I am at a loss for words.

Hate it.

Let me explain. Militia ships are entry level. Their auto leveling helps new players, but it hinders experienced players. Dropships are expensive and difficult to fly well. This difficulty helps scale their potential usefulness. Having good aim for an AR user or the ability to correctly calculate direction to lead a target as a Plasma Cannon user is how the skilled player separates themselves from the less skilled. Being able to handle a dropship is the skill separator between new and experienced pilots.

Giving ships flying aids is the auto aim of the pilot world. It would be like having a button you could press on your controller that auto snaps the crosshair of your AR to the nearest target. Like other roles it should be the skill of the operator that determines success not options that allow him buttons to correct his lack of skill.

There needs to be a reward for mastering a higher tier dropship. Advantages that they bring, but an advantage with a cost. Better dropships bring more maneuverability but the cost is this makes control harder. A skilled pilot in high meta should be better than a low skill pilot in high meta. Assists that bridge this gap weaken the role specialisations DUST has.


Why are you passing an idea to CCP after 1 single post? do you not care what others may have to say on the issue or do you just pass any single thought that catches your fancy to CCP?

I am at a loss for words.

Hate it.

Let me explain. Militia ships are entry level. Their auto leveling helps new players, but it hinders experienced players. Dropships are expensive and difficult to fly well. This difficulty helps scale their potential usefulness. Having good aim for an AR user or the ability to correctly calculate direction to lead a target as a Plasma Cannon user is how the skilled player separates themselves from the less skilled. Being able to handle a dropship is the skill separator between new and experienced pilots.

Giving ships flying aids is the auto aim of the pilot world. It would be like having a button you could press on your controller that auto snaps the crosshair of your AR to the nearest target. Like other roles it should be the skill of the operator that determines success not options that allow him buttons to correct his lack of skill.

There needs to be a reward for mastering a higher tier dropship. Advantages that they bring, but an advantage with a cost. Better dropships bring more maneuverability but the cost is this makes control harder. A skilled pilot in high meta should be better than a low skill pilot in high meta. Assists that bridge this gap weaken the role specialisations DUST has.


Why are you passing an idea to CCP after 1 single post? do you not care what others may have to say on the issue or do you just pass any single thought that catches your fancy to CCP?

I don't understand the problem you have with this. If you don't want to have the auto-level on, just turn it off....that was kind of the point of the thread......

Unless you meant that auto-level is OP, then I REALLY don't understand. Learn me, please.

Unlike certain juggalos, I'm capable of reading a post past the first two words.

Everything you say is true and Jenza needs to be more discerning of her forwarded feedback than to jump on anything sold as 'helping noobs'.

yea lets just talk crap about the FEW players we have in direct communication with ccp...
..... you sir.... are a douche.

I personally think it should be a button you press, like R3.

yea lets just talk crap about the FEW players we have in direct communication with ccp...
..... you sir.... are a douche.

very unhappy with the dropship leveling.... i used to be able to fly my dropship through the spaces of the triple doughnut, spins, dives and other madd cool maneuvers. I didn't want to have to upgrade dropships yet to avoid this.......

On the other hand, i understand why CCP did it, to give new players better control.
The issues are though that the dropship is so much more vulnerable then before it takes away a lot of the chance to practice and adds to more frustration.

SOLUTION: Add auto leveling to the aerial vehicles options menu, have it turned on automatically but give players a sensitivity choice like; none, low, med, high, or even a sensitivity bar. The better dropships should start with the option turned off, but still be able to turn it on freely.

*feedback welcome