It used to be we could do a little snap manuver and stop the drifting and enter into a hover rather quickly, but that doesnt seem to be the case anymore. it FEELS like were flying on ice, constantly slipping rather then moving in a controlled fashion.

Now im not the best dropship pilot, but ive been gunning and flying them long enough that i can pull off crazy manuvers and stay alive in a sky full of missles.


this new dropship controls have taken away alot of the fine control we used to have, it lowers the entry barrier to flying but makes dropships more vulnerable and less manuverable as a whole.

the first time back into dropships since 1.6 i grabed my fellow gunner and flew around and it was like suddenly trying to fly a brick around.

responsivness and twich manuvers are near impoosable without extreme investment into torque and afterburners on the same ship, leaving it even more paper thin then before.

changing your height is alot slower, and high speed speed dives and extreme bank turns (ones that require you to turn your ship on its side or nearly upside down) are again impossable without some extreme fittings.

stability has increased alot, but its at the cost of manuverability

it's like giving strong Auto-Aim to militia suits so new players can do well. It dumbs down the game by removing the requirement for player skill.

Dropship pilots are a fiercely loyal to their ships. They have endured repeated nerfs, neglect, and wallet draining expense because they love flying. They love it because being an accomplished pilot meant something.

Dumb down the player skill requirements and you may well accomplish what several builds of abuse failed to do, drive out the dedicated pilots. If you turn them back into the flying bumper cars of E3 that required zero skill you will kill flying as a skilled role and dropships will be just a flying jeep.

It's a precedent, one that has already sparked a request for an auto -level button for all dropships.

It's one more wrong turn in a long line of bad decisions that will end up killing the role of pilot.

The dropship will become just another utility of the infantry player. They will be treated just like LAVs, just pull one out when you need to get somewhere, then recall it when you are done.

What he's saying is that adding auto-leveling to dropships would make having an actual pilot unnecessary. And he's right.

If CCP turned every player into an auto-pilot why would anyone want to specialize into that role? Besides, it seems most of the people who want auto-leveling are snipers trying to get to hiding places who:

A.) Don't want to learn how to fly their ships
B.) Don't communicate with their team in order to ask for a ride from a Pilot

Is it just me or did the vertical thrust on milita dropships become buggy in 1.6? I ask because it seems like at times i will be flying along, noes down to pick up some forward speed. I then bring up the nose (to horizontal) but i don't start gaining altitude. I have to release the throttle and tap it again to begin gaining altitude.

My point is LAV driving isn't a role, it's just something everyone does. Some folks can drive better than others, but it's not a demanding task and it's difficult to kill yourself in it.

Nobody over the age of 16 proudly declares themselves a car driver. It's simply expected.
Holding a pilots license on the other than is special. Not everyone has the skils to fly in our world.

If you remove the majority of player skill from flying a dropship you relegate it to the level of LAV driving and it no longer presents the personal challenge that draws the fanaticism of dedicated pilots. Yes, you may have more pilots just like you have more LAV drivers, but it will be a mere convienence like a LAV.