I've not managed to log on for a week or 2. What did they do to my beloved dropships?

I can gun, if needed. Whatever gives me SP brings me closer to the LAV's.

Basically Battlefield 3 Helicoptor controls, however the axis' have been switched. I adapted really well, considering I dominate in helis in BF3.

I think the new controls are laughable at best, personally. With the character wipe and the (hopefully) reduced skill gain, I won't be putting SP into dropships to double check. Have fun flying your weather balloons >_<

Basically Battlefield 3 Helicoptor controls, however the axis' have been switched. I adapted really well, considering I dominate in helis in BF3.

Is there anyone out there not entirely disenchanted with the new dropship mechanics? Personally I like some of the changes they've made and it's true there are other skills to increase piloting skills. I'm still interested in the dropships and I'm looking to network with other players that want to either fly them with me or be my top gun turret operators. anyone down?

you play BF3 competivietly??? if not then you did not dominate bf3 with heli

Oh thank god for that. It was almost impossible to avoid those stupid swarm missiles. I used to circle buildings 3 times and still get hit.

But yes, there's nothing like seeing that lone guy in the open and hearing that satisfying donk sound as you land on his face.

Well thanks to IRC chat swarm launchers are going to get hit with a massive nerf bat.

Apperantlly the extreme lock range was 'unintended.'

So ultimately at least dropship piloting practice should be a hell lot safer.

Dear God, yes!

I like playing AV SL guy, but man that range is seriously OP.

i managed to fly 1 today and damn, i found it very easy to fly, and way more fun, you just gotta keep in mind which way the ship is tilted and compensate when changing direction or slowing down,

i landed nicely to pick someone up flew a few circles round an objective giving my gunner some nice shots and then hovered over the objective nice and stable, i dont see what people are complaining about with the controls

sadly a swarm launcher ended my fun but it was worth the isk to buy it,

as soon as i save up enough isk i will be buying another.

I just fear the lack of AV options now.

Yeah, we'll see. Sounds like the FG got a boost, which is the really good tank killer.

The main beef I have with SL is the range against Dropships since they're so easy to target in comparison.

Please work your dev chat skills on the topic of a gunship. ;)

Even if it's a pilot and a gunner with 1 small turret each, and the same PG/CPU/slots as a dropship, I'd be happy.

FG is anti-infantry from the looks of it.

As for Developer chat they're more concerned as to why the dropship spins out of control at 'random' I told them a few scearios to look into such every so often people spawning or exiting the dropship mid air would cause it to veer off course.

Yeah, I haven't experienced that, but then I rarely took on brave passengers in my testing :)

Definitely need dropships working properly, but gunships fill out the "chopper" role.

FG changes to anti-infantry? Strange.