this all redlining, what about something like virtual weapons lock, if you are "calm red field"?!
Just idea.

well from what i've seen rail tanks are the only thing that can take out a dropship so stop whining and use an afterburner

I'm sorry to all the dropship pilots I shot down today :'(. However, know that I was not in my redline.

Everything that shoots from the redline is a problem btw. Especially those ******* OVERLY ACCURATE PIECES OF **** RAIL INSTALATIONS.

if railguns get their 1.6 fire rate i'll be fine

An even better solution would be to stop designing maps that have redlines that overlook the whole darn battefield. Spine Crescent is the absolute worst with this. And of course I believe redline rail turrets are a terrible problem, but even with you're proposed solution they would just sit at the edge of the redline and then as soon as someone tries to engage them they'll activate hardeners and speed deeply back into the redline. So again, at least in my eyes, the best solution is better map design.

You know, often times I back up to the redline just so I can SEE the dropship when they are way up there! And then I don't see them at all.

You know, when you are in the redline, rendering should be **** poor like it was pre 1.7. They can still shoot, but your dropship won't render until he moves from the redline.

Suppose we only allowed the rail turrets to look up at a 20 degree angle?

I DON'T LIKE YOUR PLAYSTYLE! SO I WANT IT INVALIDATED!

You out past 300 meters? then I can't shoot, or even see you in most cases. sorry that I'm not willing to gung-ho it into melee with a long rifle. it's not made for that, it's made for sitting on a mountain, and killing things very, very quickly.

now you're saying that the job it was made for is wrong, and that it shouldn't be allowed to perform that job. okay fine. your dropship now cannot fly, Have fun.

I could hardly put a dent in a ds when it had its actives though?

If we limit how high they can look, that gives dropships the advantage over rail tanks. Rails will be for killing other tanks, blasters can fight dropships. Nice little trifecta.

Increase the time we can be in enemy redline to 1 minute. more than enough time to kill them tanks..

Considering I kill redline railtanks with some frequency they are rather at risk. its a lessened risk, but still a risk none the less.

My main gun is the XT-201 heavy missile turret. if I get that into position, it's even worse than a rail tank for you, know why? highest up angling in the game, and the bastard acts like a flak cannon, and they toss you all over the map. I use the railtank when I'm bored and want to see chunks of MLT tank scrubs go flying with every shot, the fact that you end up in my sights is just bad luck. Hell I'm not a great shot with the thing, so dropships are a pretty low priority unless you're trying to hotdrop onto my friends or your door gunners are giving them the business.

Just so you know, an assault dropship is actually my greatest fear. mostly because if they get into position, I CAN'T shoot back. So maybe you're just a terrible pilot. burn to the ceiling, go over them, drop in behind them since your aerial redline is about 2-3x the size of the infantry/ground vehicle redline and pump some missiles/railshots into their tailpipe.

Just don't allow for any sp wp or isk gained from actions in your own red line

See, you don't want balance, you just don't want anyone else to have fun in a certain way, what's next? restrict skill points to just AR's and suits?

I like the OP's suggestion, though maybe give turrets a bit more elevation to compensate for not being able to camp so far back. This way they can still fight back, but are at least not immune to practically everything in the game while doing so. So long as they can't look straight up a skilled dropship pilot will still be able to engage, and a skilled tank driver will be able to juke and jive that dropship, or just run to the redline for safety.