Drone and Anti-Drone Tactics?

[Noble713]

Has anyone come up with some usable anti-drone tactics? I just downloaded the demo today, built a few drone-carrying DDs, and instantly noticed how much the game has changed. While they bLasted a few ships out of the sky with only a few Drones, they in turn were smahsed by a few Drone LCs that I encountered later.

Things that I've noticed:
1. Point defense doesn't do jack against drones. Most of the shots didn't hit, and the ones that did didn't do any damage (or looked that way at least).

2. Regular weapons don't do jack against drones. With the -50% to hit, if you don't have some quality combat sensors you'll never hit them.

3. Drones work against drones, but usually you need the drones to take out the enemy ships. You rarely have enough room to pack the ship with anti-drone drones AND anti-ship drones.


When the full Version arrives, I'll probably edit drones to split them into 2 types: the current automated warships and far smaller missile-like Versions, possibly to replace capital ship missiles.

In the mean time, any suggestions?