Can someone explain to me what the use is of the top end dropships? They seem to be worse than the others. They have less CPU and PG. The only thing is that the have inbuilt spawns ability?

Thanks in advance

200k per ship is NOT worth the reduced PG and CPU for a mobile CRU. Sometimes I look at the decisions CCP is making with DUST and it just makes me scratch my head.

Well. I don't know much about EvE or Dust. But it's a Drop ship and not a Battleship. But maybe they will have a lot more variants of air vehicles later on to include some combat heavy ships.

200k per ship is NOT worth the reduced PG and CPU for a mobile CRU. Sometimes I look at the decisions CCP is making with DUST and it just makes me scratch my head.

Well. I don't know much about EvE or Dust. But it's a Drop ship and not a Battleship. But maybe they will have a lot more variants of air vehicles later on to include some combat heavy ships.

They've already said they'll be fighters. Bombers would be cool too.

This should explain it.

TL;DR, it's going to have more capabilities than it has now and that will justify the increased cost.

200,000isk is pretty damn cheap. plus they can **** tanks by floating overhead.

Can someone explain to me what the use is of the top end dropships? They seem to be worse than the others. They have less CPU and PG. The only thing is that the have inbuilt spawns ability?

Thanks in advance

The ability to spawn in a squad then drop them at an objective would be insanely useful.

Do you know how fighters will act for Dust? Like are they only meant for air vs air or like a air-tank

You don't fit vehicles very often, do you?

By 200k, I meant the ADDITIONAL 200k it costs, I don't have the game open right now but I know they're a tad over 400k a pop. On top of that, you add an additional 200-300k for modules, and you're resting at 600-700k per dropship.

In case you weren't aware, dropships are just a smidge less durable than a tank. Apparently you can fly around in circles all match and survive against swarm launchers, I for one still have yet to see this, yet this goes completely against the idea of a DROP ship. No one wants to slow down to drop off and extract units because you HAVE to be moving, ALL the time, or else you die a horrible, embarassing, and costly death.

So it has the potential to get cloaking modules

You don't fit vehicles very often, do you?

By 200k, I meant the ADDITIONAL 200k it costs, I don't have the game open right now but I know they're a tad over 400k a pop. On top of that, you add an additional 200-300k for modules, and you're resting at 600-700k per dropship.

In case you weren't aware, dropships are just a smidge less durable than a tank. Apparently you can fly around in circles all match and survive against swarm launchers, I for one still have yet to see this, yet this goes completely against the idea of a DROP ship. No one wants to slow down to drop off and extract units because you HAVE to be moving, ALL the time, or else you die a horrible, embarassing, and costly death.

The hamsters have recieved a nanite injection, Shiro. You logging on soon?

No, a force recon is completely different from a logistics dropship. That will be another specialized version.

Check the name, that was the Grimesnes. That's the Gallente Logi dropship. I don't know why there's a disconnect between the role in game as compared to on the blog.

If it turns out that the Grimesnes will not be the recon dropship (certainly possible) it'll probably have other bonuses, so the principle is the same.