# Outgrowth Rogue Drone Hive, Wtf did I just experience? **URL:** \ **Category:** Missions\ **Created:** [February 22, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/outgrowth-rogue-drone-hive-wtf-did-i-just-experience/141798 "2019-02-22T15:50:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shathx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shathx/32/320106_2.png) [@Shathx](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shathx)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/outgrowth-rogue-drone-hive-wtf-did-i-just-experience/141798/1 "2019-02-22T15:50:12Z")
Okay I have recently moved to nullsec and have been doing 10/10 combat sites. This is the first escalation I’ve found the time to do, So I did some research. looked at Backstage Lore and Uniwiki. Both of them showed similar spawns in the first room, 2 cruisers and 3-5 frigates or destroyers. I couldn’t bring my carrier in, so I went in with my old L4 NI Megathron slightly updated for drone tanking. (Low: 3x armor hardeners+ 1 ADNP, corpus-x AR, 2 MagStabs, 1 Drone damage amp) with some 425mm guns on the top, nearly all my gear is faction modules so it is of good quality. I went through the acceleration gate to find 4 frigates, 4-6 cruisers, 3-4 battlecruisers and around 10 battleships. All starting out within their optimal range lol, the DPS was insane. With this ship, I never had any problems in L4’s and that was with just 2-3 hardeners, not the 3 hardeners+ADNP I just used. Luckily I have a MJD so I was able to get out of their range, but not before going to 80% hull, I am about to enter the second room and I have no Idea what to expect. I have found 2 additional guides that vastly understate the number of enemies in the escalation so I am a bit worried. For context this was an escalation off of a “Drone Horde” site in null, please help lol ---
**Author:** ![Shathx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shathx/32/320106_2.png) [@Shathx](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shathx)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/outgrowth-rogue-drone-hive-wtf-did-i-just-experience/141798/2 "2019-02-22T16:00:24Z")
Okay, in second room now and immediately MJD’d away from enemies for my own safety. Uniwiki lists the number of enemies in room 2 as Turrets: 11 Frigates: 5 Cruisers: 12 Battleships: 1 Backstage Lore lists the same with 1 less frigate this guy :[http://gamingwithdaopa.ellatha.com/eveonline/outgrowth-rogue-drone-hive/](http://gamingwithdaopa.ellatha.com/eveonline/outgrowth-rogue-drone-hive/) lists the same as backstage lore. What I just counted (now that I’m safely 170km away) is Turrets: 11 Frigates: 2 Battlecruisers: 10 Battleships: 16 Why cant I use my carrier in this ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rivr\_Luzade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rivr_luzade/32/311061_2.png) [@Rivr\_Luzade](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rivr_Luzade)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/outgrowth-rogue-drone-hive-wtf-did-i-just-experience/141798/3 "2019-02-22T16:02:13Z")
Because it is a very valuable escalation and you are supposed to run them in fleets or at least risk a shiny battleship. With an MJD, however, there is virtually 0 risk in these escalations. They are just a very nice load test for your tank. ---
**Author:** ![Zhilia\_Mann](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zhilia_mann/32/214674_2.png) [@Zhilia\_Mann](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Zhilia_Mann)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/outgrowth-rogue-drone-hive-wtf-did-i-just-experience/141798/4 "2019-02-23T05:36:12Z")
For reasons utterly lost to time, _both_ the 5/10 and 10/10 are called “Outgrowth Rogue Drone Hive”. The vast majority of guides out there are for the 5/10 (and you’ve checked with two of them). [This](https://sistersprobe.fandom.com/de/wiki/Outgrowth_Rogue_Drone_Hive_(10/10)) should give you a better idea what you’re in for, even if it’s technically in German. ---
**Author:** ![Hagraven\_Marecek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/hagraven_marecek/32/204772_2.png) [@Hagraven\_Marecek](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Hagraven_Marecek)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/outgrowth-rogue-drone-hive-wtf-did-i-just-experience/141798/5 "2019-02-28T12:30:03Z")
I used to do a lot of those and had similar issues at first, mainly because you get a full room aggro in the first pocket. Paladin was my ship of choice, after a few runs I didn’t even had to use the bastion module at all, just slowboated from gate to gate every pocket. I think you’ll get better results over time. Also, the first pocket may be the most difficult one, or at least is one of the most challenging ones Mega is not a good choice against drones, as you should use EM dmg mainly. They have second best resistances against kinetic ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/outgrowth-rogue-drone-hive-wtf-did-i-just-experience/141798/6 "2019-05-29T12:30:04Z")
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