Can you imagine MD rounds raining down from the sky?

1. people can be shot out of the dropship
2. dropship crashes they risk dying
3. the more people in your dropship the slower it goes = easy target
4. can you imagine 4 duvolles firing from my dropship
5. SL, forguns and AV still work on the dropship and risk killing the passengers
6. the dropship has to be positioned over the enemy to work effectively.
7. so, what? affraid of a bombing run with MD. thats what their meant for now get some AV...lol

MD user ehhh.

For the record, I'm also a dropship user.

I was simply saying that 4 MDs in a dropship would devastate ground troops.

I hate dieing but to see this happen, I am all for it. Could you imagine the possibilities. Low flying DP with HMG's firing away, or a Pink Floyd laser light show

logistic dropship with 2 cyclic missiles, max tank and 4 assault massdrivers= epic trololol. Cant wait for that. dowsnide is that you still need to land here and there to let your guys restock ammo. maybe switch 1 massdriver user for a swarm launcher for allround AV capability.

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Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

my apologies i take back what i said and extend friendship. Also, MD bombing runs would be cool, but actually being about to hit ground troops would be difficult. still, in this way dropshipping can earn some points.

Accepted.

It would be nice to have the extra fire power, and it would give the dropship a better role...I just feel like it can be exploited(and know this community... It will be)

I could see it, but I think we need to have the Door button working (Square) and we also need the ability to stand up and crouch inside the dropship, or make it so when the doors are up our characters crouch and are unable to fire, but we're able to open the doors, they stand up and are now able to fire their weapons.

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Not really... it can be a high mobility font of firepower but it's made of glass. There are multiple methods of dealing with it.

Only thing is perhaps restricting the use of Swarm Launchers from within it. Would become an incredible powerful anti-vehicular missileboat with a 400m range, able to negate pretty much all cover and operate outside of anyone's reach but other dropships... which it can take down if they try to approach.

Can you imagine MD rounds raining down from the sky?

well, the button does seem to work... but even if it closes slowly, its no biggy, even less reason for people to scream op.

they should still be able to shoot in the drop ship but because friendly fire is OFF for pubs no damage would be done.

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CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

^^. idk i use the x button and they open fine for me.

Also, they are exposed and when forguns hit my dropship my passengers die out. snipers hit my passengers out, and swarms if they hit the blunt side of my ship kill passengers.


all in all the dropship is made of glass and needs some fire power to justify its pitiful state.

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CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

Doesn't work, I've tried it many times :(
Also, my suggestion wasn't because of Friendly Fire, but it needs balance, If you're going to allow Infantry such an effective way from killing from a vehicle, you need a drawback, so they need to be fully exposed when they're firing from this position.

(Picture it, a Forge Gunner firing through the doors, or Mass Drivers doing more damage to people than missiles and yet are better concealed than the damn turrets)

Gave it a quick think, and the most logical drawback to balance things out is an accuracy penalty, turrets get the benefit of being accurate due to various stabilisers etc and being built into the vehicle, handheld weapons don't get that advantage. An accuracy penalty like this would force pilots to fly lower and slower to make passengers accuracy better, thus making them more vulnerable to AV.

am I the only one crazy enough to switch from pilot to passanger to use my assault forge on an enemy dropship chasing me and hopping back in the pilot seat. I might need to start practicing in case this ever happens

be careful no pilot makes you vulnerable to enemy forguns

CCP Rejavik
CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

How close were you to the ground? ;)

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The people that snipe your guys are pretty damn good snipers, but they need to be counterable if Dropships get a buff in 1.5 and then have passengers with the ability to fire out the side of the ship.

i am certain that 'X' opens the doors. when ever i use it does.

remember they are shooting the gunners out and gunners are partially coveed by a turret now imagine someone exposed without a turret protecting them

CCP Rejavik
CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

Can you imagine MD rounds raining down from the sky?

MD user ehhh.

Can you imagine everyone respec'ing into AV, when dropships fly full, which means x2 the warpoint bonus on kills, and they go down in two hits?

Side comment on "balance" for using large internal weapons from a dropship:

Seems like the fair thing to do, would be for things that require "heavy" suit to use, to also impart Very Large light instabilty when fired.

eg: firing off HMG continuously out of port side, gives ship an increasing impetus over to the starboard direction

and things like swarm launchers... well come on now, doesnt the idea of firing off a whole bunch of *rockets*, in a space filled with *ammo*, and limited visibility, just sound incredibly dangerous to you?

They should just enable friendly fire in more situations.

example 1: swarm laucher target manages to get in front of/behind of your DS.
just ONE of the missiles, doesnt *quite* make it. Now the budding little AV-er has just blown up not just himself, but all his buddies, AND 300-600K.

2. dropship crashes they risk dying.

can you imagine CCP actually doing something positive for dropships?

the 'x' button opens the bay doors, but players cant shoot. how difficult would it be to enable this?

we already have all passengers hit boxes detectable in the dropship. so they can be shot out of the dropship. why can't we just enable weapon fire and allow them to shoot out?

feed back would be nice.

I take it you've never tried to shoot on down before.

never. No. Never, ever NEVER allow this idea, it would be so abused by the extreemly OP MDs and forge gunners

lol says the guy who only uses proto caldari assualt with AR.

ive... never been assualt or used an ar before...? ive been everything other than assualt. That and DS

Can you imagine MD rounds raining down from the sky?

am I the only one crazy enough to switch from pilot to passanger to use my assault forge on an enemy dropship chasing me and hopping back in the pilot seat. I might need to start practicing in case this ever happens

CCP Rejavik
CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

we dont need an accuracy penalty because we already have to deal with it...lol

trying to position dropships so as to take advantage of the turrets is difficult. the LOS of the turrets is rough too. if the weapons infantry carry on drop hips get the same LOS limitations as a turret then accuracy nerf wont be nessesary.

even if they were 100% accurate you would still be able to take them out with AV.

imagine an AV nade hitting the side of the dropship where my gunners are....lol instant kills any suit. period...lol

For the record, I'm also a dropship user.

I was simply saying that 4 MDs in a dropship would devastate ground troops.

the 'x' button opens the bay doors, but players cant shoot. how difficult would it be to enable this?

we already have all passengers hit boxes detectable in the dropship. so they can be shot out of the dropship. why can't we just enable weapon fire and allow them to shoot out?

feed back would be nice.

omfg you can open doors on the Dropship!

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Can you imagine MD rounds raining down from the sky?

the 'x' button opens the bay doors, but players cant shoot. how difficult would it be to enable this?

we already have all passengers hit boxes detectable in the dropship. so they can be shot out of the dropship. why can't we just enable weapon fire and allow them to shoot out?

feed back would be nice.

the 'x' button opens the bay doors, but players cant shoot. how difficult would it be to enable this?

we already have all passengers hit boxes detectable in the dropship. so they can be shot out of the dropship. why can't we just enable weapon fire and allow them to shoot out?

feed back would be nice.

To be clear........ X does shite on the dropship.