The only thing I hate about dropships currently is how people can jump out of them once they have taken max damage and forced to ground.

If you were in the ship when the last shot was placed you should either go down with the ship or it should explode in the sky. Its a bit crap when u've landed your 3rd forge gun hit on a dropship and only get 60 points for the ship destruction as the 7 people inside all bailed out AFTER the dropship was 'dead'.

A better idea would be if they have a chance of exploding in midair and if they do you die inside, if not, you can bail out.

Oh wait, thats how it works now.

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Except that's not how it works. If it's not on absolute ground (as in, in the sky or resting on a pipe, building, or tower), it either has to fall to the ground or is purely on a timer until death. Everyone inside can escape before that timer runs out, and no amount of damage will cause it to explode beforehand.

Its random, sometimes you explode and die in midair when the vehicle gets to 0 health.

I fly dropships, I have died in single shots from forge guns while high above the ground and wondered what happened. I didn't fall to the ground first, I just died.

I don't think it happens very often, but it happens.

And dude, why would you post this in another thread, and then make a new thread.

Lets all try to keep the forums clean and tidy.

You made your point in the "Dropships are Overpowered" thread, why make a new one just for this?

Except that's not how it works. If it's not on absolute ground (as in, in the sky or resting on a pipe, building, or tower), it either has to fall to the ground or is purely on a timer until death. Everyone inside can escape before that timer runs out, and no amount of damage will cause it to explode beforehand.

Its random, sometimes you explode and die in midair when the vehicle gets to 0 health.

I fly dropships, I have died in single shots from forge guns while high above the ground and wondered what happened. I didn't fall to the ground first, I just died.

I don't think it happens very often, but it happens.

Gunners can die in the air to clear things up.

Dropships have fuel tanks

Anyway, reality aside, the current mechanics create an imbalance in the game. Whilst in a dropship you effectively have 2 lives - one whilst your raining hell down via the dropship, and the second when you bail out to continue on foot.

You will always have the option to bail out of the dropship once it comes underfire but the destruction of the dropship should be more condemning to those onboard as it is with all other vehicles.

I've actually been wondering about this. I noticed that I've shot down many drop ships but not a single one exploded in mid-air.

Hmm, I'd be inclined to agree that there must be some exploding assurance depending on the type of weapon that landed the killing blow. I mean, I don't think I would expect a drop ship to explode on impact if I was gunning the things down with ARs. But I'll be damned if a drop ship didn't explode on impact if it got blasted by people using SWARM Launchers or a Forge Gun. Just feels... odd.

Its random, sometimes you explode and die in midair when the vehicle gets to 0 health.

Hmm, I'd be inclined to agree that there must be some exploding assurance depending on the type of weapon that landed the killing blow.