From the view of DPS, Ishtar and domy is the best considering tracing and speed which also influence DPS indirectly. However, even with good abyssal DDAs the DPS still hard to reach 1000, while U can easily achieve with any other weapon, not mentioning driving marauders.
A fun fact that some ships with mix weapon system like rattlesnake, full missile DPS-build even has higher DPS, which easily reach 1000 either.
Yes I know there are some advantages for drones like no ammo needs and relatively decent combat range, but I think itās also fine to have a fully drone main DPS machine, like carrier, but smaller like a battleship, after all not all players are the low/nullsecers (despite of driving carrier itself is a risky move even with backup from alliance).
On Serenity (Chinese server) they have a Concord drone Marauder. I donāt haver the specs but itās supposedly comparable to the other Marauders. They also have a Concord high-sec carrier.
So, letās see. You want a 1,000+ DPS drone boat that can be flown in high sec, no ammo requirement, 100+ KM range, and can be 100% AFKād. No thanks. We already have enough of that as it is ā¦
One of the worst things CCP ever did was change the way carriers work with drones.
Upgrade your hardware to handle it, you scrubs! Fighter āgroupsā are lame and pathetic. I wanna sick 5 heavy drones onto 3 separate targets each again!
Never felt anything quite like having 15 drones orbiting you sinceā¦ just another example of how the game has gone soft and boring.
Besides what has obviously been stated above, drone ships work best for PvE. If I flew a drone ship into a PvP battle they would ignore the drones and attack me. Once you destroy the control ship, the drones will stop attacking. The NPC rats are pig ignorant and attack whatever attacks them first, I seriously doubt you would find any players that naive.
