You forgot the irrational blimp mechanics of the ships..

Why do you have to tilt the nose to the ground to go forward when the engines can just rotate to point backwards... same thing with stopping.. nose up? And then there's the strange inertia winding that forces you to float in some random direction if you have even a tiny bit of inertia left over when you try to hover.

Air resistance would severely limit the swinging and random swaying of the ships alone... so the physics make me think there is no atmosphere at all on these planets... also... no gravity for half of the maneuvers, but the other half of them get 2x gravity pull out of seeming nowhere.

I could understand giving DS`s a tad move manoeuvrability but not too much more. Already right now I have seen pilots like Judge and Foxhound pull off some pretty awesome piloting feats.

However If you stuck around and took 2 breach FG rounds then I cant have much sympathy for you. Its hard work swatting things with a breach. Granted the first shot will surprise them and sting a lot but 9/10 times the pilot will move off and out of the way by the time the 2nd round is ready to fire.

I think dropships are fine where they are. I primarily fly a viper as a transport role. The only time I have an issue is during take off and landing (obvious vulnerable times that I should be most likely to be taken down).

As to dropship / av balance I do feel that swarm lock on distance should be increased along with a lock on indicator and a slight armor buff to account for this higher vulnerability time (maybe limited counter measures instead of the armor buff to keep from rewarding reckless pilots more than those who are very aware of danger zones).

OP: I think you need to toy with more fits primarily hardeners and shield boosters as well as working on your flight patterns. If you are getting dropped by FGs you are either flying very slowly or in a very straight line, either way asking to be shot down.

Are you kidding me? Forge Guns and Tanks are the only thing that can down dropships. Tanks are confirmed to be getting a nerf, and flyers still are still complaining about being vulnerable to Heavies with FG while being invincible to any other suit in the game?

This, this all the way.

I got pretty damn good with assault derpshts in beta and uprising yet iv always wondered why they defy physics a considerable amount for habitable planets or ones with gravity.

As of 1.7 I am sht with them, either they are too weird to handle or I'm too heavy handed.

And yes the regulars are pretty sht I find and no one wants to get in them.

Would be nice to get an opinion from judge or foxhound.

Now the ADS is probably the most OP weapon in the game (if spec'd into its core's). The rockets 1-2 shot 700hp all day. On top of that they are as mobile as RGIII out of the pocket.