Jason Pearson wrote:
People like me? The reason I disliked it and have disliked it since it's creation is the fact that it's like CCP saying "We're not bothering with gunships for now, so here's a Dropship with a turret stuck to the front", I found it lacked in everyway and wasn't what I'd hoped for when I was piloting. Oh and just to let you know, my sig is "Vehicle Specialist" for a reason, I flew Dropships alongside some of the best pilots, my original intention was to be a gunship pilot with my buds, we were all going to go and create a Vehicle group and work on tactics with one another, quickly fell apart due to Missiles winning all the time. The only reason I've stopped piloting is trying it with a KB/M is ridiculous and I've busted my DS3.
I will always maintain that Dropships should be DROPSHIPS, for troop deployment and evac, the side gunners being mostly used for covering Infantry as the ship comes in to pick them up or covering them as they deployed. I always believed the Dropship should be bulky and slow, but have a massive tank, being as difficult, if not more difficult, to destroy than a HAV. I had hoped by release the Gunships would've been out and ready for pilots, it'd be pretty much the same as an ADS, but not be a small turret stuck to the front and it'd be weaker than the envisioned Dropship, but faster and have more damage output.
I've enjoyed flying Dropships, the ADS was a breath of fresh air and trying to formation fly with FACES and Foxhound was hilarious and quite enjoyable, still dislike it due to CCP pretending a Dropship is the same thing as a gunship though. So please, don't class me as "just a tanker" who did nothing else but tank, I drive all vehicles, it is my intention to master, or atleast become proficient in every vehicle in the game.
Fair enough jason, I don't read peoples tags and apologize for calling you something your not. When I said people like you, I meant people who don't seem to grasp the concept of the assault dropship.
Allow me to expand on that, the assault dropship is still a dropship as it can carry up to 4 mercs with turrets fitted. It is a variant of the dropship that fills a niche role, it requires a very good team of shock troops but they have a dropship that can give some cover. Many pilots do use it as a gunship because indeed it does have a gun, but it clearly is not a gunship.
I never envisioned the dropship to be slow and bulky, mostly because its a medium aeiral vehicle. What you describe is what I envision a heavy aeiral vehicle to be, especially the part about them being as hard to take down as an hav. Maybe we just have different views on this, but the dropship is close to how I envisioned it.
I envision gunships to be slow terrifying beasts that can deliver devastating fire power from the air. They sacrafise speed and some maneuverability for MOR DAKKA and killing power. Of course they would have a better tank than a dropship however the dropship can still out maneuver it and fly away faster. Gunships aren't air superiority, they are air to ground. They shouldn't become fighters. I envision them as heavy aircraft rather than medium as they should cost more. There are two key differences between the assault dropship and this gunship, 1. The gunship has far more firepower than the assault dropship, 2. The gunship has room for only one gunner, the assault dropship has room for 4 mercs. That's how I see the difference and why I will fly assault dropships after gunships come out.
Anyway this is a good discussion and I will make a thread for it, I'm sure judge doesn't want us derailing the very serious issue he has brought up here and I would like that discussion to continue.
PS, come fly with me sometime, I would like to see your skills
