Drone Behavior Logic

• General Features Introduction
• Drone Behavior Queue
• Work Behavior (Only Executable by Gathering Drones)
• Special Combat Behaviors of Cooling Drones
• Drone Operational Mechanisms
  • Summoning Mechanism
  • Energy Consumption
  • Recovery Mechanism

General Features Introduction

1. Prioritizes the leader's target, but will switch to the player's target when the player has their own attack target
2. Auto-protection mode: will not actively attack neutral targets, but will seek out nearby targets that have aggro on the leader
3. Minimum distance between drone and player is 0, maximum distance is 15, optimal distance is 5
4. Drones can attack common Shadow Creatures (because drones have the Insanity tag by default)

Note

• These general features are the basic behavior logic for all drones, but special behavior logic may exist

Drone Behavior Queue

Drone behavior logic follows the following priority order:

Priority	Behavior Type	Description	Execution Condition
1	Work Behavior	Perform resource collection work	Only executable by Collection drones
2	Attack	Attack hostile creatures	Executable by all combat drones
3	Follow	Maintain distance from leader	When there are no attack targets or collectible resources
4	Face Leader	Face toward leader's direction	When there are no other high-priority behaviors
5	Evade	Escape from danger	When a threat is detected
6	Random Wander	Move randomly	When there are no other behaviors

Work Behavior (Only Executable by Gathering Drones)

Gathering drones perform work behaviors in the following priority order, and will only work when within 16 units of the leader:

Priority	Work Type	Target Selection	Special Rules
1	Mine	Seek mineable minerals	Prioritize nearest valid target
2	Chop Trees	Seek mature trees	Prioritize nearest valid target
3	Dig Stumps	Seek objects marked as "stump"	Prioritize nearest valid target
4	Pick Up	Collect items on the ground (avoid containers)	Prioritize nearest valid target
5	Forage	Gather harvestable items like grass and twigs	Prioritize nearest valid target

Work Mechanism Description:

• Drones will prioritize the nearest valid target
• Uses an ignore mechanism to prevent multiple drones from competing for the same target (reference Maxwell's Shadow Servants)
• When the nearest target is slightly outside the work range (but still within 4 units), the drone will still select that target

Special Combat Behaviors of Cooling Drones

Drone IDs are assigned as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 based on the order they are summoned:

Drone Type Setting	ID Number	Combat Strategy	Movement Range Restriction
Free Type	1 or 4	Prioritize attacking the leader's target	No special movement range restrictions
Midfield Type	3 or 5	Adopt passive protection mode, will not force to maintain consistency with leader's target	Maintain target distance of 9, minimum 2, maximum 12
Rear Guard Type	2	Prioritize attacking enemies closest to the leader	Maintain target distance of 4, minimum 0, maximum 8

Drone Operational Mechanisms

Summoning Mechanism

• Summon CD: 10-second cooldown after each summon
• Maximum Quantity: Maximum summonable quantity is determined by Elite Level
  • Initial State: 3
  • Elite 1 State: 4
  • Elite 2 State: 5

Energy Consumption

• Field Maintenance: Each drone consumes 0.04 energy points per second while active
• Enhancement Effect: When equipped with Professional Drone Operation Module, consumption is reduced by 25% (0.03 points/second/unit)
• Energy Depletion: When the Longteng Support Drone's energy is 0, all active drones automatically disappear

Recovery Mechanism

• Use Longteng Support Drone right-click to recall all active drones
• Recovery operation does not return energy consumed during summoning

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