The problem is the lack of communication between the pilot and the passenger. If you spawn in a random blueberry's dropship, you have no idea if he's going to take you where you want to go or anything. I'd personally spawn on a link and run to where I know I'm needed than in a random's dropship.

That said, even when I'm in a squad people rarely spawn in me or even call for me to pick them up. I feel like the standard DS is the most underutilized thing in Dust currently (that has the most potential).

Ironically, I have more people spawn on my dropships when I fly around the map then when I literally spend half the match hovering in the stratosphere above objectives. I do this on Dom a lot placing myself on a side where paradroppers would have cover and nopeeeee....

The more spastic you fly the more people seem to spawn in your MCRU... I'm telling you this is why I made this thread all the logic flies out the window when it comes to how players interact with MCRUs. To recap:

1. But everyone will see where I am!!! Because you don't think the enemy team knows what uplinks/CRU/Objectives everyone keep coming out of...

2. But I can't see what's around me... how will I know it's safe? Yeah, because it's real safe knowing no one is standing 10 meters next to your uplink/CRU...

3. But The MCRU may be under fire it may be a suicide spawn! Again, no one ever booby traps/camps uplinks/CRUS right guys?? Right?!!!

There's some weird stigma around MCRUs that just never goes away. It's like most players were molested by MCRUs in the battle academy or something.

So you can see if there is a fatty with a hmg right next to you but all weapons but shotguns with scouts that can fool that db and hmgs can be well out of range of the PASSIVE scans, as you put it.

In other words, no one really knows what the hell they are spawning into with uplinks and CRUs because PASSIVE scans don't extend very far.

I've been toying around with MCRUs again lately since they added WP to them and I've been amazed how adverse players seem to be towards either fielding or spawning in them. I've been toying with builds and think I've decided on Myrons for paratroopers and Methanas for quick land CRUs. Still trying to figure out the best configuration whether Madrugar or Gunnlogi for armored MCRUs although I'm leaning towards having both a mid range Gunnlogi with missiles or rail and a blaster Madrugar.

The paradropping lets you literally fly to all objectives on a map circling high in the sky to avoid most all AV and allows players to pick where they roughly want to land and yet I still don't get that many passengers. Not too mention you could load an entire squad into one and all drop on the same objective. It can't be any less safe then uplinks or CRUs given the amount of cloaking scouts these days so what gives?

I was hoping the judge would get ccp to implement that pick up and drop request feature for transport pilots. First you would request a ride and once inside you'll choose a destination on the overview map with perhaps from a quick drop list for objectives

And no one bothers to spawn when I'm hovering still over a contested objective's roof, with no immediate threats...

My dislike is from personal experience. Mostly, it is just straight up back luck. I have tried to spawn in on MCRU's twice recently. Both times, I spawned in and the vehicle was blown up before I had a chance to escape, resulting in a quick death and loss of a rather expensive fitting. I know this isn't really any worse than being spawn camped, but it just annoyed me that I had a 100% death ratio spawning in on them.