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D legendary hero
THE WARRIORS OF LEGEND
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Posted - 2013.09.30 03:51:00 -
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Dropships are pathetically weak, but increasing their ehp etc could make people QQ too hard.
I recommend reducing their price to that of an LAV. so, a milita DS will equal that of a milita LAV.
in all honesty these dropships are like LAVs.
the medium dropships still have yet to come. those should have the cost of the current dropships.
the medium LAVs (or MAV) are on their way too. therefore DS and LAV should be weak, but also more affordable.
similar idea here.
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=110268&find=unread |
D legendary hero
THE WARRIORS OF LEGEND
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Posted - 2013.09.30 16:53:00 -
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SponkSponkSponk wrote:They're only 68k now; that's quite affordable.
Then again, I expect to lose five dropships per match so perhaps I'm not representative.
68,000 Isk is way too much for something that will get you zero kills and very few points.
with 68,000 isk I can get an adv assault suits with a GEK, adv SMG, and M1 locus grenades and get 10-15 kills in 1-3 lives. (the whole thing will cost around 27k isk or 35k isk.
all in all. what you get for using the dropship doesn't justify the cost.
LAVs get you from point A to point B. and have a turret that is mostly useless...
DS basically do the same thing from mlt to proto. their turrets are admittedly more powerful, but they blow up quick, and of course if you get hit and bump into a wall your ship will just explode mid air. |
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THE WARRIORS OF LEGEND
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Posted - 2013.09.30 16:55:00 -
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Judge Rhadamanthus wrote:I would prefer that a vehicle is seen as a powerful asset rather than a cheap convenience. Dropships should take skill to use and be devastating in the right hands. The balance to this power would be cost and the amount of SP to be able to use one.
Being devastating does not mean being indestructible however. When a dropship appears overhead the friendlies should be emboldened by the support and the enemies threatened by it's presence. This is why I like the direction the DEVs have stated they are going; Burst defence and Burst damage. Strategic asset use rather than a lingering and mildly annoying presence makes the addition of vehicles more tactically interesting. The ground units can enjoy a good gunfight, but beware, sometimes a powerful assets will appear and you better be able to scare it off or destroy it.
I think we should keep the cost. even increase it to balance the average 'life' of a vehicle as and when changes are introduced
if it were balanced to represent the average life of vehicles now they'd cost about the same as a standard dropsuit. because they drop just as fast. |
D legendary hero
THE WARRIORS OF LEGEND
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Posted - 2013.09.30 18:19:00 -
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oh wow didn't realize that was judge. Very good videos on DSing. Helped me out alot, although the strafing and hovering part are still pretty rough for me. lolz |
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Posted - 2013.09.30 18:29:00 -
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Spkr4theDead wrote:D legendary hero wrote:Dropships are pathetically weak, but increasing their ehp etc could make people QQ too hard. I recommend reducing their price to that of an LAV. so, a milita DS will equal that of a milita LAV. in all honesty these dropships are like LAVs. the medium dropships still have yet to come. those should have the cost of the current dropships. the medium LAVs (or MAV) are on their way too. therefore DS and LAV should be weak, but also more affordable. similar idea here. https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=110268&find=unread Dropships are already a medium air vehicle.
*anime gasp* |
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Posted - 2013.09.30 18:30:00 -
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Iron Wolf Saber wrote:I have seen the near future and ... I don't know what to say about ALL of it, I am struggling to process a small mountain of information. I am sure the real experts of the field can theorycraft much better than I can and imagine or measure the impact far better.
hmmm... thats interesting.  |
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Posted - 2013.10.04 16:47:00 -
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so how bout that price reduction? |
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