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Personally I would not use shielded missile drones. I feel that they are too expensive and do too little. Whats more 36'' sounds like a long range but not when you are shooting a 72'' gun. I keep my riptides alive by keeping them out of fire not by hoping a sv4+ save will keep him alive.