swarm missiles follow a dropship's path instead of directly flying towards it.

Its been long overdue. It's a shame we didn't have all this information sharing last year.

Fox, I forget if you fly Python or Incubus. If you fly Incubus, mind sharing your fit? Currently the closest thing ive found to reliable is

Complex Afterburner

Complex 60mm plates
Complex Light Armor Rep
Basic Heavy Armor Rep

XT-1 Missile or Proto Rail

For some reason it won't let me quote.

@Jace


I knew you were both there runnin mandos. Thats not exactly a new tactic. I only kept coming back to test new survivability. I only engaged you guys about twice, never even hovering, dipping down just long enough to take a couple shots and gtfo. Every single time I was flying away with AB before the first set hit me. Each and every time they outpaced and killed me as I ran away full speed, without even slowing down to engage.

For some reason I thought you were a pilot, my bad. This new lack of RoF on my railgun makes me feel like a flying LAV :/

over buff AV

i use dual hardners on my d'ship it can tank anything while there on so i go in kill things, then my hardners turn off i get out let them cool down and go back and engage, maybe he uses that?

yup it is the update killed the last hotfix. it will go back up after they fix it. with rails anyways.

That's probably why Missile launchers on Pythons as a combo rank number 4 in PC kills, and the Proto XT-1 Missile Launcher ranks top 4 of PC kills, for the last two weeks

Kills
Weapons, Heavy, Heavy Machine Guns, Prototype, Boundless Heavy Machine Gun
Weapons, Light, Shotguns, Prototype, Duvolle Specialist Shotgun
Weapons, Light, Shotguns, Prototype, CreoDron Shotgun
Turrets, Missile, Small, Prototype, XT-1 Missile Launcher
Weapons, Light, Combat Rifles, Prototype, Six Kin Assault Combat Rifle
Weapons, Heavy, Heavy Machine Guns, Prototype, Six Kin Burst Heavy Machine Gun
Weapons, Light, Rail Rifles, Prototype, Kaalakiota Rail Rifle

Kills by Actor(Pawn) and Weapon
Dropsuits, Heavy, Sentinel, Prototype, Sentinel ak.0&Weapons, Heavy, Heavy Machine Guns, Prototype, Boundless Heavy Machine Gun
Dropsuits, Heavy, Sentinel, Prototype, Sentinel gk.0& Weapons, Heavy, Heavy Machine Guns, Prototype, Boundless Heavy Machine Gun
Dropsuits, Light, Scout, Prototype, Scout gk.0&Weapons, Light, Shotguns, Prototype, Duvolle Specialist Shotgun
Vehicles, Dropships, Assault, Python& Turrets, Missile, Small, Prototype, XT-1 Missile Launcher
Dropsuits, Light, Scout, Prototype, Scout gk.0& Weapons, Light, Shotguns, Prototype, CreoDron Shotgun
Dropsuits, Heavy, Sentinel, Prototype, Sentinel ck.0&Weapons, Heavy, Heavy Machine Guns, Prototype, Boundless Heavy Machine Gun
Vehicles, Heavy Attack Vehicles, Standard, Gunnlogi&Turrets, Railgun, Large, Prototype, 80GJ Particle Cannon

I mostly find it funny how flying, ADS specifically, has been reduced to a VERY specifc set of tactics that revolves largely around running away. There is so little diversity because afterburners are the "correct" way to fit and fly dropships, essentially taking up a slot before you even start to make your fit.

Im telling you, Standard ships are now where it's at. They were buffed so much that they are simply superior if you have a gunner who can shoot even remotely well. The 10% damage buff from ADS skill is still nice, but the 15% RoF is absolutely negligible. That very tiny boost to offense isnt worth the survivability you lose, and while the added agility is nice, its really not that big of a difference anymore.

Since the AV environment has so many swarms that essentially auto apply damage, more tank is the name of the game. Mevermimd turret installations.

saw an ADS go 22-2 in a pc against 3 proto av'ers. They are so underpowered

This is not true. They are flying in a Bezier like curve towards the dropship and not following it's path.

I don't even try to engage. Just fly my fat Incubus away. Going full speed away, swarms catch up and kill me each time.

Thanks Ratatti, you've made this game exceptionally engaging

Unless I have an Afterburner active and rush for the ceiling, im ****** (I run AB on all but test fits btw, and it no longer helps half the time) Sometimes I wonder why I quit, then I play a couple matches and it all comes back to me. CCP has no idea how to balance AV vs Vehicles, and likely never will.

Incubus? What kind of fit was he running? And what kind of AV