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um... I'm pretty sure that's a drop ship buff my friend

i support all of this except for the fire damage.

which i wouldn't mind (it works fine in battlefield 3) but there's 2 entirely different schools of tanking and repairing. what's a guy with a shield transporter gonna do?

I can fly an Eryx too, and I don't see this as a nerf at this point.

It could very well be the dropship physics model could be an agility/handling boost.

The price increase is across the board, and fine if it's worth it.

Forge guns are horribly slow, and essentially fixed turrets. It doesn't mean they hit any harder, just can move a little better.

The main thing is flames causing damage, which is logical, but not the way I wanted them to deal with "just barely alive" shield ships. This actually makes armor repping vehicles better since they can fix the flames.. but makes shield tanking pilots rely on repair guns and such to fix things.

FWIW- My Eryx dropships can take at least 3 proto FG hits before dying, assuming I don't turn on my shield repper. If yours can only take one hit, you may want to check our support skills or fit design. They're no tanks, but they're highly dependent on how you set them up.

Old physics were broken. Dropships were much cheaper than tanks. The new physics will probably help you out.

Like I said, I liked the old physics. Dropships SHOULD be cheaper than tanks. You never see a single dropship camping the enemy spawn for half a match but I've seen plenty of Sagaris doing it.

um... AV grenades now automatically HOME IN ON TANKS

The new physics makes them much more responsive and agile. You can actually dodge swarm launchers with a dropship now! (And I mean -dodge- not fly around at full speed and never get hit. You won't be able to do that anymore!)

Or so I hear.

drop ship?

drop of squads and gtfo while supressing fire on incoming targets.

NOT, squish players and fly around a break neck speed with a worry of anything hitting you.
exploiting the speed to go outta bounds and regen shield etc etc. spam spawn sites, hacking points.
bellyflop onto towers, smash into the ground and squish tanks and shizzle.

they needed nerfing, because you the players exploit them. ccp sees huge data spikes in snazzy graphs and,
they click a few BRNB ( big red nerf buttons ).

whats next , hmmmmm me thinks TANKS

drop ship?

drop of squads and gtfo while supressing fire on incoming targets.

NOT, squish players and fly around a break neck speed with a worry of anything hitting you.
exploiting the speed to go outta bounds and regen shield etc etc. spam spawn sites, hacking points.
bellyflop onto towers, smash into the ground and squish tanks and shizzle.

they needed nerfing, because you the players exploit them. ccp sees huge data spikes in snazzy graphs and,
they click a few BRNB ( big red nerf buttons ).

whats next , hmmmmm me thinks TANKS

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dropship collision damage: BALANCED damage I could understand, at the moment you can squish people for no penalty and clip a lamp post for instant death, INCREASING damage means that supporting ground troops at objectives will be almost impossible

Like I said, I liked the old physics. Dropships SHOULD be cheaper than tanks. You never see a single dropship camping the enemy spawn for half a match but I've seen plenty of Sagaris doing it.

As a dropship pilot I could not be happier. I will still crush you all

Really tho this might even add some skill to flying them and as for the AV nades lol gona be fun

Slowly burn to death while screaming for reps over comms that never come.

Didn't read it all gents but I'm investing in specialized repair tools for the particular ship you fly. Perhaps the pilot suits will have an equipment slot. Every good pilot would pack a repair tool that reps his craft best.