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Fraceska
Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation
374
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Posted - 2014.02.18 04:55:00 -
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So I've been a prolific poster upon my return. I have this alt with 572k SP. I'm pretty happy with my logi and combat roles don't interest me at all. So when I came back and got to put those SP into new places I put them into vehicles (didn't get very far) but I suck at flying. I truly do. I mean it is bad. I can take off. Probably land if the ground is flat enough. I'm all good until people start shooting at me. Then I freak out and forget everything! Meaning they generally hit me once and I do the rest of the crashing. So sad, so very sad.
So any tips on flying the bricks? I mean dropships. This is like 20,000 AD you'd think they would've made flying easy! |
Joel II X
Dah Gods O Bacon
1192
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:00:00 -
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I find it easier to fly with South paw scheme. I forgot to switch it on my alt once and just stood there for like 10 seconds not knowing what I was doing wrong lol.
There was a really cool guy who helped me out back in 1.5 and he was really patient. He even supplied me with his ships, too!
I payed him 1 mil and a half to return the favor. I also give isk now to people learning how to fly thanks to him. If you see me anywhere, hit me up and I'll try my best to help you.
I think I'm still in Scouts United. |
Lanius Pulvis
Bullet Cluster Legacy Rising
141
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:01:00 -
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Get on Youtube, check out Judge Rhadamanthus' instruction videos. Seriously, just do yourself this favor.
Not new, just new to you.
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Alena Ventrallis
The Neutral Zone
682
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:01:00 -
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First off, check out Judge Rhadamanthus' videos on dropship flying. He has excellent videos to show you how to fly. Link to the first video in the series is here, and you can navigate to the others from there.
My personal advice, stay deep in your redline to practice flying. Don't fly over the battlefield until you have decent control over your dropship. Also, skill into dropships enough to fly standard dropships. Militia version have an autolevel feature that throws off how all other dropships fly. So go standard for practice.
Best PVE idea I've seen.
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Operative 1171 Aajli
Bragian Order Amarr Empire
1243
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:08:00 -
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I've been trying to get better about evasive maneuvering against rails. I fly low but focus on a flight path and altitude with enough room to hit the decrease thrust button and quickly drop down into a low or blocked area that breaks LoS while still keeping speed and then skim the ground and come up and fly quickly away to a safer part of the map.
I still have problems dipping and not gaining my altitude back before I hit the ground too hard and burn. This usually happens when The terrain is inclining again in the crater areas of the newer maps.
Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!
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Fraceska
Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation
375
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:09:00 -
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I only had enough SP for vehicle Command 3 and Dropship Operation 3 so I'm flying just the Grimsnes. Thing is I didn't have enough SP to do anything else. So I don't really gain WP or much ISK :( |
Son-Of A-Gun
3dge of D4rkness SoulWing Alliance
1291
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:09:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:Why can't I fly
Your bones are to heavy. Your extremities, that could serve as wings, do not produce enough lift, meaning that, even if your bones were light enough, you could still not achieve flight. You have no tail rudder. Even if you did posses a tail rudder, you could not sufficiently conceal your legs to make your body aerodynamically viable.
I think that about sums it up.
{:)}{3GÇó>
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DeadlyAztec11
Ostrakon Agency Gallente Federation
4328
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:10:00 -
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You're a fairy that had her wings clipped D':
My alts: General John Ripper, Draxus Prime, MoonEagle A, Anarchide, Long Evity
And this is why I am the #1 forum warrior
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Pvt Numnutz
Black Phoenix Mercenaries
759
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:15:00 -
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Becoming good at flying requires experience to know how to respond to combat situations. Your going to loose a lot of isk becoming a pilot, that part is unavoidable. Dropships have a larger redline than ground units, go out into the neutral red behind a mountain and practice flying. Watch judge radamantheus' tutorial videos and join 1st airborne chat channel, a lot of really good pilots hang out there and will (sometimes) answer your questions and squad with you if they have time. |
Awry Barux
New Eden Blades Of The Azure Zero-Day
822
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:16:00 -
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Alena Ventrallis wrote:First off, check out Judge Rhadamanthus' videos on dropship flying. He has excellent videos to show you how to fly. Link to the first video in the series is here, and you can navigate to the others from there. My personal advice, stay deep in your redline to practice flying. Don't fly over the battlefield until you have decent control over your dropship. Also, skill into dropships enough to fly standard dropships. Militia version have an autolevel feature that throws off how all other dropships fly. So go standard for practice.
