them between armed & disarmed status. Generally keep my drones on 'attack my current enemy' & tap the key to deploy them when close to the enemy. When the fight's over I tap the key again & wait for surviving drones to return & dock.

It is possible to recall them as well? Cause last night my Wyvern was waiting for a cargo drone for like 20 minutes because it was stuck in empty space for no reason. xD