Remove the drones that players can control after being eliminated. During intense firefights, several drones may gather around the remaining players and generate enough noise to make important gameplay sounds difficult to hear. Having many drones flying nearby can become distracting and interfere with the experience of players who are still alive.
When people are in a 1vs1 environment why is there another 8 drones flying around in my ear
"Drones need to be removed after you die" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-08-31), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
I agre 100% this is so annoying!!
I think it should be implemented as a host option. So you can enable/disable this.
I think the current spectator drone system could use some rebalancing. In some game modes, players automatically get access to a drone after dying. The drone allows the eliminated player to actively scout the map and locate enemies for their teammates. While I understand the intention behind this mechanic and think drones themselves are a great addition, I feel that allowing eliminated players to gather live information creates an unintended advantage - especially when combined with external voice communication such as Discord. For example, a player can successfully flank and eliminate an enemy, only for that eliminated player to immediately use their spectator drone to locate them and communicate their position to the rest of their team. This can undermine successful flanks and reward players for information they wouldn't otherwise have access to after dying. Suggested change Instead of automatically receiving a drone after death, I would suggest that eliminated players go directly into normal spectator mode. At the same time, drones could remain in the game as an actual Gadget/Utility choice in the loadout. For example: Frag Grenade Flashbang FPV Drone RC Car Other future gadgets This would make the drone a meaningful tactical choice. Players who want reconnaissance could sacrifice another utility slot to bring one, rather than receiving unlimited or automatic access to one after death. A limited battery, flight time, or deployment cooldown could also prevent drones from becoming too powerful while still keeping them useful. I think this would preserve what makes drones interesting while reducing the amount of information that dead players can provide to their team. It would also make successful kills and flanks feel more rewarding, without having to remove drones from the game entirely. In short: keep drones as a tactical gadget, but don't give them to players after they die.
"Rework Spectator Drones to Prevent Dead-Player Intel" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-02), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
I think depending on the game mode they should be in some. or maybe a battery life.
"Ability not to have drone after player dies" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-03), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
The post-death drones are essentially being used as a form of cheating. Having 8 dead players flying drones around and constantly shouting things like “he’s behind this corner” completely ruins the intensity of a 1v1. Once you’re the last player alive, you should be able to rely on your own information and game sense. Instead, you can have an entire team of dead players watching you and feeding your opponent your exact position. It takes away the tension, strategy, and skill from those final 1v1 situations.
When competitive modes are in the full game there should definitely be no post death drones
Cmon guys, you can shoot them. Though, disabling proximity chat for drones would have been nice
Yeah I almost always crash this crap right after death. It should be disabled.
i actually enjoy the spectator drones. its arguably my favorite part of that game mode. i think it adds a potentially useful way to keep downed players entertained and still helpful to the rest of their team by making call outs, until the round resets, and the chaos of dealing with a swarm of drones you cant easily determine are friendly or not is more anxiety enducing and engaging than annoying. even more when you cant really tell if its a suicide drone. not only do i hope this stays in, i hope its expanded upon more.
Currently, when a player dies and spawns as a spectator drone, it remains fully visible and audible (via proximity chat) to alive players. This breaks realism and creates an unfair advantage, as dead players can hover over enemies and reveal their positions. Spectator drones should be completely invisible and muted to anyone still alive in the round.
No hate, but there needs to be a downvote option. Shooting drones down is another part of the bodycam that makes it unique and is a part of its skill ceiling.
They 100% need removing from versus at least. You can't have a 1 life event where you spent 5 minutes being chased by guys flashing torches at you from their drones, griefing in local chat and directly their team towards you. It sucks.
Why the drones can speak after death? This ruind the game feeling!!!!
Either make them togglable in match creation menu or make them invisible and silent for alive players in match.
Remove the drones that players use on wait . the constant bee sound in the headsets are un-playable and annoying. everytime i enter that lobby that when you die u control a drone , i leave instant. headaches and brain pain with 5-6 drones goind beeeeeeezzzzeeeeeezz over your head , i throw up.
