There's nothing to be dealt with. The balance is fine.

Want to fend off an ADS? Use AV. Don't expect a single AVer to reliable kill an ADS.
Then why would I even bother using AV if he's guaranteed to escape?

Because by driving him away, you're taking him out of the battle for a time. Don't be so myopic.

Want to reliably kill an ADS? Use teamwork, it's OP.

Imagine if a single AVer could easily kill ADSs. Now add another, and another. That would make AV completely OP. (And before you counter, multiple ADSs are usually more of a threat to themselves and a hinderance to their team than compounding their effectiveness).

This paragraph right here is extremely biased.

Basically, why would I use Y if 1x GëÑ 2y? Though what you said about multipule ADSs is not false (to an extent). 2 ADSs can easily destroy an entire team if they're good, and in open areas (which is a good amount of the maps in DUST) they're in no way a hinderance to anyone other than the enemy team.

Multiple AV units on the other hand, reduce the Anti-Infantry capabilities of your team, as well as the ability to hack/push objectives; all of which are deciding factors in whether or not a team will win the match.[/i]

If you mean that I find it unfair that my +500k proto ADS can now be easily be killed (with no hope of escape or retaliation) by 2-3 <50k suits that I may never see, hear, or know about before hand, if that's what you call biased, then yeah, it's biased. What it actually is is an accurate description of what you and other swarmers want. If I am wrong, then stop being vague and tell me what you actually want, I've said what I want.

I have already said what should happen when you are a solo AVer: the dropships has either the ability to flee or if he stays, dies. That is the current reality of EVERY viable solo AV set up: either the ADS retreats, fights and kills it, or dies. Swarms are no different from forges in this respect. With more AVers working together, they have a higher chance of killing an ADS, even if one of them are killed.

But what you want is a single AVer to RELIABLY KILL and ADS, and I said that that will be unbalanced if multiple AVers work together.

As for reduction to AI, your trading countering vehicles for countering infantry, and since the enemy vehicles cannot operate fully, they are now a reduction to the enemies AI potential, as well, and as an Infantry with a side arm, you have more AI potential than a tank in the redline or ADS high in the sky. Besides, if you're a commando you can just use another light weapon, so that point doesn't really hold well.

Take forges for example: a single skilled forge gunner can easily down virtually any ADS within one clip (or about 7.5 seconds). Now, with some fancy flying and a bit of luck, I can usually take one forge myself, but add another and it's far more difficult.

And any ADS with an Afterburner can easily escape before 7.2s (Incubi in 4s, Pythons in 2.6s). Honestly if you're dumb enough to stand there for 7.5s you deserve to die

You're ignoring the fact that the first hit is shot and second shot is charging before the pilot has time to react, activate mods, and accelerate to full speed. What you're suggesting is that a full speed ADS is flying over the head of the forge and the forge is trying to shoot it. Realistically, a forge should have not trouble getting off at least 3 shots on a preoccupied ADS that has a decent reaction time and flees immediately. This accomplishes the goal of a solo AVer to drive off vehicles, but since the forge actually takes skill to aim and fire, it has the bonus of being more reliable in actually killing them.

The only rebalance I would accept as fair would be an increase in AB cool down time from 10/10/10sec to 25/20/15sec.
So basically a 5s increase in the Afterburner? That's won't suffice.

I use the Amarr, I use mostly reps on it to keep it light so it's easier to avoid direct hits as well as to rep up quickly so I'm not just a sitting duck with low health; AV with extremely poor mobility dies quicker than AV with just poor mobility. I do use the IAFG but that's irrelevant to the point that small missiles can kill a sentinel in the time it takes for the regular FG to charge. Some people don't like the AFG and I don't blame them; getting the timing right on an evasive ADS can be quite hard with the AFG.

Want to fend off an ADS? Use AV. Don't expect a single AVer to reliable kill an ADS.

Want to reliably kill an ADS? Use teamwork, it's OP.