I rather have a Vtol fighter. hard enough to aim with the lav.

imho the guys in the seats should all be able to fire, not only those in the turrets.

I would wager that more variants of vehicles will come out in the future that might have 1 pilot/gunner and secondary gunner (ie. Walker variant and assault flyer thing like a eve frigate?)

I also would not mind to see a team spawn bonus for ships with spawn points in them. as common as a drop ships are they are a valuable resource for team spawns, and the owner of the ship (not the pilot) should get some love for the investment in team play!

wish i could recall which game it was i played where you got support xp, like you'd get xp for repairing things, healing people, etc. that way people like me who lack the twicthflexes to be really good in PVP battles had a chance to contribute, as well. i think Nova Knife's idea, with a bit of balance tweaking (should the pilot get a lot of the credit because he happened to have really good gunners? maybe so, maybe not), but i believe that something more than what they get now is definitely needed

*EDIT P.S. as many times as i've been squashed by a dropship trying to get to cover, i'd say pilots are soloing now :)

People that heavily focused on healing and repairing were very valuable in MAG, and they were rewarded handsomely for it too. I often ran around with my med kit out full time, and would get EXP on par with the people getting 10/1 KDR's. I would like to see that type of gameplay be rewarded nicely in Dust too, I certainly wouldn't mind being a medic.

imho the guys in the seats should all be able to fire, not only those in the turrets.

I heavily use the dropship as well. In comparison to poins, the pilot only gets 25 while the gunner gets 50. That gunner whouldnt be able to get as many kills without me moving the ship around with (great, but sometimes klutsy) precision while avoiding swarms and forge guns in the heat of battle. I would like the extra 25 for the kill, or have something like a kill streak if you're piloting - the more kills the more bonus +5 pts extra / kill added per flight.

Example, i take off with a gunner, he kills one, i get 25.
He gets another kill... i get 30, then 35, then 40... And so forth limiting it to 45 or 50 when it gets that far. This make teamwork more valuable.

Like in fleet fights, the logi is just as important as the dps or tackler. So should the pilots.

To make it short, give us pilots some bonus for letting you shoot on our ship.
This should also pass on tho the other vehicles

I rather have a Vtol fighter. hard enough to aim with the lav.

+10 when people get off the dropship.

2 points.

it's a dropship, not a gunship. the seat layout alone clearly marks them as transport and support vehicles. hell, the higher tier is even called a logistics dropship... sorry if the pilot can't get lots of kills, but that's what they signed up for. i'm not against SOME way of better rewarding the pilot, but it should not be kill centric. "why can't my heavy carry nano-hives and a repair kit!? you know in case i don't group up with a logi-bro"

there are currently 4 seats where the passenger cannot shoot. that is a LOT of potential firepower, especially if you start considering swarm launchers and forge guns.