Testing now.....they literally cannot go a patch without messing with our damn ships >_<

The new dropship view is absolute ****.

Problems(in my opinion)
White cross hair, white drop ship, it's almost hidden so your relying on seeing an orange dot.
Cant see **** through my ship......
Auto switches to 1st person when you come close to something.
1st person view is terrible.

All in all they have sold us down the river here, probably won't get reverted considering ADS are being ganked.

I think the camera is much better here from a shooting perspective. Hard to explain without diagrams but the way a dropship approaches an enemy, fly in lift nose to slow means we present our underside more when we slow to shoot. This works much better than shooting in front of us. That (1.4 position) is a good angle for dive attacks, but they are not our bread and butter.

I'm doing much better with the 1.5 shooting mechanics. That said, its a touch close to the ship. I get in my own way when flying in 3rd person.

What if they made the drop ship translucent from the pilots POV?
Rather than fiddling with camera positioning just allow you pilots to see through it.
Problem solved?

Thats what im saying.

This view is ok if when we look down and our rectical is through ourselvee, we should be able to see through ourselves to where its pointing.

But 1.4 view had its uses. So a toggle between the two is ideal. Current first person is a gimmic and only good at air to air but annoying to r3 back amd forth

I think the camera is much better here from a shooting perspective. Hard to explain without diagrams but the way a dropship approaches an enemy, fly in lift nose to slow means we present our underside more when we slow to shoot. This works much better than shooting in front of us. That (1.4 position) is a good angle for dive attacks, but they are not our bread and butter.

I'm doing much better with the 1.5 shooting mechanics. That said, its a touch close to the ship. I get in my own way when flying in 3rd person.

Why am I not surprised they "Fixed" the problem by making it worse.

CCP hook it up! Boning the derpship pilots has gotten old.

1 slight problem with that method of shooting. I rely on constant movement, especially when dodging forges. Your method may allow for easier shots but you are exposing yourself because you are practically breaking to a full stop which makes you easy targets to AV.... guaranteed hits from those pro forge gunners and even noob forgers will have a higher chance of hitting you.

This (2:40-3:10) is the preferred method that I have come to consider to be most effective not just with shooting but with evasive maneuvers... you know... not getting blown up. And there is no guessing game. You can see the enemy in your line of site without sacrificing speed.

The new camera takes that away but not having the enemy within line of sight... let alone where the forge shots are coming from.

I think it more a case that pilots are different. Out different styles and ships and modules mean we attack and evade in many ways. I would like an option. I think either 1.4 or 1.5 which you can pick from the options menu.

I really don't think there is a single view we will all agree on. Moot anyway with ADS going on holiday soon.

I liked 1.4's style TBO, It worked well for me, I was starting to get pretty damn accurate then this garbage shows up.

What if they made the drop ship translucent from the pilots POV?
Rather than fiddling with camera positioning just allow you pilots to see through it.
Problem solved?

NO NO NO AND FK NO! What in the heck are u saying. Invisible ships crash into things. Oh wait, they already do that.

I literally learned how to rock out in my ADS last week.

Today... useless. So different it's crazy lol

It's not perfect but i'll happily take this over 1.4. No more crashing and being able to see where forge rounds are coming from is worth losing out on a few kills. Haven't lost a single ship so far , but I haven't been playing that much this week, (busy week, lots to do). 1.3 was better, and I still think it would be best to cycle through the 3 views but I'll gladly take this over 1.4's camera..

I had just mastered the new camera mode and then they go and change it back, now i can't shoot for sh*t again and its gunna be like this for weeks.

Yet another undocumented change by CCP, if they had of actually bothered to mention this before doing it we could have told them not to do it.... so pissed off with you right now CCP, every aspect of this game I enjoy you completely ruin.

hu?

CCP be like..

"I thought you fcks wanted the view changed back to 1.3, Now that it's been done, Why you fcks want 1.4 view now?"

Players be like..

"We had no choice but to adapt to 1.4 DS view since you mofos take a while to update and sometimes pushes it back"

They need to go back to the view before 1.4! It was near perfect, now I don't even bother with ds. It may not have been as cinematic of a view but It allowed you to see targets above, below, and in front with out obstruction. Its also nice to see where your landing.

Day 3.

Nothin but butt

Ever notice how every patch they **** with dropships, and every patch it's never mentioned in the patch notes?

I think CCP has a gremlin who makes these changes seconds before the build goes through, and no one there is actually even aware of what's happening to dropships.

It's the best explanation I can come up with after a year and a half of this, it's the only logical answer.