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Sol ion
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Posted - 2006.05.25 13:18:00 -
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I have space for either 5 light drones or 2 medium and 1 light.
What are the benefits of the options above, as I need to know where to focus my training.
Thanks
SOL
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Jacques Archambault
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Posted - 2006.05.25 13:23:00 -
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Depends what you're up against really. The smaller drones fly faster, making them harder to hit for larger ships. They work best against frigates, but against cruisers and above they don't do much damage. Medium drones work well against frigates also (they pack more punch), but don't fly as fast which makes them more vulnerable to dmg from larger ships. Medium drones are the best of both worlds imho, in particular the T2 versions of them. Large drones may have problems hitting frigates as these do not fly as fast as their smaller counterparts. They do however do great damage against cruisers and other Battleships.
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Sol ion
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Posted - 2006.05.25 13:26:00 -
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Thanks for the detail.
Think based on that I will go with the 2 med, 1 light then.
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Jacques Archambault
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Posted - 2006.05.25 13:27:00 -
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 Originally by: Sol ion
Thanks for the detail.
Think based on that I will go with the 2 med, 1 light then.
Thing is, you'll probably want to look for a combination that deals out the most damage (and can kill your targets the fastest). Might want to consider that also.
If you haven't done so already, make sure to take drones along that deal the damage type which your opponents have low resistances in.
Good luck!
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Pang Grohl
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Posted - 2006.05.25 16:43:00 -
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Also consider that 5 light drones will do more damage than 2 med & 1 light drone.
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Lygos
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Posted - 2006.05.25 17:14:00 -
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My advice is to carry 5 lights by default whenever possible. Generally, they will not kill a typical inty pilot, but they will either allow you to hold your ground or to escape. This applies to a single, possibly two hostile inties.
You can use them to kill rival drones if nothing else. The only time I would consider not having them, is if you have 50m3 space on a cruiser, and have another anti-inty solution in mind, or in gang. If you have 75m3, then you typically want 5med and 5small instead of 3 heavy. If you have 125m3, I recommend 5 light and 4 heavy.
As for damage type, that depends on you and your gang. Some like to pick a complement of drones that gives them all damage types. Like an amarr might get kin/expl in the hopes that an initial volley from lasers might have stripped some shields from that inbound inty. Other people prefer to focus on just one thing, in the hopes that they have the correct weakness preselected, like an unamplified kinetic attribute on a vagabond. It depends on what you feel your gang needs.
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Wizerud
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Posted - 2006.05.25 18:11:00 -
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You might also want to consider the fact that you need Drones at level 5 in order to use all 5 drones. This may or may not be relevant in your case 
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GC13
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Posted - 2006.05.25 18:16:00 -
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Smaller drones now do more damage per m^3 they take up in the drone bay than larger drones. Hence, the only important thing is to be using as many drones as you can use (and obviously using the largest drones you can to do this, assuming you're attacking a bigger target like a cruiser or battlecruiser) to do optimum damage.
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Benglada
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Posted - 2006.05.25 22:44:00 -
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2 of a lower class drones do more damage then 1 of a higher EG: 2 light drones out damage 1 medium drone of the same type, 2 medium drones out damage 1 heavy drone of the same type. (i use 5 light drones on my ishkur atm)
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Originally by: Wrangler
Unfrtinately you dnot get to vote.. 
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Himo Amasacia
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Posted - 2006.05.27 01:12:00 -
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Actually thats wrong in part. Yes 2 lights do more than 1 medium (base damage 7.5 light vs 12 for med) but 1 heavy actually does the same damage as 2 mediums (base 12 for meds vs 24 for heavies)
You can work out the various favorable combenations yourself. But its actually slightly better to have 3 heavies instead of 5 meds in a 75m3 bay in terms of raw damage. But the big problem with heavies is speed and tracking. The tracking of heavy drones is a bit crap and won't hit frigs much if at all. But it varies by drone type. Thermal drones are the lowest and have the worst traking ( but are the roughest and do the most raw damage) whereas explosive drones are the fastest and have the best tracking.
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DWC LEGION
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Posted - 2006.05.27 05:14:00 -
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Heres a daft question , Can anyone tell me what the point of "Sentry Drones" ? . as they seem to act just like normal drones....but dont go anywhere and very rearly attack anything. 
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Riku Suzuki
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Posted - 2006.05.27 12:49:00 -
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Originally by: DWC LEGION
Heres a daft question , Can anyone tell me what the point of "Sentry Drones" ? . as they seem to act just like normal drones....but dont go anywhere and very rearly attack anything.
Sentry drones guard a specific point in space and will attack anything that enters a radius of that point.
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