Attack of the Drones, Level 4

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Sun, 21 Jul 2013 04:22 UTC

Faction: Drones
Mission type: Encounter
Space type: Normal (MWD works)
Damage dealt: Exp/Therm - 2% EM, 35% Thermal, 21% Kinetic, 41% Explosive
Web/scramble: Elite Frigates (any Strain Alvi)
Extras: NA
Recommended damage dealing: EM (best all-round), Thermal (secondary)
Recommended ships: Sleipnir, Raven, Dominix, Abbadon, Drake, Apocalypse
Video: http://youtu.be/hAjef0-1Iog

Single Pocket

Auto aggro from Initial Group at warp-in after several seconds.

EACH ship from the Initial Group triggers ONE of the spawns below.
For each ship killed, one Reinforcement Group will be spawned. These spawns may target drones/fleet members.

Important Notes:

Note the ship type pattern for the four reinforcement groups - frigates / destroyers / cruisers / battlecruisers.

The ship numbers in a group will randomly vary between 2-3 for each type.

The mission completion trigger from the initial group is always the closest ship after you had warped in. (This applies as long as you did not use the the warp cancel trick.)

You can also visually identify the mission completion trigger ship if you zoom out your view. It forms the apex, i.e summit, of the "triangle" formed by the four initial ships.

Failing to identify the trigger from the initial group, you can always keep an eye out for the Battlecruiser Reinforcement Group spawn.

Reinforcement groups will target and attack any drones out when they spawn, keep an eye on your drones.

Attack of the Drones Bliz picture showing the layout of the starting spawn and the 'odd man out' that ends the mission

To manage aggro, do not kill the trigger ships all at once. Eliminate an incoming reinforcement group first, before you trigger the next group.

You may warp-in at any distance : Inititate the first time warp, cancel it and then warp in at your preferred distance.

The Supreme Alvus Parasite/Alvus Ruler battleships can be sniped or outrun. Their max attack distance is around 35 km, and they move very slowly.

Mission is flagged completed once all ships from the Battlecruiser Reinforcement Group have been eliminated.

You do not have to kill all ships for this to be marked complete, just kill the ship circled above and the reinforcement group and the mission will be complete.

Blitz

Identify and kill the trigger ship which spawns the Battlecruiser Reinforcement Group. This is always the drone in the initial group that spawns closest to the beacon.

Kill all ships in the Battlecruiser Reinforcement Group.

Video

This is only one of many ways to do this.
http://youtu.be/hAjef0-1Iog

Bounty

8m to 10m (depends on spawns)

Mining

There are 2.221.119 units of Veldspar to mine.

Ships detail:

		Orbit	Max. Velocity	Shield (HP)	Armor (HP)	Shield Resistances (%)				Armor Resistances (%)				DPS (HP/s)
		Orbit	Max. Velocity	Shield (HP)	Armor (HP)	EM	EXP	KIN	TM	EM	EXP	KIN	TM	EM	EXP	KIN	TM
4x	Bomber Alvum	17,625m	450m/s	1600	650	27	57	47	37	27	57	47	37	-	20	-	-
3x	Strain Infester Alvi	1,800m	900m/s	125	350	19	55	44	32	19	55	44	32	-	3	9	-
12x	Supreme Alvus Parasite	33,750m	350m/s	3500	6500	44	74	64	54	44	74	64	54	-	-	12	48
3x	Predator Alvior	11,984m	500m/s	275	650	10	40	30	20	10	40	30	20	-	17	5	-
3x	Nuker Alvum	16,875m	450m/s	1600	650	29	59	49	39	29	59	49	39	-	10	-	-
3x	Striker Alvatis	5,000m	400m/s	1000	2000	30	60	50	40	30	60	50	40	-	12	42	-
28 total ships		Averages/Totals		57,400	91,550	40	70	60	50	41	71	61	51	-	206	312	576

CategoryMissions
CategoryLevel4

EVE-Survival : AttackoftheDrones4

Revision [18749]

Attack of the Drones, Level 4

Single Pocket

Initial Group (Auto-aggro): (20-28km)

Frigate Reinforcement Group (Auto-aggro): (23-27km)

Destroyer Reinforcement Group (Auto-aggro): (23-27km)

Cruiser Reinforcement Group (Auto-aggro): (23-27km)

Battlecruiser Reinforcement Group (Auto-aggro): (23-27km)

Tips

Blitz

Video

Bounty

Mining

Ships detail: