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Which drones to use on a Dominix for lvl 4 missions?
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Punisher Ofara
Amar Adventurers
#1 - 2017-04-28 15:13:20 UTC
Hi guys,

Which drones should I be looking at for a Dominix lvl4 mission runner? I don't mean which damage types, but should I get like 10 x lights, 5 x mediums, 5 x sentries, or stick to only two types etc?

The plan is to do mostly drone damage, just have a couple of zzzap guns for fun (I like sticking to pulse lasers for some reason).
Soel Reit
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2017-04-28 15:58:49 UTC
it depends on your environment etc.

if you are in HS and mjd at 100km and then use sentries... then you need only them.
if you are in LS then you need to be prepared for everything, aka you need sentries for mission, light to kill tackle and heavy to dps anything bigger than a destroyer.
Punisher Ofara
Amar Adventurers
#3 - 2017-04-28 16:04:54 UTC
Thanks for the input. Yeah I should have mentioned that I'm planning on doing these missions in high sec only. MJD and sentries might be the way to go.
Roci Nantes
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2017-04-28 16:41:35 UTC
If you have the skills your sentry damage/range/tracking will be baller. I always keep a mix of different sizes. Some of those mission frigs are fast, sometimes you will mjd into a bad spot and maybe be closer than you want. You can have two sets of sentries a medium and light flight.

Once you get proficient at scooping your sentries and mjd to other locations it will be less of an issues. Though, at some point something will get under those sentries and being able to kill a single frig instead of scooping and jumping again can save you some time and effort.

At some point you will likely mjd and leave those poor babies behind... I had to rescue many drones...
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#5 - 2017-04-29 16:07:48 UTC
I typically go with 5 short range sentry, 5 long range sentry, a few backup sentries, and a mix of lights to kill stuff. some missions I'll use 5 heavies, 5 sentries if I know everything will be at short range. Damsel is good for ogres/gardes, and most angel missions are good for bouncers/berserkers

although with the domi's bonuses it might make sense to go 5 short range sentry, 5 long range sentry, 5 heavy. most npc frigs orbit at heavy drone speeds so the effective transversal is very good and heavy drones can shred npc frigs.

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Sylvia Kildare
Kinetic Fury
#6 - 2017-05-05 14:56:24 UTC
Roci Nantes wrote:
If you have the skills your sentry damage/range/tracking will be baller. I always keep a mix of different sizes. Some of those mission frigs are fast, sometimes you will mjd into a bad spot and maybe be closer than you want. You can have two sets of sentries a medium and light flight.

Once you get proficient at scooping your sentries and mjd to other locations it will be less of an issues. Though, at some point something will get under those sentries and being able to kill a single frig instead of scooping and jumping again can save you some time and effort.

At some point you will likely mjd and leave those poor babies behind... I had to rescue many drones...


I lost my very first Dominix (very first BS period) back in 2013 thanks to MJDing back to rescue my faction sentries in the Guristas room of Worlds Collide and then having to wait out the damned 3 minute MJD timer while a frig pointed me.

Never forget. (sniff)