This. Judge is a dropship god and everything he says is great advice.
Personally, now that I've tried it, I can't fly anything other than an ADS, and really a Python. It simply puts every other dropship to shame- everything else feels so sluggish. In a Python, you can feel exactly what every little adjustment is doing immediately because of its rapid response to your inputs. It has improved my flying much more quickly than practicing in the standards.
You can skill into ADSes on an alt and have enough money to practice flying them in the Academy- no one will be forging or railtanking at you, and generally there won't even be swarms hassling you. Just don't fight and accidentally earn enough WP to graduate, and you can have a nice safe practice environment to practice maneuvering around. |
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Ivy Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
307
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:17:00 -
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Honestly the dropships were a little hard to get used to, but after a while I got used to the control scheme...of course first thing this did was when I went to play battlefield was roll my chopper in midair and kill me...I actually whimpered.
Now a word of advice...Somehow I find the regular dropships more survivable. It could be the level of assault dropship that I have but with a good gunner (my dedicated gunner death shade) I still score well even when playing about with the dropships. Of course, people may have seen me lately just landing on reds...dont judge me, its fun!
Dedicated Stealth Scout.
Scout instructor; Learning Coalition
Scrambler Pistol dedication
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Vulpes Dolosus
SVER True Blood General Tso's Alliance
960
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:17:00 -
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Keep throwing your dropships at the ground until you miss. That's how I did it.
ADS Kills: Lost count a while ago...
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Fraceska
Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation
375
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:33:00 -
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I guess I could maybe transfer money to my main to practice a bit more. It's a shame since I like the concept of the support they can offer. Being a logi would be nice to have an extension of that role |
Operative 1171 Aajli
Bragian Order Amarr Empire
1243
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:33:00 -
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Ivy Zalinto wrote:Honestly the dropships were a little hard to get used to, but after a while I got used to the control scheme...of course first thing this did was when I went to play battlefield was roll my chopper in midair and kill me...I actually whimpered.
Now a word of advice...Somehow I find the regular dropships more survivable. It could be the level of assault dropship that I have but with a good gunner (my dedicated gunner death shade) I still score well even when playing about with the dropships. Of course, people may have seen me lately just landing on reds...dont judge me, its fun!
Militia DS are self correcting. They come back to a level position.
Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!
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Fraceska
Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation
375
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:48:00 -
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I just lost so much ISK lol... yeah putting her back on ice and just playing this logi. |
Awry Barux
New Eden Blades Of The Azure Zero-Day
823
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:54:00 -
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Vulpes Dolosus wrote:Keep throwing your dropships at the ground until you miss. That's how I did it.
+1 for Douglas Adams. I'd give you +42 if I could. |
Skihids
Bullet Cluster Legacy Rising
2855
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Posted - 2014.02.18 05:56:00 -
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The main problem of all student pilots, both real and simulated, is over controlling.
It sounds like that's a big part of your problem based on your description. I suggest you consciously apply a lighter hand.
Your enemy is pilot induced oscillation which is tipping your ship too far, then over correcting to throw it further in the opposite direction, followed by over correcting further, followed by a crash. Start by not tipping so far in the first place, then consciously stop your corrective control right before your ship passes through the recovery attitude. Most beginners hold full opposite control until well after the ship has recovered, causing a panic response to fix the new emergency. |
CommanderBolt
ACME SPECIAL FORCES
698
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Posted - 2014.02.18 06:00:00 -
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You can be the most bomb diggidy pilot in all the lands, unless you are in a brick tanked out Armour derpship, chances are you are going down to one or 2 forge or railgun shots. (At least if you are in a shield DS) |
Fraceska
Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation
375
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Posted - 2014.02.18 06:01:00 -
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Part of the problem I think is the delay. I tap L1 for thrust and I tap left stick forward to put the nose down and generate forward moment. But for some reason there is a delay in moving forward. |
Ivy Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
307
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Posted - 2014.02.18 06:27:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:Part of the problem I think is the delay. I tap L1 for thrust and I tap left stick forward to put the nose down and generate forward moment. But for some reason there is a delay in moving forward. this is because its an inertia based craft. It has to build momentum and move the ship. Regular dropships are much heavier than the assault's and it is obvious when you get them ( first time in an assault dropship I hit the afterburner on takeoff expecting the same flight pattern. Smashed into the mcc not a second later. 300k gone XD)
But yes, the ship is piloted by literally shifting the weight around.
