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Sentry Drone Tanking
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Ellspeth Murdron
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#1 - 2013-01-27 20:07:51 UTC
So I was wondering: now that alot of PVE targets will swap to drones, how might we use this to tank some damage for us?

Downsides is that it'd take up 5 of our active targets (i.e. if we lock up all 5 sentry drones) and 1-2 highslots for remote (shield??) reppers.

Thinking that this might be good for the rattlesnake with it's 2 utility highslots (though a DCA is good in at least one of these slots).

I guess I'm curious... do rats in missions reliably swap to drones, or is it too random to reduce tank by alot and try to use drones for the tanking?
Kasutra
No Vacancies
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#2 - 2013-01-27 20:58:57 UTC
Locking *all* the drones is probably overkill. Just watch the drone overview like a hawk and lock it if it starts taking damage. Those things take a bit of a beating.

But no, they don't reliably switch to targeting sentries. Still, if you're not using all your cap or drone range, I guess you might as well.
Not that I find it very likely that a Rattlesnake is going to have trouble tanking in most PVE scenarios...
Whang'Lo
Cosmically Irrelevant
#3 - 2013-01-28 22:26:25 UTC
I've been doing this in a domi.

The thing is it really sucks without a sensor booster, as the lock times on the drones are pretty long.

x1 RR does the trick.

[u]A Paranoid is just someone with all the facts - William Burroughs[/u]