That's sad! I had another dropship pilot red line rail tank me earlier :( there is no honor down the dark path of rail tanking.

There is no shame in adapting.

Earlier this year when the problems with Heavy Frames was unbearable some kin went Logi LAV. That activity drew more hate than red-lining rails ever has.

Yeah, I know. Infantry and tanking is always isk positive, even when it was pre 1.7. Like I said rail guns and forges should be balanced against dropships and swarms should be balanced against tanks. There's only a 272 sp difference from me 1 shotting their asses them like they do us. It'll be worth it.

Slow down tanks, and slow down swarms, or give dropships passive swarm countermeasures, and you have a deal.

Railgun is OP

I'll join the party til they fix dropships.

If you were a smarter pilot railguns would rarely kill you, and you'd also know that sometimes you gotta land or go somewhere/do something else, in my case when a rail tank starts to annoy me I pull out my own and 2 shot the silly nub.

But I must say im also guilty of pulling a rail on another pilot because 2 ADS fighting these days is like watching to eastern european grannys in a hand bag fight, pointless engagement i'd rather shoot something that will die before the end of the match.

I used to love flying troopships back in chromosome . I haven't been able to pilot one since, the controls seem wonky. From what I read I figure when they took out the life or death it ruined dropships for some guys. The ones we have left just seem to kill infantry.

what's the deal? Does everyone just abuse game mechanics until CCP is forced to Nerf stuff into the ground? FOTM gets bent over and we are left with all around weaker weapons and vehicles. This just keeps happening, lets Nerf the calendar. I am going to be a boss at throwing rocks. I have been exploding my locus on peoples faces since way back.

If you were in my corp i'd be happy to give you tips, but I don't help non corpies with anything, besides as I said sometimes you gotta know when to land, if the other team has 3 redline rail tankers: its a no fly zone, knowing that is part of being a smart pilot.

Just like if your driving a blaster tank and your squad mates tell you a rail tank just set up on a hill across the field from you, you don't go waltzing out there with your hardeners down.

Okay how about this, you mail me an effective counter to railguns and forges and if it' is indeed an effective strategy I will buy 2 $20 psn cards and give you the codes. Deal?

Okay how about this, you mail me an effective counter to railguns and forges and if it' is indeed an effective strategy I will buy 2 $20 psn cards and give you the codes, if not you get 1. Deal?

You're... not referring to when they made the Charybdis into the flagship of murder taxis, are you? That was ridiculously fun. lol.

That's sad! I had another dropship pilot red line rail tank me earlier :( there is no honor down the dark path of rail tanking.

Are dropships broken? i keep seeing ADS with almost continuos hardeners going. Uusually going 25/0 in games. Bad pilots have gotta blame something other than their lack of skill i s'pose

Stick your hardeners on, fly at them, circle them, shoot missiles, fly high/behind cover if you start taking too much damage from other sources.

Okay how about this, you mail me an effective counter to railguns and forges and if it' is indeed an effective strategy I will buy 2 $20 psn cards and give you the codes, if not you get 1. Deal?

Think about what you are trying to do and where to do it.

Are you trying to land and dropoff troops? Fly in low from an area blocked by buildings or terrain.

Don't hover above buildings.

Don't fly in at a medium height where you show up to rails and don't fly laterally so that you can be led.

Fly up high on sides of map then get over an area and dive down fast.

Watch some videos of hueys in Vietnam. You don't see them being stupid with artillery fire overhead.

Low, slow and covered. Either be high to ceiling or low to ground.

ADS does not mean you should rain down hell with impunity. Have to choose your location.

If rails are in that battle than that's the battle. If not then it's your battle.

Just because you want to field something doesn't mean every battle should be for that.


What happened to all this team effort thing? Hook up with a rail tanker that can cover fire on the other rail for you.

I'd like to see that team effort. Might make me play solo less.

I'll even rail tank for you if you do the same for me too.