Dedicated Stealth Scout.
Scout instructor; Learning Coalition
Scrambler Pistol dedication
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Dauth Jenkins
Ultramarine Corp
55
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Posted - 2014.02.18 06:49:00 -
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I've found that flying a dropship is a team effort. You need gunners and a spotter to watch out for tanks and other anti vehicle. I switched over to the old Oceania server to practice(not even sure that's still a thing), cause there was no one else on it. Once CCP creates a private match option, then you can safely practice the aerial ballet, learn the moves, and even make your own. Until then, the red line is your best bet. Also try to have someone else who flies with you when you practice to give you tips, and show you how it's done. Never be afraid to ask for help. Most dropship pilots will gladly help out a new pilot, because that's 1 more person who understands the difficulty of flying. Also, fly with what your comfortable fitting. I fly caldari exclusively, because 1) caldari dropships look badass, and 2) if you crash, and your shields go down, you can instantly reboot them with a shield booster.
Sees prototompers...
Sees blueberries start to snipe...
Pulls out commando suit with laser rifle and swarm launcher...
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Vell0cet
SVER True Blood General Tso's Alliance
964
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Posted - 2014.02.18 07:58:00 -
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The maneuver I really struggle with (when I'm practicing in a broken match with no opponents) is landing on a small target like a silo. I tend to overshoot it, nose up + thrust and then overshoot the other way, gaining too much altitude. I keep going back and forth this way for an embarrassingly long time. It's like watching a kid with a learner's permit trying to parallel park. When I see skilled dropship pilots like Judge going from max speed to spiraling around and gently touching down exactly where they intended it blows my mind. I have endless respect for talented pilots.
Best PvE idea ever!
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Yan Darn
Forsaken Immortals Top Men.
230
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Posted - 2014.02.18 08:18:00 -
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Please stick with it - every time a struggling new pilot masters flight, it gives me a hope I can one day do the same. Some of them pilots just have mad skillzzzz - there is literally no other way to say it.
You probably don't know me. But next time you get gunned down or exploded by a Valor scout...check the name.
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Yan Darn
Forsaken Immortals Top Men.
230
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Posted - 2014.02.18 08:23:00 -
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Double post - considering how often I use my phone on the train, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.
You probably don't know me. But next time you get gunned down or exploded by a Valor scout...check the name.
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darkiller240
WarRavens League of Infamy
419
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Posted - 2014.02.18 08:28:00 -
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Fly in Oceanic severs there are usually noone there, you can safely practice your manuvers
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
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The-Beard
Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance
98
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Posted - 2014.02.18 08:44:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:So I've been a prolific poster upon my return. I have this alt with 572k SP. I'm pretty happy with my logi and combat roles don't interest me at all. So when I came back and got to put those SP into new places I put them into vehicles (didn't get very far) but I suck at flying. I truly do. I mean it is bad. I can take off. Probably land if the ground is flat enough. I'm all good until people start shooting at me. Then I freak out and forget everything! Meaning they generally hit me once and I do the rest of the crashing. So sad, so very sad.
So any tips on flying the bricks? I mean dropships. This is like 20,000 AD you'd think they would've made flying easy!
Best adivce I ever got when I was learning to pilot a drop ship. " Beard, always keep this in mind, it's VTOL " - Klark Morrigan
That and Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
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Tau Lai
Isuuaya Tactical Caldari State
48
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Posted - 2014.02.18 09:50:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:So I've been a prolific poster upon my return. I have this alt with 572k SP. I'm pretty happy with my logi and combat roles don't interest me at all. So when I came back and got to put those SP into new places I put them into vehicles (didn't get very far) but I suck at flying. I truly do. I mean it is bad. I can take off. Probably land if the ground is flat enough. I'm all good until people start shooting at me. Then I freak out and forget everything! Meaning they generally hit me once and I do the rest of the crashing. So sad, so very sad.
