From the vidoes, the most common strategy with the drones against armor is to send multiple drones. The first couple of drones take out the cope cage. The following drones finish it of.

I am guessing this is an attempt to make the cope cage harder to destroy. The wires are thinner and flexible with lots of different attachments points. Theoretically making it harder to deform enough to get to the armor underneath.

Personally I think it’s an great way to poke out an eye.