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===PvE Tactics===
===PvE Tactics===
(Note - As of the Retribution patch changes were made to NPC drone aggro, this section is deprecated see http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Drones_101#Using_Drones_for_PvE for more updated information on PvE Tactics.)


When piloting drones into missions the usual strategy is for the drone boat to have a powerful active tank with combat drones suited to your enemy faction in the drone bay. The pilot gains and holds the aggro (attention) of the NPC enemies, releases the appropriate drones and orders them to attack, while supplementing their DPS with on-board weapons.
When piloting drones into missions the usual strategy is for the drone boat to have a powerful active tank with combat drones suited to your enemy faction in the drone bay. The pilot gains and holds the aggro (attention) of the NPC enemies, releases the appropriate drones and orders them to attack, while supplementing their DPS with on-board weapons.
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This can be a slow way to run missions, but its demands on your own time are much lower than running missions quickly in a traditional manner.
This can be a slow way to run missions, but its demands on your own time are much lower than running missions quickly in a traditional manner.
(Note - As of Dec 19 2012 this may not work due to changes to NPC drone aggro, see http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Drones_101#Using_Drones_for_PvE)


'''Drone Tanking'''
'''Drone Tanking'''