Drop by weight class: Assaults first, wait (x) seconds, drop heavy's, wait (x) seconds, drop rest, start the match.
The mechs can move around and engage prior to drop completion.
In this manner, the fastest mechs will no longer be "leading the rat race" and pull all the drones with them.
This will also encourage lighter mechs to take defensive positions to support teammates or look for better flanking routs or targets of opportunity.
It also makes sense in a strategic and military standpoint, you put your sturdiest mechs out front to draw enemy fire but ONLY with support from allies.
Otherwise these maps are too big for community impatience.
Edited by Dueliest, 17 January 2020 - 02:39 AM.