Actually one more question what's better to have more shield or more armour is one more resistant than the other?

that wasn't pointing out it was special just that normally me and my gunners work well enough togather that win or lose we still showed them hell while having fun

i wasn't refering to you

nither really they both suck you want a good build I can give you one in-game as I don't want these other guys to copy me :P but shields are better because they can regen over time while armor can't

Haha fair enough, probably just go for shield then

These new dropship physics are awesome. With the exception of landing, even a gentle landing will cause massive damage.
Never-mind that **** though, I can ******* pull an Immelmann turn over missiles! Good times are ahead, if I can find a good gunner.

Just read through this entire thread, giggling my socks off as I went. Despite the horror stories and fail-tales, I'm STILL training to be a fly-boy :D

Does anyone have a good DS fit they'd be able to share?

MB

lol if they had one wouldn't they have shared it already while bragging ................... besides me even though I didn't share mine :P right now I don't see many or even any who use a dropship let alone can fly one hell yesterday me and my buddy who was in the gunner seat watched this one poor sap try to fly a viper we almost didn't want to shoot him and see if he would crash it was kinda sad to watch so most can't fly let alone spec right to even make it good but I'm more than happy to share in game as it would be nice to see MORE PLAYERS USING THEM kinda boring being the only guy in the air who can survive let alone fly it

oh my bad :P

good dropship/pilot and good gunners cause the enemies rage meter to rise and go off the charts, making a bunch of enemy infantry go AV which weakens their offensive power on the ground vs other friendly infantry,

then they get so raged that they go out and try to kill the survivors of the crash.. best to fly your burning ship out to BFE/middle of no where causing them to the leave the ground fight to try to kill the crash survivors,

we 3 killed like 4 out 6 of them and their LAV before they killed us 3 crash survivors.. cheers and laughter ensued on our mic..

a wiser man from another MMO once said:
"a pilot without an attitude is just some guy..."

I wasn't even referring to that, though I'm sure we gave them much more of a fight than they were expecting.

I'm referring to the DS pilots who claim they can "easily" avoid swarms. I have yet to find such a technique. Perhaps...more altitude? I have noticed that the DS seems to go faster when you're higher up. BTW, CCP, we need an altimeter and spedometer in our dropships!

Also, someone earlier mentioned shield rechargers. I'm going to tinker with my fits later and see if I can get a more effective fit by using rechargers rather than boosters.

I'm trying dropships again. If I lose the kitten thing while learning the controls I'm going on a rampage with my militia scout....I'm gonna miss being at the top of the charts lol >_<

ok then you guys want the best fit I have come up with so FAR I'll give each and everyone of you the fit but it will only work with your own skill added on

I got a myron with 3 shield amps on which each take off 25% dmg but what ever penalty their is and 1 shield extender plus with my shield management skill at around lvl 2-3 I got around 2600 hp on shield and got a armor booster plus with skill puts it at around 1900 armor you don't need this but you can have it to help and a merc piece of **** 10% amp on that and I use the At1 rockets so gunners hurt like a ************ when they hit something or someone now if you want more speed add instead of the armor and armor amp put the chassie upgrade which lowers armor for more speed the rest depends on you and your piloting skills now me I can at last and outrun swarms all day long as long as I don't make a mistake or use bad judgement but there are a rare few who happen to get me and I will say this with this setup even the ******* railgun instalation needs at least 3-5 shots to get you to armor so tanks are not to big a threat unless you let them get to where they can hit you :P enjoy guys I hope to see more in the air to **** around with but I will say this I am working on other possible builds so if you keep in touch with me I might give you a better one and I can come up with builds for more than just a dropship so just ask and I may be nice like this :P



BYE NOW :P :P :P

Better to be on top of the battlefield than on top of the short sighted KDR leader board.

Kittens me!
These dropships are a blast. Kitten to fly, but extremely enjoyable eventhough I have crashed 2 out of 2 that I have flown. Flight controls need to get used to, but love the fluidity of flight and feeling of actually flying something.

Oh man, first time I even got to take of and flew around in one of the smaller maps which takes place in that complex building. In my exitement started to experiment with diving from high and when closer to surface pull up. All went well until that red-line went past me... Ooo kittens!

Second time ended allso ditching my DS for trying to make a loop.

By the way is there any way to position the camera more downwards, so that I can see where I'm landing? Was able to land on one of those towers, but took a sweet time.


Now I have to note that I have only been in beta for few days so I don't know last builds flight mechanics. So in that front I don't have past experience to compare to, but if they were more *arcade* like then I think I'll like this current system more.