Talk:Oxium Osprey/@comment-1023950-20140130005417

The easy identifiers for this Osprey are its large size (twice that of your average Shield Osprey), and the ominous yellow lights underneath the wings. Sort of reminds you of a palette-swapped Raptor. They generally fly pretty low, and are prone to attacking from about mid-range due to the wide spread of their weapons.

I've been running Cyath for them with some decent drops (I got invited midway through a run and got 17- my best luck in one run- while host claimed to get 25), and hearing good things about Kappa from clanmates (one who claimed to get as many as 37 from one run) and Xini as well from the comments here.

The trick is to kill them before they have a chance to self-destruct. They'll attempt to charge at their enemies before they blow up, and will detonate even if you get out of the way in time or put a wall between you. If you kill them, you're guaranteed 1-2 Oxium an Osprey; if they self-destruct though, you get nothing.

Good luck.