Well, I do want ADSs to be tankhunters with gunners, and DS's to be more durable (maybe even slower), able to react to infantry on the ground if equipped and with gunners. They should be one counter to invincigars

I personally hate the idea of MLT vehicles, and standard dropships in general, but thats just me. Without the mobility, standard dropships are still far too flimsy to hold up to sustained fire. Perhaps PRO basic ships will help, but mobility is everything. Give them too much tank and they become invincible suicide machines against ADS, with no real role outside of kill platform. Buff their mobility and the ADS loses its edge because the front turret isnt worth as much as all that survivability.

Side guns on ADS seem more suited to dog fights because the cut to survivability and hike in cost and effort to be effecient dont lend well to being down near the ground, and thus the AV. Im just curious to see how it all pans out, but I can tell you that even slower dropships aren't going to make anyone but AV happy lol. The only reason good pilots can make flying work is because of the ability to interupt sustained DPS by relocating / dodging. Unless you literally make them as durable as HAVs I doubt youll ever see a slow tanked dropship that doesn't go down in flames before it can escape AV range

Small rails could probably use a 10% reduction in efficiency vs shields though, right now they absolutely wreck shields.