To further add on to my Suggestion, in order to satisfy both sides, such as: those who want to drop-in to battle & those who would rather 'teleport' in; it may be plausible to have Drop-Uplinks act as transporter pads & materialize people into battle while those who are spawning into spawn points located around control points or team controlled bases are drop-ins or free-falls.

id rather see 'safe zones" for dropping in and not just randomly droppping whereever we want..

is "teleporting" even possible in EVE?

i thought dropping in was always the plan for ccp, as well as walking out of a C.R.U. Section 8 was the 1st game i played where u dropped in instead of spawning. but for this game id rather see 'safe zones" for dropping in and not just randomly droppping whereever we want.

i know this is a sci fi game but i dont see anything about haveing the tech to spawn directly in a drop ship. Unless that drop ship as clones onbroad in which case it is all good.

...Drop Uplink...

I like this idea with the exception of being able to be shot on the decent. Not being able to defend yourself during the decent is unfair. Even if you are able to adjust the trajectory of your decent, the amount of adjustment won't be enough to avoid incoming fire, because of the limitation of the spawnpoint. Ex: You select to spawn at objective A, but won't be able to drift all the way to objective B. You are stuck within the bounds of of that spawn point. This will give snipers an advantage since your trajectory will be kept within their feild of view. So just like in MAG, snipers will watch spawn points and pick you off as your enter. All while you are unable to defend yourself.

...Drop Uplink...

My only problem with dropping Starhawk Style is a problem with logic.

Weapons evolve and counterevolve as defenses and weapons compete to outdo each other. The counter to a CRU is destroying it. However, how would there be no counter to dropping from the sky? Would not technology in New Eden evolve to counter this, such as pinpoint laser systems to kill you as you fall? Why would technology not produce an effective defense against drop pods falling from the sky? Thats my major counterpoint to having a failsafe method of deployment...

Doesn't have to be pods, could just be us falling with inertia dampeners. You don't seem to have a problem for a lack of counter to inertia dampeners.
The only reason the current "appear out of thin air" spawn system is safe from counters is because it has no explanation. Having an explanation (even if it means that explanation can be used to come up with a counter) is still better than having no explanation at all. I'm pretty sure EVE's world is supposed to be hard scifi, meaning things are suppose to make sense, and based in plausible science, and not magical things.
Dropping down on default spawn points, and on friendly controlled objectives from cloaked RDV-like vehicles should happen.

Doesn't have to be pods, could just be us falling with inertia dampeners. You don't seem to have a problem for a lack of counter to inertia dampeners.
The only reason the current "appear out of thin air" spawn system is safe from counters is because it has no explanation. Having an explanation (even if it means that explanation can be used to come up with a counter) is still better than having no explanation at all. I'm pretty sure EVE's world is supposed to be hard scifi, meaning things are suppose to make sense, and based in plausible science, and not magical things.
Dropping down on default spawn points, and on friendly controlled objectives from cloaked RDV-like vehicles should happen.

i think we spawn in now using the same stuff as drop uplinks, besides this isnt extremely hard sci-fi it has alot of elements that arnt possible but im happy so long as nothing suddenly breaks the in universe rules. appearing out out of thin air could be explained considering there alot of space travel and communication.

ive noticed the eve verse focused on overwhelmingly advanced communication and travel technology compared to other sci-fi verse, it stands to reason that a eve society that focused so heavily on intergalactic communication and travel would take a crack at new ways to get troops to the battlefield. i mean they are beaming on conscious around super sized intergalactic network infrastructure they can cross the link of their galaxy in a few hours why wouldnGÇÖt they have some advance means of troop deployment?

Drop uplinks are wormhole exits I think. You can't appear out of nowhere without an exit, and there are no teleportation drop uplink-like installations there. If there are exits installed in objectives, and on default spawn points, I still would prefer droping with inertia dampeners because it is kittening awesome. Way cooler than just teleporting.

Drop Uplink. I highlighted the part you missed. It emphasises the dropsuits we wear that we use to drop into battle.

Drop Uplink. I highlighted the part you missed. It emphasises the dropsuits we wear that we use to drop into battle.

TLDR; Dropping in (anywhere) with the ability to slightly adjust landing point with the use of jets on the suit upon descent while facing the ability to be shot down.

I'm suprised nobody remembers the trailer from a couple months back.

It clearly showed an Amarr strike team being shot out of a Coercer-launched pod, then performing a suit-only inertia drop from orbit.
If that's not a clue to what CCP wants to do with the drop-into-battle concept, then nothing else is.

P.S. That same sequence suggests that dropsuits are designed to withstand the harsh conditions of space, at least for a short time. Wonder what that might mean...?

Perhaps a drop ship should have limited clones/spawns...similar to a drop up-link...a pilot can use SP to increase the number of spawns in his D/S

The last guy to try it was a Jovian.

He exploded.

I feel that by dropping onto the battlefield from orbital dropships hovering out of range of equipment or manpower on the ground will help to eliminate the issue of spawn camping and allow for a more unique experience to the gameplay. We already have inertia dampeners so therefor it could be easily implemented for someone to literally "drop-in" on a spawn point. On the descent the player's dropsuit could have jets which allow the player to 'slightly' adjust where they will land (as to avoid predictably landing in the same spot yet not maneuver too far away from the spawn location). Upon landing impact a concussive force could be dispersed from the point of landing damaging nearby players. This would add a level of unpredictability & tactical planning. Players could possibly be shot down upon entry by players and anti-aircraft turrets alike, so it may be beneficial to even add a skill set which could increase the maneuverability of the suit in mid-air when dropping in (to avoid being shot down upon descent).

TLDR; Dropping in on spawn locations from NPC ships in the atmosphere with the ability to slightly adjust landing point with the use of jets on the suit upon descent while facing the ability to be shot down.

I hope this idea interests other players and the developers, and that players could add input to this matter for a more in depth experience.