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It's the fact that you can't use drones in missions anymore.
Try dominix with 5 ogre's.

It's not whining it's a FACT.

Other hints

• Don't have drones behavior set to aggressive - set to passive so they only attack when you have aggro and tell them to attack
• Be very aware of elite frigates, they seem particularly prone to attacking drones - kill them first
• (Something I only found out last night) don't get your main craft out of range of the enemy while leaving the drones in range - if they can't shoot at you, they'll shoot at what they can

This, admittedly, only from Level 3 missions.

The Farce is strong with this one.

What I do is load up precision missiles and use a TP and take out the NPC ships in order of smallest to largest.

Therefore combined drone and precision missile DPS on the ships most threatening to drones ensures that in the majority of the time, the drones don't even get scratched.


Now, how would there be a problem otherwise?


Is somebody AFK?

Been using drones exclusvely for PVE in null sec for ratting .. havnt lost a single sentry in 2+ months of play and have only lost 1 med drone in all that time. I do not find that they get auto target within seconds .. but they do get targeted like all other ships in the area. I watch them closly and return them to drone bay when they are being hit and spit them right back out.

I also fit a med shield repper .. but i usually only use it after the fight to heal any that are still dmged.

I dont think things are anywhere near as bad as the OP suggests .. but maybe my skills are better, or setup with the Gila + Sentries better than having dronesall over the battlefield.

I would imagine one would want to use the right drones at the right range at the right time.

Keep them close to be pulled back in when being dmged, use small quick ones to kills small quick things first and then move out to rats further out when there is less dps comming your way. Maybe pull the drones back in after a few kills to reset aggro.

I have remote shield & armor reppers on my two Rattlesnakes. Works great.

I also have energy transfer between them.

When using a Tengu or Legion for DPS, the NPC ignore all the Rattlesnake drones. When using a Raven Navy Issue, the drones may get aggro, but a few reps and all is well.

0 to 15 km: Ogre II (I even get lazy and use them on frigates, which they are very capable of quickly destroying)
>15 km: Sentries

Don't listen to these people, OP.

Drones are most certainly forbidden now.

In fact, you could be banned for using them to mission.

You should probably stop playing until you're ready to use a different ship.

Gurista extravaganza L4 with my rattlensake last night - not a single drone got agro; not a single drone died. How you ask?

step1 - get agro
step 2 - launch lights to take out everything up to battleships
step 3 - launch senties to pop battleships.
step 4 - recall sentries if new waves spawn and restart at step 1, if not proceed to step 5
step 5 - ???
step 6 - Profit!!!

Don't bother. Still a bore.

No idea what the OP is talking about. I take my Hurricane with its measly complement of drones on missions all the time. Usually come back with all my drones. I suck at Eve, so it can't be how great I am.

It's called agro (agression), one should learn to master it. In some cases, you want drones to take agro away from you.