# Retargeting of NPC ships every minute **URL:** \ **Category:** General Issues\ **Created:** [February 9, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/retargeting-of-npc-ships-every-minute/56264 "2018-02-09T14:33:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![F1restarter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/f1restarter/32/32713_2.png) [@F1restarter](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/F1restarter)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/retargeting-of-npc-ships-every-minute/56264/1 "2018-02-09T14:33:22Z")
Today I heard in one of the game chats that the NPC enemies began to often retarget and attack the drones. I was able to see this very soon, having lost several pieces on the 5/10 expedition. The re-targeting occurs approximately 1 time per minute, which makes the use of non-fractional drones on ships not belonging to the Guristas race unprofitable. Is it a temporary bug or a micro-change in the game? ---
**Author:** ![Buggs\_LeRoach](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/buggs_leroach/32/376676_2.png) [@Buggs\_LeRoach](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Buggs_LeRoach)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/retargeting-of-npc-ships-every-minute/56264/2 "2018-02-09T14:45:07Z")
neither . it’s normal game mechanics . it used to be too easy to grab aggro from the npc’s , then launch drones and go afk . now you have to watch your drones and be ready to recall them when the npc switch . you can tell when this is happening as the npc shooting you will change from flashing red , to flashing yellow . ---
**Author:** ![Makshima\_Shogo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/makshima_shogo/32/247769_2.png) [@Makshima\_Shogo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Makshima_Shogo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/retargeting-of-npc-ships-every-minute/56264/3 "2018-02-09T15:20:26Z")
You can fit active guns or an ewar module to pull agro off your drones to your main ship, Npc’s hate e-war :] ---
**Author:** ![Ag3nt\_Jita](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ag3nt_jita/32/48115_2.png) [@Ag3nt\_Jita](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ag3nt_Jita)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/retargeting-of-npc-ships-every-minute/56264/4 "2018-02-09T15:20:56Z")
For some reason npcs never target my drones in a VNI. ---
**Author:** ![Nana\_SkaIski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nana_skaiski/32/126779_2.png) [@Nana\_SkaIski](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nana_SkaIski)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/retargeting-of-npc-ships-every-minute/56264/5 "2018-02-09T15:41:59Z")
Big ships will ignore small drones generally, or they will be unable to destroy them. Frigate NPCs I have found being the most damaging for my drones. ---
**Author:** ![Ag3nt\_Jita](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ag3nt_jita/32/48115_2.png) [@Ag3nt\_Jita](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ag3nt_Jita)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/retargeting-of-npc-ships-every-minute/56264/6 "2018-02-09T18:47:39Z")
They agress my fighters but not the heavy drones of my vni ---
**Author:** ![F1restarter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/f1restarter/32/32713_2.png) [@F1restarter](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/F1restarter)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/retargeting-of-npc-ships-every-minute/56264/7 "2018-02-10T03:02:59Z")
it was and with my Ishtar & heavy drones, but yesterday it was changed and I hear about this problem from other pilots… ---
**Author:** ![Ag3nt\_Jita](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ag3nt_jita/32/48115_2.png) [@Ag3nt\_Jita](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ag3nt_Jita)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/retargeting-of-npc-ships-every-minute/56264/8 "2018-02-10T08:52:22Z")
Tested but nothing has changed for me. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/retargeting-of-npc-ships-every-minute/56264/9 "2018-05-11T08:52:23Z")
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