So any tips on flying the bricks? I mean dropships. This is like 20,000 AD you'd think they would've made flying easy!
1. Press L1 to get alttitude. 2. Move R3 to turn wherever you want to aim. 3. Move L3 veeeeeeeeeeeeery slightly to accelerate.
To land:
4. Move L3 backwards veeeeeeery slowly to deccelerate. 5. Press L2 to descend. 6. Turn with R3 is you need so.
7. Practise this a hundred times. It worked for me. 8. God bless you, cause dropshiing is hard as hell. Just be patient with it. |
Skihids
Bullet Cluster Legacy Rising
2856
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Posted - 2014.02.18 14:29:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:Part of the problem I think is the delay. I tap L1 for thrust and I tap left stick forward to put the nose down and generate forward moment. But for some reason there is a delay in moving forward.
So your problem is definately over controlling. You are holding control input well after you ship has been placed in an attitude to move how you want, so when it does start moving its now headed right into the ground.
Try to consciously anticipate what your ship will do once it overcomes inertia and neutralize the sticks much earlier.
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Yeeeuuuupppp
KILL-EM-QUICK RISE of LEGION
97
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Posted - 2014.02.18 14:51:00 -
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Watch Bamm Havoc's videos
My Minnie is friendly.. don't worry, I don't bite. I slash.
Novice incubus pilot.
Feel the wrath of my troll.
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thomas mak
THE-TITANS
44
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Posted - 2014.02.18 15:40:00 -
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Use a ASD Use a PS controller Hold on L1 always Never ever use first person mode Don't think it is a dropship but a tone of isk Never ever ever ever let other dropship crash on you Never go under anything unless you are skilled as good as how I flu a DS
Why tank rule the sky
Why tanks are so cheap
Why all the vehicle module are GONE!!!!!!!!
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Sgt Buttscratch
Edimmu Warfighters
1693
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Posted - 2014.02.18 15:48:00 -
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ASD fly a lot nice than the MLT STD versions. Flying isone of those things that you gofrom being **** to good in a weird time. My 1st dropship flew 20ft and ended upside down under a pipe,within a week and some ISKs I was getting flying like a champ inmy incubus then getting FG'd down.
1st learn basic taking off, landing. Then move onto ******* with turrets, get a guunner in you gorgon or viper fly to enemy redline and start a fight with a turret, then not just escape, try screw around with the turret, learn how to either get sky high fast, or get down low low and behind crap. After that take too tight city maps, fly through them fast as you can, then slow and through tight areas.
All in all though, you will lose dropships learning, especially with 1.7's onslaught of **** tankers. run a starter fit, with an uplink on it. Set your self missions to get that uplink somewhere the enemy don't want you to.
I stick my weiner in two buns and and then give it the gas
Sour cream from my spleen into Levi jeans
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Fraceska
Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation
378
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Posted - 2014.02.18 16:05:00 -
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Thanks for the helpful tips! I will be sure to keep at it then! |
Shinobi MumyoSakanagare ZaShigurui
The Containment Unit
381
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Posted - 2014.02.18 16:42:00 -
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Skihids wrote:The main problem of all student pilots, both real and simulated, is over controlling.
It sounds like that's a big part of your problem based on your description. I suggest you consciously apply a lighter hand.
Your enemy is pilot induced oscillation which is tipping your ship too far, then over correcting to throw it further in the opposite direction, followed by over correcting further, followed by a crash. Start by not tipping so far in the first place, then consciously stop your corrective control right before your ship passes through the recovery attitude. Most beginners hold full opposite control until well after the ship has recovered, causing a panic response to fix the new emergency. This is true. I use to be horrible but I believe that I am getting better and between Judge's videos and just taking steps and not trying to do to much but moving gradually and just getting experience will help. Dropship piloting is by far the hardest thing to do on this game and I'm glad.
Future Caldari Heavy so watch out for this Sumo Shinobi with a Caldari HMG .