1000% agree! 1. you are dead, why can you operate a drone? 2. in wing man, killing an opponent is like showing your hand to the guy youre betting against. shouldnt exist 3. People are a#$Holes.... i understand they are easy to take down, but flashing that light in my eyes is about the stupidest thing i think this game allows. really really displeased with this being allowed.
No sense of this, if your are dead, you are dead. This drones are a big headache
doesnt make sense a death guy exploit a enemy for u team, ins't imersive and a bad thing for this game
Be able to turn off spectator drones due to players monitoring positions of enemy team!
Remove Drones After Death !!!!! 5vs 5 and all you hear is drone sound ,,,, every match is not playable with this shit....
Remove spectator drones or make them invisible and inaudible. This is not going to take away from realism, it's just a spectator system. Many times when almost everyone dies, and you know enemies have used their last drones, there will be drones flying and buzzing around you both green and red ones - this being very distracting and annoying. Unless it servers some purpose I can't figure out what it is, but their usage after death is being abused more than used for any possible good. People use them to however exactly above your head or spin around you on the floor. People 'ram' with many drones into last teammates or enemies. The entire thing looks ridiculous. Imo, these spectator drones should not be visible to alive players. Random suggestions: Rework how drones can be utilised when a player dies - maybe a drone could act as a somewhat 2nd chance, for example if a player dies they get to spawn 1 drone somewhere in the map, essentially imitating one's opposition in drone warfare. I see this being balanced by allowing let's say 50% of dead teammates being chosen on random/shifting basis to be able to control a drone. (so it doesn't look like massive drone-only warfare each round, so it doesn't get tiring. Maybe even less, a 1/4 of players etc. etc.) Alternatively, depending how many drones were launched during the round, if a player dies with un-launched drone then they are given to pilot a drone after a death. Essentially, either each time 1 unused drone per dead player OR about 50% (or less) of the team are given this ability on random/shifting basis.
agree, we are all wearing body came, just let us spectate a living team members body cam if anything, on the trench map it does add a feel of the current conflict vibe with the constant drones overhead in trench warfare i guess, but the other smaller maps it kills the immersion for me.
The players that get killed or freshly spawn in, are drones that fly freely all over the map. This is annoying for the players still fighting. And on top of that, the give away the location of the enemy. Please remove that ability. Instead just let the dead players spectate their team members. Or maybe limit the drones to at least 50 meters minimum altitude on maps that make sense.
then shoot the drones? like there here to distract you but at the same time give you an option to see where you made a mistake. i think its cool to free roam if anything certain game modes make them invisible or the option to just not fly it
i agree. drones cant be operated by a corpse. not realistic. its the only part of the game that doesn't fit for me.
REMOVE SPECTATOR DRONES COMPLETELY PLEASE DEVS PLEASE, they are way too annoying, we have kamikaze drones and rc cars and sentinel drones for info
ive never found why they thought this is a good idea so many night maps ruined just because the drones are flying around strobing where im at or the enemy is
Could be a server side option, currently I enjoy this mechanic as a operator and drone, it provides something to do to downed players, mainly flashing out people who camp too much. You can always shoot down drones ofc.
could maybe be something that can be used, if theres some kind of built up point system in game. as its quite OP
"No Drone-View for dead players in Versus mode" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
"Spectator Drone Hindrance & Griefing - Disable / Rework this system entirely" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
"Remove Drones" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
"Spectator drones!" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-07), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
"pls make spectator drone invisible and inaudible for team and enemies" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-07), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
"Spectating drones in Versus mode are too distracting and leak alive players positions." (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
"Make Spectator Drones Invisible and Muted to Alive Players" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
"ability to disable spectator drones when hosting a lobby" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-03), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
"Remove the drones that players use on wait . the constant bee sound in the headsets are un-playable" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
I think its really fun and it gives the game a unique identity. I like it, dont remove it please. Also the opinion of Smooth Operator is perfect "I think it should be implemented as a host option. So you can enable/disable this"
make it so they cant talk while using the drone