I appreciate the advice but that sounded a little like a guess (apologies if not). I am interested in hearing from anyone who has seen them being successfully used with their own eyes and if there was anything in particular that was required as a prerequisite.

We will be all remote repping but I'm not sure about ewar. I'd prefer to keep mids for a tank although I could spring for a navy domi if its likely to be a big aggro draw.

do these mods have to be used? or just fitted? does it make a difference if they are offlined?

I've used both the Domi and the Navy domi with Sentries as you've described.

I GREATLY prefer the Navy Domi for the buffer, but the resists will be the same on either. Your sentries never pull aggro because you have logistics on the field. In frontier command posts there is a slight chance that the frigates MAY aggro your sentries, or that a sentry gun may shoot one of your sentries if you are closer than the warp in.

Also, normal drones shouldn't be getting targeted if you have anybody on the field who has a logistics mod fitted (remote armor, shield transporters). We run mix battleships and Basilisk often, and our Hobgoblins rarely get hit.

Svo.

Also if you want to stick to drones consider using a rattlesnake (or even a gila) - fits a mean shield tank and especially in a pulsar can also be fit to provide a decent amount of remote rep capabilities.

Hmm... A rattlesnake would be a nice shiny but at twice the price of a navy domi, I'm not sure the improvement would make much difference in my case. Can you get more dps out of a rattlesnake? I suspect yes.

You'll want at least two Omnis on any sentry ship, not only for tracking but for range. In addition you'll like a target painters and a web. You can use light drones for the frigs, even though sentries will hit multi-webbed and painted frigs.

Shield RR Domi is much worse than armor RR Domi because it needs the mids for tank and not damage application.

Just tell your buddies to train Domis :)

Don't let the Sleeper frigates get into orbit range. If they do, they will have a higher tendency to target smaller things like drones (sentries and scouts). If you warp in at range, sentries can take out the frigs as they MWD to you at zero transversal, unless you have someone else using light drones. It's funny to hear someone cuss the Sleepers cause they lost a drone or two ... until it happens to you :)

If the frigates get into orbit, you'll have a harder time hitting them with sentries.

Without additional sensor boosting I cant target beyond 90km anyway and I think that's where the Tengus start to struggle with missile range.

Indeed it is. With the mobility of the Tengu, it's easy to overcome this problem though. The enormous green space poo that is the Dominix will never be described as fast or agile. For that matter, neither will a Rattlesnake. A Gila may suffice instead.

It shouldn't be a problem. If range becomes an issue, we anchor on one ship until we're in range, then return to formation, so there wont be shooting on the fly anyway. In principle, all the Gila would do differently is scoop and deploy drones before and after the moves respectively.

Hmm... A rattlesnake would be a nice shiny but at twice the price of a navy domi, I'm not sure the improvement would make much difference in my case. Can you get more dps out of a rattlesnake? I suspect yes.