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Fraceska
Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation
378
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Posted - 2014.02.18 16:45:00 -
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I hadn't considered it flying by inertia, was looking at it differently. Now that I've put that into my head I'm doing a hell of a lot better. Not crashing nearly as much able to avoid buildings and make course corrections. Just wish people would stop shooting me. Clearly my guns aren't pew pewing so leave me alone :P |
Skihids
Bullet Cluster Legacy Rising
2857
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Posted - 2014.02.18 17:14:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:I hadn't considered it flying by inertia, was looking at it differently. Now that I've put that into my head I'm doing a hell of a lot better. Not crashing nearly as much able to avoid buildings and make course corrections. Just wish people would stop shooting me. Clearly my guns aren't pew pewing so leave me alone :P
I know the frustration. I was practicing deep in my redline when some jerk ran up and hacked a blue turret right on our line which proceeded to cost me an ADS.
I strongly suggest you play around with both the "Lunar Lander" and "Asteroids" games in your web browser. Both of them will train your reflexes ISK free, and the latter will give you practice in evading RDVs. Just picture each asteroid as a drunken RDV and you will get a feel for the start of each match. |
Reav Hannari
Red Rock Outriders
3038
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Posted - 2014.02.18 17:15:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:I just lost so much ISK lol... yeah putting her back on ice and just playing this logi.
Posted: 2014.02.18 05:33 ... Posted: 2014.02.18 05:48
15 minutes and already quitting? We had one guy on the forums claim to be an expert the moment he called in a Dropship (yeah, right) but most of us spent about 100 mil ISK and weeks to learn how to not embarrass ourselves. Just avoid the militia ships since their automatic stabilization will mess you up.
// Lance Commander // Matari Logistics / Scout / Pilot // @ReesNoturana
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Reav Hannari
Red Rock Outriders
3039
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Posted - 2014.02.18 17:20:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:I hadn't considered it flying by inertia, was looking at it differently. Now that I've put that into my head I'm doing a hell of a lot better. Not crashing nearly as much able to avoid buildings and make course corrections. Just wish people would stop shooting me. Clearly my guns aren't pew pewing so leave me alone :P
Yeah, your ship is a VTOL craft and all your advanced maneuvers will require mastering that inertia. Give it more gas when taking off and starting to accelerate across the field. Just be careful when going straight up or backwards. There always seems to be an MCC to run into.
Also, afterburners are your friend and will help you get out of trouble when people start shooting at you. The safest place is to go straight up to the flight ceiling. Once there you can take a moment to evaluate the situation, let any active modules recover and then do a power dive to where you want to be.
// Lance Commander // Matari Logistics / Scout / Pilot // @ReesNoturana
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soulreaper73
PFB Pink Fluffy Bunnies
727
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Posted - 2014.02.18 17:28:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:So I've been a prolific poster upon my return. I have this alt with 572k SP. I'm pretty happy with my logi and combat roles don't interest me at all. So when I came back and got to put those SP into new places I put them into vehicles (didn't get very far) but I suck at flying. I truly do. I mean it is bad. I can take off. Probably land if the ground is flat enough. I'm all good until people start shooting at me. Then I freak out and forget everything! Meaning they generally hit me once and I do the rest of the crashing. So sad, so very sad.
So any tips on flying the bricks? I mean dropships. This is like 20,000 AD you'd think they would've made flying easy!
You do not have redbull therefore you do not have wings. As a result you can not fly..
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CRNWLLC
Screwy Rabbit ULC
42
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Posted - 2014.02.18 17:33:00 -
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Just wanted to lend support! Keep at it--I must have lost 60+ dropships just learning how to take off and land, and those were all AUR variants since I was too dense to realized that militia variants existed. I guess in hindsight, though, it was probably a good idea since it forced me to learn sans auto-leveling.
Now, I can land on a dime--can get to the top of the ringed tower on the Skim Junction map, land, and recall my DS about 90% of the time now.
Can't wait for pilot suits!
Have you seen my baseball?
