Missions & Complexes

Hello forum goers!

I come with a question. I haven't done missions since the drone AI changes. I used to dual box a raven and ishtar in level 4's while pvp opportunities were scarce on this account.

I had just got my little Ishtar trained up on my account to see these changes launched, so I got a month of missioning from it at best i reckon.

Now I'm not one to step away from the challenge of course. I have no issue with harder AI and I think I have a game plan before I start testing the dual boxing out again.

Normally I'd collect agro with raven and send in ishtar to drop sentries, assign to raven then orbit like a mofo while my raven suddenly gets +650dps or so.

Now I envisage having to fly out to 50km + from the raven before Ishtar engages so there is distance between my precious sentries and the evil HACs and elite frigates intent on murdering them.

Slower mission of course but at least my drones have more of a fighting chance of not getting pewed.

Is this about right?

For those that need info on fits.

I run T2 fits on raven and ishtar. Raven is cruise/rigor, 1 tp rest tank mids. The ishtar is passive shield, AB and DDA's.
To recap, raven warps into mission, collects agro, pews like a mofo (as much as a raven can anyway). Ishtar warps in, does nothing but run like a girl away from the npcs till 50-60km away then drops sentries.

Excellent thank you!

I wouldn't worry too much about your sentries. I would keep their HP bars open and fit a small/medium remote rep. When entering a pocket I would either drop sentries to kill frigs, or mwd away to reach that range, or mwd and drop lights. The ishtar gets the 50km it needs pretty quickly. If you don't want to use a prop mod, then take a set of gardes and a different set. You won't be mobile, so if you come in close to stuff, you'll need to use hobs, then switch to garde's, which have no difficulty tracking cruisers (and tons of armor too)