Seems like a good opportunity to discuss this idea. How would you feel about dropships filled with swarm launchers or mass drivers for example?

Uprising 1.4 Patch Notes:
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* Swarm Launcher base lock-on time has been increased to 1.4 from 1.2 and it's fire interval has been reduced from 2 to 0.3
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This is exactly why it could be a problem.

I really like the idea of firing out of a dropship as it lands and then hopping out to continue a rampage, but this kind of thing presents a huge obstacle to it being reasonable.

About the same as I would with a dropship filled with forgeguns.

That would change the game FOTM to dropships gunboats loaded up with Massdrivers and forgegun passengers. A high reward low risk situation with minimal to no retaliation opportunity for ground based troops without A/V.

Dropships currently fill the same role as a helicopter in current combat, and the side turrets meet that need well. (Though adding a spot for a rear gun, or allowing the forward facing gun to be run by a co-pilot/gunner would be a nice separation of duties.)

Thank you for saying this. Even though I think it would be really cool to be able to have my squad shooting out of the dropship while we come into a point, it would be massively overpowered and far too easily abused.

My friend and I had a discussion about this a while back. We came to the conclusion that if you were to implement this it would have to be sidearms only.
I must say now it would definitely be more trouble than its worth. I can see blues shooting endlessly inside my dropship, trying to get kills with a pistol instead of jumping out over the point I'm hovering over for obvious reasons.
If you want to shoot your weapon you jump out when the pilot gives you a good place to jump out on, leave the dropship kills to the gunners and Assault dropship pilots, that's what they train for!

(...)I can see blues shooting endlessly inside my dropship(...)

I'm uploading a video about this argument, it will be online in 40 minutes, more or less.

Yes, is the sad story of AV, all or nothing.
Of course do stupid things like that in a match with a lot of AV is impossible, it's impossible to use every kind of dropship if there are a lot of AVers.

we are getting these passengers to shoot!

rifles and mass drivers and lasers sound fine. however swarms would smash into the DS and they are way too clunky to wield in a DS making them useless. so just don't allow AV and heavy weapons on the DS that should be fine.

As promised here is the video of the aerial attack

Try to pick up 3 or 4 people over you with SL, don't go too high near the redline, because the people over you still have the infantry redline, if the tank is not in the deep redline, they will have at least a better line of sight, without obstacles.
Of course is not that easy keep 3 or 4 persons over you if the shoot at you, you must move not too fast.

Not yet, it was only a joke, made to see if it was possible, i don't think it will be a new tecnique that will be used for vehicle hunting, with the exception of tryhards
BTW i don't think it's possible, nanohives have the same behavior of RE and uplinks, i've already tried to create a jihad jeep

It's coming still, but not in 1.5 or 1.6.

(And removing a turret removes the seat )

Of course, but the only way to get a player used weapon should be to swap out a turret. That would be the high risk/reward. Like taking a forge gunner for a turret. There needs to be a limit to power, players firing in addition to two turrets I think is too much. You could always have one side with the traditional turret and the other a player weapon.

It's coming still, but not in 1.5 or 1.6.

(And removing a turret removes the seat )