DUST Search - Sticky:Swarms versus Dropships

Jebus McKing wrote:

"Drive-bys"... LOL... That's a great idea considering that basically everything will only start rendering when you are very close. Most of the time you will have run past a target before it renders if you are trying to "drive-by".

And it happenend to me so many times that when enemy infantry is on uneven ground I can hardly deal damage with a missile launcher because of some bug or something screwing up damage application of splash damage so that I am forced to hover and shoot continuely at them.

"Drive-bys" against tanks that rep 200 HP/s, yeah, no.

I honestly don't get why swarms need to be more effective against ADS. They are so damn easy to use and one good swarmer is usually able to keep an ADS away, not destroying it, but making it hard for the ADS to deal substantial damage. Or even make the ADS crash into some building because it gets completely knocked around by a swarm hit in the wrong spot.

And as soon as there are 2 AV players working together the ADS is toast anyway or at least won't get close in order to not lose 500k ISK.

If it's not AV that destroys your ADS then it's those stupid assholes that ram your ADS with a militia drop ship and kill you in one hit. If it was possible to fit a militia suit to instantly kill a proto suit or to destroy a tank with a militia tank by just running into them I don't think it would take you long to fix it due to the outcry in the forums but this cheap tactic against ADS seems to be fine with you.

The simple fact that every ADS HAS TO USE AFTERBURNERS to not get constantly killed by swarmers should show you how good they already are.

How about you first fix damage indicators, improve rendering, make ramming less effective before you nerf/buff either swarms or ADS?

Sorry for the rant but this had to be said.

Was banned for fighting for logistics survival on 7/25/2014 02:11. Logistics will never be respected.


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Meee One Hello Kitty Logistics 1139	Posted - 2014.09.15 09:59:00 - [1] - Quote Jebus McKing wrote: "Drive-bys"... LOL... That's a great idea considering that basically everything will only start rendering when you are very close. Most of the time you will have run past a target before it renders if you are trying to "drive-by". And it happenend to me so many times that when enemy infantry is on uneven ground I can hardly deal damage with a missile launcher because of some bug or something screwing up damage application of splash damage so that I am forced to hover and shoot continuely at them. "Drive-bys" against tanks that rep 200 HP/s, yeah, no. I honestly don't get why swarms need to be more effective against ADS. They are so damn easy to use and one good swarmer is usually able to keep an ADS away, not destroying it, but making it hard for the ADS to deal substantial damage. Or even make the ADS crash into some building because it gets completely knocked around by a swarm hit in the wrong spot. And as soon as there are 2 AV players working together the ADS is toast anyway or at least won't get close in order to not lose 500k ISK. If it's not AV that destroys your ADS then it's those stupid assholes that ram your ADS with a militia drop ship and kill you in one hit. If it was possible to fit a militia suit to instantly kill a proto suit or to destroy a tank with a militia tank by just running into them I don't think it would take you long to fix it due to the outcry in the forums but this cheap tactic against ADS seems to be fine with you. The simple fact that every ADS HAS TO USE AFTERBURNERS to not get constantly killed by swarmers should show you how good they already are. How about you first fix damage indicators, improve rendering, make ramming less effective before you nerf/buff either swarms or ADS? Sorry for the rant but this had to be said. MLT frames can to 1 shot Pro suits... Have you ever heard of REs? HAVs can be 1 shot too... Have you ever heard of JLAVS? Most of CCPs numbers take into account ADS' infantry support. In PCs ADS accel crazily,with very little support. ADS pilots don't realise your job is to clear the ground so the troops you're supposed to be transporting can take a point. You aren't supposed to be a mobile battle platform,HAVs are. HAVs aren't for troop transporting and they only have seats for gunners. ADS' have been out of control for a while,and are finally being reigned back into their intended purpose. Was banned for fighting for logistics survival on 7/25/2014 02:11. Logistics will never be respected.