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Fraceska
Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation
379
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Posted - 2014.02.18 17:36:00 -
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All of my SP went into getting the basic dropship since I only had that. Now I have no suits or weapons. So if I'm not calling down ships it seems like a waste. But I can't generate more WP/SP without fighting but I'm just in militia gear :( |
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Reav Hannari
Red Rock Outriders
3040
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Posted - 2014.02.18 18:14:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:All of my SP went into getting the basic dropship since I only had that. Now I have no suits or weapons. So if I'm not calling down ships it seems like a waste. But I can't generate more WP/SP without fighting but I'm just in militia gear :(
There needs to be a sign somewhere that training into dropships is best done after you have a decent infantry/money-making fit. They are the most money intensive thing to get into right now. Go ahead and get a basic Incubus with missiles fit if you want but then I'd detour back to infantry for a few million SP. You can call in basic and assault dropships when feeling rich or you want to practice.
// Lance Commander // Matari Logistics / Scout / Pilot // @ReesNoturana
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Mad Syringe
ReDust Inc.
112
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Posted - 2014.02.18 18:15:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:All of my SP went into getting the basic dropship since I only had that. Now I have no suits or weapons. So if I'm not calling down ships it seems like a waste. But I can't generate more WP/SP without fighting but I'm just in militia gear :(
If you're on your own, just get a militia suit with uplink/s and put them in high positions (that make sense) It's important though not to put uplinks everywhere high, since there are a lot of places where high uplinks are a disadvantage, and the defending team can easily pic the guys dropping from the roof and so on.
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Lanius Pulvis
Bullet Cluster Legacy Rising
150
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Posted - 2014.02.18 18:27:00 -
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Something I discovered while trying to recover from a 3 ADS loss early on... Stick a militia repair tool on a starter fit and play ambush for an hour, even with losses it's an easy 1 mil ISK. Also, placing uplinks once you're able to reliably land on roofs...just don't stick them too high or people have a tendency to camp.
Not new, just new to you.
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Zirzo Valcyn
Kameira Lodge Amarr Empire
111
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Posted - 2014.02.18 18:52:00 -
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if you don't learn to fly MLT you're gonna have a very expensive learning period with ADS. only a noob or tryhard calls an ADS at the beginning of the map only to have it shot down in the next 30 seconds. you save your ADS for after you've flown the map with MLT and have a feel for how it's going to pan out. you don't just throw your ADS blindly into a battle hoping it doesn't get shot down.
u can ban the troll out of the forums but u can't ban the forums out of the troll.
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Operative 1171 Aajli
Bragian Order Amarr Empire
1255
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Posted - 2014.02.18 19:21:00 -
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Ivy Zalinto wrote:Fraceska wrote:Part of the problem I think is the delay. I tap L1 for thrust and I tap left stick forward to put the nose down and generate forward moment. But for some reason there is a delay in moving forward. this is because its an inertia based craft. It has to build momentum and move the ship. Regular dropships are much heavier than the assault's and it is obvious when you get them ( first time in an assault dropship I hit the afterburner on takeoff expecting the same flight pattern. Smashed into the mcc not a second later. 300k gone XD) But yes, the ship is piloted by literally shifting the weight around.
I did a guide some time back HERE
But what you want to look for to help you steer is the direction of the thrusters. That will tell you what direction you are going in despite what you are doing with the controls or what direction the body is pointing. Later you will have a better sense of what the thrusters are doing by looking at the body.
Watch Yawing too much. That tends to turn your ship but doesn't apply much momentum so you swing around more instead of quickly changing to the direction you are actually trying to go. Use Roll then apply a little Yaw as needed to turn sharply. Yaw is better when you are moving slower or hovering. It can get you into trouble when going fast.
Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!
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Fox Gaden
Immortal Guides
2511
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Posted - 2014.02.18 19:27:00 -
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When no one shows up on the other team, that is when I practice flying a dropship. I almost feel confident enough to fly them in an actual fight now.... almost.
Also: Training Video - The basics and beyond of dropship flight
Fox Gaden: DUST Wall of Fame, 2014
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LT Dans Legs
Bullet Cluster Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2014.02.18 20:08:00 -
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If you go to Training Grounds, they should have Dropship Flight School stickied. Written by our very own floating legend Skihids. It might help you out. Its very broken down and easy to understand. Hope it helps. |
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