CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.07.15 02:39:00 -
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WellGǪ  welcome back, Skihids. It's an interesting evolution you can see for Dust 514, but you can also see it's not all terrific yet.
The "Waves of Opportunity" conceptGǪ has stumbled a bit for now.
But I suspect that the concept will either be utterly abandoned (with no complaint from me, since I was never a supporter of the concept), or will be powerfully reaffirmed, once the Dropship-Progression system is hammered out. ( It actually WAS started a few months ago, but the feuding and mob-violence in players' posts scared CCP badly enough to shake dentures out of mouths).
Currently, any mountain of Armour you pack on a DS will be chewed up quickly by today's AV. I'd say the only DS fits that do well, regardless of how experienced your hands may be, are:
 a Caldari ADS thanks to its agility/speed as much as its Shielding,
and
 a heavily-Armoured Gallente Transporter with more than 2500 passive Shield hp  , (a fitting that only the lifetime-DS players like Skihids, Teebow, Gabriella-Grey, et al have the Vehicle-SP to build).
The majority of vehicles I see floating in the matches can barely fit 5000 total ehp without either their Shields or their Armour maxing at less than 2000 hp.
From what I used to read in the old threads from 2012, back then the Dropship's famed nemesis was the Proto Forge Gunner. He was out there, his second shot was death, and if you could outwit him, you were a top player.
GǪToday, the nemesis isGǪ Harpo Marx and his 10-Aur Swarm Launcher----not nearly so lethal as the 2012 ForgeGunner, but the same effective "obstacle" against you trying to access the map with your DS.
Until CCP is able to sit down to a level-headed DS population ( not the loopy, over-medicated, hurtful-mouthed mob of "pilots" that repeatedly derail every thread the devs try), the Dropship's Evolution in this game will be stuck in "pause".
Do the best you can, Skihids, to stall for time until the DS's time comes. Good to have you back!
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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