Are Drone returned messages per-drone, per-portal, or something else?
I've returned a couple dozen drones in the last week, not because I'm targeting them but because I'm targeting areas where drones tend to congregate. I don't have the drone layer turned on when I smash since I'm always hunting for unique caps (the badge isn't going to grow wings by itself), but at the end of a run I do check my count for collateral damage. I also look at comms, and a couple of times this week I've noticed there are fewer comms messages than the increase in my stat.
My speculation: there's only one drone-returned message per portal regardless of how many drones were on it. Possible alternate explanations: Comm is dropping messages some other way, my memory sucks and I'm remembering previous counts wrong. (Side note: I still miss the stats screenshot functionality.)
Anyone know how the comm messages are generated?
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It's as you suggest, the COMM messages are generated per portal, no matter how many drones are actually on it. If you flip a portal that has 8 drones on it, it'll only show one message in COMM, just as if there was only 1 drone as well.
Would love to have one message per drone. With agent name on it 😇
Thanks. One per portal makes the most sense.
It's a nit, but I'd love it if the message said "N drone(s) returned to Agent by..." I don't want to know whose drone it was because I'd rather not have that information broadcast about my own.