I'm abit iffy on it. Currently there are only 2 weapons in the game that threaten you in the air and one of them are useless against Infantry. If we give them defense, give us more options to hit dropships.

Dropships should have some sort of flares we can deploy to help defend us from swarms. forguns are always hard hitting but our movement can save use from them. however swarms are too good at taking down ropships. we need somesort of defense against them.

This is a good idea, to take a page out of bf3s book I would also say that if there were flares they should take just long enough to be able to be used again that if a swarm launcher were fired immediately after the flares effect wore off (since swarms will lock faster now) and the pilot wasn't already hightail in it out of there it would be an easy strike

nope. because the Swarms are great on tanks, installations and LAVs. they have plenty of targets to hit.

Dropships are too vulnerable because this is no real "cover". useually there is 1 tall building on the map and other than that there is no cover the ropships can use.

helicopters in RL normally stay close to terrian they can use as cover such as hills, etc.
but DS dnt have the same control a helicopter has, and their really arent many hills you can hover next to to use as cover.


flares are a nesesary feature. they shouldnt be automatic though the player should have to activate them.

also, being able to shoot the missle s out the sky would be cool, but perhaps too good.

Which I'm all for, But I don't want dropships just flaring every time they see a swarm and be invincible to Medium/Light Frames otherwise.

I'm abit iffy on it. Currently there are only 2 weapons in the game that threaten you in the air and one of them are useless against Infantry. If we give them defense, give us more options to hit dropships.

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Dropships should have some sort of flares we can deploy to help defend us from swarms. forguns are always hard hitting but our movement can save use from them. however swarms are too good at taking down ropships. we need somesort of defense against them.

Swarms, Forge Guns, Railguns (Both Installation and Tank), Missile Turrets (Both Installation and Tank), Blaster Turrets (Both Installation and Tanks), AV Grenades, Plasma Cannons (If they come in close enough), Mass Drivers, Flaylocks, Assault Dropships (Or dropships with good turrets in general), Militia Dropships (Ramming)..

Hm.. Two?

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so lets say u get some countermeasures against swarms, most likely you wont be able to spam countermesures because you need to die too afterall

when you out or in cool down you get hit or you fly away

i dont need to destroy your dropshit , im good if you GTFO the area

dropships are not jets , you hover , cant do much when you hover , just a flying target

just reprofile and get on the ground where the fight is going on if you want WP

Pretty sure swarm missiles are radar guided so nuts to the flare idea. Chaffs would not work either since you would need an atmosphere.

Weapons as in weapons seen in the weapon's tab of the store. I don't see how AV Nades, Plasma Cannons, Mass Drivers, and Flaylocks are threatening you in the air. Honestly you're doing something wrong if you lost a dropship while in the air due to these.

I'm abit iffy on it. Currently there are only 2 weapons in the game that threaten you in the air and one of them are useless against Infantry. If we give them defense, give us more options to hit dropships.

I'm abit iffy on it. Currently there are only 2 weapons in the game that threaten you in the air and one of them are useless against Infantry. If we give them defense, give us more options to hit dropships.

Dropships should have some sort of flares we can deploy to help defend us from swarms. forguns are always hard hitting but our movement can save use from them. however swarms are too good at taking down ropships. we need somesort of defense against them.

Its called no height ceiling! That's your defense, scrub!