Why can't shield or armor repair drones fix your own ship?
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nathan cox
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The most straightforward answer is that you simply can't target yourself. If you could there's no reason you couldn't use them on yourself.
Ditto – this is the most straight-forward answer. While not exactly helpful (grin), it is 100% accurate.
Melissa Blick
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They were designed to supplement remote repair modules, not for local repair.
wardeneo
they were created to assist gang members, much like remote repair modules, in such tanking strategies as "spider tanking" (you repair a friend and he repairs you) not to assist local repair.
-Wardeneo-
Owen Hughes
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Balance in my opinion. Drones already add a lot of versatility. More tank would be too much versatility for a solo ship.
dr whatup
Can the drones be assigned to a fellow fleet member who then repairs you as an alternative?
no only Fighters (and Bombers?) from a carrier can be assigned to gang members… the only things you can do with drones, is to tell them to guard or assist a gang member… http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Controllingdrones(Guide)#Commanding_drones
the question title could be better… “why can’t Repair Drones work on owner?” or something along those lines would be better