DUST Search - why does everyone want to nerf assault dropships?

Monkey MAC wrote:

Bethhy wrote:

Dropships need a re-concept. They work completely assbackwards.

They have made dropships roaming slayer vehicles that are based on hit and run tactics.

Dropships where supposed to be mobile troop transport vehicles and Mobile spawn platforms. This would improve the entire gameplay of DUST as you can have more mobile spawn platforms that allow the red-lining to be less of an issue. aswell as moving entire teams out of the red-line to more competitive parts of the map.

Dropship pilots where supposed to get rewarded for picking up troops from a captured point then moving them quick. Keeping the battlefield continuously exciting and evolving.. Instead of the constant stale mates that happen now.

Dropships where supposed to be that static sight in the sky that give full time legitimacy to full time AV mercenaries.. Allowing something they can engage always.. But with the Straight up burst alpha damage that dropships have today and with the lack of any meaningful defense to sit there and provide support to troops, or not being able to have a meaningful gunfire exchange with AV specialists before having to completely run for your life. We have made dropships into fighters essentially.

The entire purpose of tank modules on the dropship was to allow them to stay in the air and have some persistence... Not to give Turrets on Dropships extreme killing potential and be forced to have dropships paper thin to balance it. It's assbackwards concept and makes no sense.

You can rede them as much you like but they still won't be used for dropship purposes,
1) The maps are too small
I really don think I need a ride in a dropship to the next Null Cannon, it's only across the road.

2) Drop Uplinks
Not only faster, they are readily available and you know exactly where you're gonna get off, not like when you jump out of moving dropship who's busy evading the Cloud of Swarms because can't hover close enough to the point you need to drop on.

3) Rewards
There is little to no reward for actually transporting players, I think the best I have ever received from a Transport Assist is 12WP.
Futhermore there is no reward for picking up 'distressed' soilders, because when you drop them off in your own territory to regroup or whatever they need to do, they are earning WP for your transport assist.

Dropships will never be used the way they are meant to be in this game, there is little tactical advantage especially over LAV amd Uplinks!


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Bethhy Ancient Exiles. General Tso's Alliance 2319	Posted - 2014.08.01 23:09:00 - [1] - Quote Dropships need a re-concept. They work completely assbackwards. They have made dropships roaming slayer vehicles that are based on hit and run tactics. Dropships where supposed to be mobile troop transport vehicles and Mobile spawn platforms. This would improve the entire gameplay of DUST as you can have more mobile spawn platforms that allow the red-lining to be less of an issue. aswell as moving entire teams out of the red-line to more competitive parts of the map. Dropship pilots where supposed to get rewarded for picking up troops from a captured point then moving them quick. Keeping the battlefield continuously exciting and evolving.. Instead of the constant stale mates that happen now. Dropships where supposed to be that static sight in the sky that give full time legitimacy to full time AV mercenaries.. Allowing something they can engage always.. But with the Straight up burst alpha damage that dropships have today and with the lack of any meaningful defense to sit there and provide support to troops, or not being able to have a meaningful gunfire exchange with AV specialists before having to completely run for your life. We have made dropships into fighters essentially. The entire purpose of tank modules on the dropship was to allow them to stay in the air and have some persistence... Not to give Turrets on Dropships extreme killing potential and be forced to have dropships paper thin to balance it. It's assbackwards concept and makes no sense.
Bethhy Ancient Exiles. General Tso's Alliance 2319	Posted - 2014.08.03 04:06:00 - [2] - Quote Monkey MAC wrote: Bethhy wrote: Dropships need a re-concept. They work completely assbackwards. They have made dropships roaming slayer vehicles that are based on hit and run tactics. Dropships where supposed to be mobile troop transport vehicles and Mobile spawn platforms. This would improve the entire gameplay of DUST as you can have more mobile spawn platforms that allow the red-lining to be less of an issue. aswell as moving entire teams out of the red-line to more competitive parts of the map. Dropship pilots where supposed to get rewarded for picking up troops from a captured point then moving them quick. Keeping the battlefield continuously exciting and evolving.. Instead of the constant stale mates that happen now. Dropships where supposed to be that static sight in the sky that give full time legitimacy to full time AV mercenaries.. Allowing something they can engage always.. But with the Straight up burst alpha damage that dropships have today and with the lack of any meaningful defense to sit there and provide support to troops, or not being able to have a meaningful gunfire exchange with AV specialists before having to completely run for your life. We have made dropships into fighters essentially. The entire purpose of tank modules on the dropship was to allow them to stay in the air and have some persistence... Not to give Turrets on Dropships extreme killing potential and be forced to have dropships paper thin to balance it. It's assbackwards concept and makes no sense. You can rede them as much you like but they still won't be used for dropship purposes, 1) The maps are too small I really don think I need a ride in a dropship to the next Null Cannon, it's only across the road. 2) Drop Uplinks Not only faster, they are readily available and you know exactly where you're gonna get off, not like when you jump out of moving dropship who's busy evading the Cloud of Swarms because can't hover close enough to the point you need to drop on. 3) Rewards There is little to no reward for actually transporting players, I think the best I have ever received from a Transport Assist is 12WP. Futhermore there is no reward for picking up 'distressed' soilders, because when you drop them off in your own territory to regroup or whatever they need to do, they are earning WP for your transport assist. Dropships will never be used the way they are meant to be in this game, there is little tactical advantage especially over LAV amd Uplinks! Monkey.... Your being very silly. The maps are too small? Your serious? Have you played Planetside? because it makes little sense when your running 800m in DUST and then running all of 400m in planetside 2 to get to the next map. Yet mass transportation is kinda huge in PS2.. as well as mobile armor spawn platforms. Drop Uplinks on average have longer spawn... And if you want to spawn blindly into a uplink where everyone gets spawn killed when you could spawn in a dropship and find a safe exit. Your again being silly. Dropships have been setup and ran like Paper thin ganking machines for over a year... Ofcourse that is how they are being used. How about we change it? Rewards have been buffed once and was said then it wasn't enough. Most Dropship pilots enjoy playing taxi more then they do slaying.. Most dropship plots became one to be a team player not a solo slayer. This has been a massive problem staring everyone in the face since Dropships got buffed by CCP Wang to God-like mode... Because he literally saw Vehicles as the end game in DUST 514 so should be better then everything. He got let go.