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Hey guys

i would love some commentary on drone controllers and how they function.

Do you need to maintain unit cohesion for drones to benefit from a drone controller?

Drone controler affects drones in the bearer's unit. You can't voluntarily break squad coherency. So yeah you do.

TheKoop wrote:
Do you need to maintain unit cohesion for drones to benefit from a drone controller?

Your question seems to imply that you think a model with Drone Controller can affect drones that are in a different unit from him. He cannot.
And, as already mentioned, since units must maintain coherency at all times (and try to reform when out of coherency), then this question doesn't really make sense. Could you rephrase what you're asking?

He might be wondering if the drones have to be within 2" of the controller to benefit, in which case the answer is no. They just have to be in the same unit.

A model with a drone controller can buy drones for the unit (shield, missile, gun,marker, etc...) but if he is killed, the drones are removed. They operate within the unit and are jet pack infantry.
Hope this helps

 migs6357 wrote:
A model with a drone controller can buy drones for the unit (shield, missile, gun,marker, etc...) but if he is killed, the drones are removed. They operate within the unit and are jet pack infantry.
Hope this helps

It doesn't because you're wrong. You don't need a Drone Controller to buy drones, and the drones aren't removed if the owning model is killed. There's a whole page of rules on how to handle the drones in various circumstances, and they're quite clear.

 migs6357 wrote:
A model with a drone controller can buy drones for the unit (shield, missile, gun,marker, etc...) but if he is killed, the drones are removed. They operate within the unit and are jet pack infantry.
Hope this helps

Just want to reiterate with Chrysis, this is quite wrong. Drones are NOT killed if the drone controller is killed. They are completely non-reliant on each other. Page 33 of the codex is crystal clear on this.

I'm not sure if migs6357 was saying it, but in addition you don't need a drone controller to buy drones. Also, Drone Controllers do not work with missile drones, and only Broadsides can take missile drones (see latest FAQ).

Reads like someone doesn't have the new codex.

 HoverBoy wrote:
Reads like someone doesn't have the new codex.

I don't have the new codex yet.

 migs6357 wrote:

 HoverBoy wrote:
Reads like someone doesn't have the new codex.

I don't have the new codex yet.

then what the heck are you doing commenting on rules you don't know yet?

Edit:

Added the word yet

and changed the word hell to heck.

 Scipio Africanus wrote:

 migs6357 wrote:

 HoverBoy wrote:
Reads like someone doesn't have the new codex.

I don't have the new codex yet.

then what the heck are you doing commenting on rules you don't know yet?

Edit:

Added the word yet

and changed the word hell to heck.

Yeah you reeeeeeaaaallly should get the codex before you proclaim that you know stuff... Not a good plan - usually results in ridicule and/or slander.