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Leetha Layne
#1 - 2012-01-04 17:28:17 UTC
After much procrastination, I am about to queue up Sentry Drone Interfacing 5 so I can get to T2 sentries. Just need to know once more how much better they are....
Derath Ellecon
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-01-04 17:57:15 UTC
Worth ever second of the 17 days it took to train imo
Leetha Layne
#3 - 2012-01-04 18:13:03 UTC
Got tired of using the excuse of " faction drones are almost the same" so here we go......
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#4 - 2012-01-04 18:24:38 UTC
Drones die. Faction drones cost a bloody fortune. T2 drones cost a far smaller fortune. It's an SP vs ISK thing.

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Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#5 - 2012-01-04 18:30:59 UTC
Steve Ronuken wrote:
Drones die. Faction drones cost a bloody fortune. T2 drones cost a far smaller fortune. It's an SP vs ISK thing.


Not in the case of sentry drones. T2 are just plain way, way better even than faction sentries. Extra damage, extra optimal, extra falloff... there's just no comparison.

The fact that T2 sentries are also cheaper is just icing.
Beef Knuckleback
Pawnstars INC
#6 - 2012-01-04 18:38:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Beef Knuckleback
I have solid combat drone skills - T2 scout/medium, T2 heavies, T2 sentries. Trained them in that order.

Since I trained T2 sentries the only time I've used heavy drones at all is when I'm AFKing Guristas or Serpentis missions in a PST Ishtar. For all practical PVE purposes, T2 sentries aren't just an upgrade to T1 sentries, they're a flat-out replacement for T1/T2 heavies as well.

IME the only exception is Angel missions - if you're flying a drone boat without drone mods, Bouncers are kinda crap.

I've since moved on to missile boats - a CNR with T2 Gardes puts out a SWEET amount of DPS.

Arrow In short, T2 sentries are worth the training time.
Leetha Layne
#7 - 2012-01-04 19:07:11 UTC
The purchase of a Rattler convinced me it was time to do this even though I am in a perception/willpower state with no remaps for a bit.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#8 - 2012-01-04 19:17:08 UTC
Leetha Layne wrote:
The purchase of a Rattler convinced me it was time to do this even though I am in a perception/willpower state with no remaps for a bit.


The odds of mapping specifically for drones are pretty slim anyhow (you pretty much have to train capital skills to make a full year worthwhile). Per/will is slightly faster on drone skills than int/mem, so you might as well go for it.
Liang Nuren
No Salvation
Divine Damnation
#9 - 2012-01-04 19:22:28 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Leetha Layne wrote:
The purchase of a Rattler convinced me it was time to do this even though I am in a perception/willpower state with no remaps for a bit.


The odds of mapping specifically for drones are pretty slim anyhow (you pretty much have to train capital skills to make a full year worthwhile). Per/will is slightly faster on drone skills than int/mem, so you might as well go for it.


Nah, you just need to spend 2 years mapped to perc/willpower and find that there's virtually nothing left to train. A year of electronics/drones is pretty easy to justify after that. :P

-Liang

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