- Not to be confused with the Manager, which has a similar design.
The Director is a Tier 2 tank in Arras.io. It upgrades from the Basic and can upgrade to the Overseer, Cruiser, Underseer, Spawner, Manager or Big Cheese.
In Siege and other single-team gamemodes, the Director cannot upgrade to the Underseer.
In Arms Race, the Director can also upgrade to the Directordrive, Honcho, Doper, or the Coordinator but cannot directly upgrade to the Big Cheese.
Design
The Director possesses a single Drone Spawner on its front.
Technical
Template:StatComparision (VersusBasic) The Director automatically spawns a maximum of 6 drones from its front spawner at a third of a rate as the fire rate of a Basic. Drones do not despawn over time, and possess their own AI. They can be controlled in a variety of ways to attack enemies.
The Director has a slightly wider FOV than the Basic.
Drones
- Main article: Drones
All Director-family tanks have controls associated with their drones.
Controls
- Auto Fire (Press
E)- On = Drones will move towards the player’s cursor.
- Off = Drones will attack any entities which are “hostile” (Polygons included) automatically if no buttons are pressed. If there is nothing to attack, they will form a pseudo-shield around the tank.
- Shift/Mouse (Right/Left buttons): Holding the left click, or space, on the mouse will make the Drones move to the player’s cursor. Holding right click or shift, causes them to move away from the cursor, holding it will move the Drones in the opposite direction of the mouse’s position as to where the cursor is. For example, holding right click north of the Director will move the Drones south. Using this in open maps is very useful for PvP if the player knows how to use this function well.
- Override (Press
R): Causes the drones to always be passive, making them circle their master. In the case of the Maleficitor, the drones will stay still, allowing them to turn invisible.
Strategy
- Strong Against: Slow Tanks, low DPS Tanks, Sniper classes (when up close), anything slower than the Drones
- Weak Against: Anything faster than the Drones, high DPS/point damage Tanks, Sniper classes (when far away)
As the Director
- Players should use this Tank’s small amount of drones to destroy Polygons to quickly level up.
- Players should try to avoid other Tanks unless the player is facing a weak, unskilled, or vulnerable Tank, or is a skilled Drone user.
- When attacking tanks, players should ambush other tanks that are preoccupied.
Against the Director
- Almost any Tank whose level is above that of the Director can kill it. Shoot toward its Drones and once most are dead, players should aim right at the Director’s Spawner to destroy any new Drones that spawn while dealing damage to the Director at the same time.
- The Director’s Movement Speed is so low that it has very little chance of escaping attacking tanks.
- Rammer tanks, such as the smasher can outrun its drones.
Gallery
Trivia
- This tank was originally named “Manager” (although it could not become invisible), then to “Apprentice,” before being finally renamed to “Director”.
