# Is there a why to stop NPC's from attacking Drones/Fighters? **URL:** \ **Category:** PvE Ships & Modules\ **Created:** [November 2, 2018, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-why-to-stop-npcs-from-attacking-drones-fighters/117647 "2018-11-02T07:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anderson\_Geten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anderson_geten/32/390041_2.png) [@Anderson\_Geten](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anderson_Geten)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-why-to-stop-npcs-from-attacking-drones-fighters/117647/42 "2018-11-13T11:09:08Z")
maybe there was target painters ? increasing the drone sigs may be a way to make it get aggroed. > [@Sebs\_Pride](#): > > I believe you are overpushing how aggressively npcs change aggro pools. I believe you have no idea what he is talking about. Happened twice to me in a VNI, this makes the game figuratively unplayable. launch drone, recall drone, launch drone, recall drone. The moment you don’t notice the drones are taking agro, they die in a matter of seconds. Heavy drones. in a haven. ---
**Author:** ![Sebs\_Pride](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sebs_pride/32/181192_2.png) [@Sebs\_Pride](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sebs_Pride)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-why-to-stop-npcs-from-attacking-drones-fighters/117647/43 "2018-11-13T22:57:42Z")
> [@Anderson\_Geten](#): > > I believe you have no idea what he is talking about. Happened twice to me in a VNI, this makes the game figuratively unplayable. launch drone, recall drone, launch drone, recall drone. > The moment you don’t notice the drones are taking agro, they die in a matter of seconds. > Heavy drones. > in a haven. I must not. I have never experienced it before in all my time playing. I fly an apoc and do forsaken hubs, so I’ll admite Im not super versed in it, as the biggest drones I fly are mediums and the one frigates I face are elites. As frequently deal with them constantly focusing my light drones to the point I now use navy drones. But you know, elite frigates. ---
**Author:** ![techzer0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/techzer0/32/101314_2.png) [@techzer0](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/techzer0)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-why-to-stop-npcs-from-attacking-drones-fighters/117647/44 "2018-11-14T06:51:30Z")
> [@kassi\_Yaken](#): > > its not just sentry drones they even attack my mining drone Drones are a weapon system. It just turns out their counter is killing them. Every other weapon system has a counter too. ---
**Author:** ![PI\_farmer1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/pi_farmer1/32/133289_2.png) [@PI\_farmer1](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/PI_farmer1)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-why-to-stop-npcs-from-attacking-drones-fighters/117647/45 "2018-12-09T23:14:54Z")
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature ---
**Author:** ![Norman\_D](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/norman_d/32/147199_2.png) [@Norman\_D](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Norman_D)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-why-to-stop-npcs-from-attacking-drones-fighters/117647/46 "2018-12-10T02:30:16Z")
Drones are ammo. ---
**Author:** ![Gleb\_Koskov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gleb_koskov/32/374138_2.png) [@Gleb\_Koskov](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gleb_Koskov)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-why-to-stop-npcs-from-attacking-drones-fighters/117647/47 "2018-12-14T05:17:52Z")
Maybe it’s time to learn a turret ship for pve? ---
**Author:** ![Kaivarian\_Coste](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kaivarian_coste/32/413759_2.png) [@Kaivarian\_Coste](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kaivarian_Coste)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-why-to-stop-npcs-from-attacking-drones-fighters/117647/48 "2018-12-14T09:13:41Z")
You can use faction drones instead of T2 drones. They have 2x as much HP, with only a slight fall in DPS. edit: Caldari drones have the highest shields and so should regenerate over time. ---
**Author:** ![Marcus\_Maximianus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/marcus_maximianus/32/111153_2.png) [@Marcus\_Maximianus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Marcus_Maximianus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-why-to-stop-npcs-from-attacking-drones-fighters/117647/49 "2018-12-14T13:26:32Z")
Let the NPC’s yellow box you then release your drones. This is not 100% since all NPC’s might not have yellow boxed you and could go after your drones but it does work. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-why-to-stop-npcs-from-attacking-drones-fighters/117647/50 "2019-03-14T13:26:32Z")
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