In case you don't know what this maneuver is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S6RNWE0WKQ

I've heard the forge rounds knock the dropships around is this true?

You can make controlled landings without damaging the craft, but not quickly.

When you are descending, keep your lateral momentum manageable. At about 5 meters just let off the throttle and let it glide in. Only use slight movements with the stick to correct - no throttle. When you touch down you can go reverse to keep the craft grounded.

I wanted to practice "combat landings" but then the server reset and I'm broke. I won't be trying again until Swarms have their lock-on range nerfed.


I prefer my passengers to stay in the Dropship until I say "bail", but without automatic voice comms inside the craft its hard to coordinate. With an armor rep I recover from hairy situations with the warning klaxons going a little too often.

DO A BARREL ROLL

Done.

Yeah, it is a pain, but you can recover. Also if the dropships beeping, all passengers please disembark or die.
Sorry to the three who didn't make it, I almost recovered but the armor repair didn't recharge fast enough...
I just don't know what went wrong... We did manage to distract the entire enemy team for the entire match...

After finally bringing up a couple of drop ships I found they were not as hard to fly this build as i had read they were still hard but I could keep them level , hard part seem to be slowing them down to land or circle firefights on ground also seem very easy to knock out of the air. seem to need to be some place inbetween last build and this one

After the patch I was totally unable to flight straight. After the over9000 Gamescom battles and some puking passenger, I was able to achieve simple flying and few loops and barrel roll without closing them with a faceplant.
I feel that new controls are more rewarding when mastered...even if I still feel like that http://tinyurl.com/dropshipzz

I assume we have some new toys coming soon from the pilot suit and propulsion modules?

Assuming seems a legit option ;) I hope for the Dropship equivalent of Bicycle Training Wheels

Also, I'm looking to get some gunning practice in, so feel free to send a squad invite if you're online in approximately 8 hours. (Stupid kitten freelance work.)

Hey Asimov you should check us out at Betamax site

Also, look at "Betamax Recruits" ingame.

Always looking for good dropship pilots

I'm the type of pilot that flies fast and hard, if you're ever in my ship, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry...

People that pilot their dropships as slowly and carefully as old people drive their cars won't make it far as a pilot in this game...

Huh. So that's how you avoid swarms. I need to get into a DS more often so I can get some practice. Lousy homework...

You can make controlled landings without damaging the craft, but not quickly.

When you are descending, keep your lateral momentum manageable. At about 5 meters just let off the throttle and let it glide in. Only use slight movements with the stick to correct - no throttle. When you touch down you can go reverse to keep the craft grounded.

I wanted to practice "combat landings" but then the server reset and I'm broke. I won't be trying again until Swarms have their lock-on range nerfed.


I prefer my passengers to stay in the Dropship until I say "bail", but without automatic voice comms inside the craft its hard to coordinate. With an armor rep I recover from hairy situations with the warning klaxons going a little too often.

I'm curious what the average life expectancy of a dropship is now, after the 10 mile swarm launcher launch range + supersonic speed boost.

As a guy who killed tons of Sagaris, Surya, Eryx and Promethius with the Swarm Launcher in E3 build.. they did not need this massive massive buff. The new characteristics are annoying too.

/soapbox

There's a time for both IMO depending on the situation.. No gunner is going to stay with if you're flying all over the place every moment and you will get no vehicle assists for their kills because they're not getting any.