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Patches The Hyena
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Posted - 2012.09.05 08:24:00 -
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With all the concern over OP tanks and nerfed AV and the shouting for buffed AV I'm concerned dropships could suffer badly from a potential fix. Currently dropships are fairly squishy and relative to AV weapons seem to be in a decent balance. Maybe some fine tuning is in order but if AV weapons get an across the board buff dropships will then be very weak, especially relative to cost.
I don't really have a solution for the AV vs Tanks debate, but I don't want dropships to be ruined by an AV buff. So if that is the step taken I would suggest a look at a small buff to dropships to keep them at the balance they're at now. |
Patches The Hyena
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Posted - 2012.09.05 09:38:00 -
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Dropships are rare because they're squishy, rewards are bad and expensive. So its currently only done by those with a passion for it. So its an all of the above thing.
As far as tanks, I'm avoiding that topic with this thread. There are plenty of threads about it, I just don't want dropships to get screwed even more with a potential AV buff. |
Patches The Hyena
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Posted - 2012.09.06 13:16:00 -
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To pass along good news I'll post some stuff CCP nothin said in IRC when I asked him about dropships. Note, this is all me paraphrasing him, and at no point did he guarantee anything, was just talk of ideas they had. So its not set in stone.
-if they buff AV to counter tanks he said they have discussed Buffing dropship HP to maintain current balance.
-the swarm missiles causing dropships to flip over is a bug and is not intended, I assume this also means they'll fix it at some point but the conversation moved on before he said anything about that.
-they plan on adjusting what all vehicle drivers/pilots get WP for. He also said they've discussed a way to give pilots/drivers a share of points for what dropped off troops do. E.g. pilot ferries a squad to C, squad hacks C and said pilot gets +X WP for the transport.
-lastly, he said they want to give us more active and passive defense. Such as, warning alarm when someone is locked on with swarms and chaff for active missile defense.
So dropship love is planned! |
Patches The Hyena
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Posted - 2012.09.08 10:54:00 -
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Sin3 DeusNomine wrote:Patches The Hyena wrote:To pass along good news I'll post some stuff CCP nothin said in IRC when I asked him about dropships. Note, this is all me paraphrasing him, and at no point did he guarantee anything, was just talk of ideas they had. So its not set in stone.
-if they buff AV to counter tanks he said they have discussed Buffing dropship HP to maintain current balance.
-the swarm missiles causing dropships to flip over is a bug and is not intended, I assume this also means they'll fix it at some point but the conversation moved on before he said anything about that.
-they plan on adjusting what all vehicle drivers/pilots get WP for. He also said they've discussed a way to give pilots/drivers a share of points for what dropped off troops do. E.g. pilot ferries a squad to C, squad hacks C and said pilot gets +X WP for the transport.
-lastly, he said they want to give us more active and passive defense. Such as, warning alarm when someone is locked on with swarms and chaff for active missile defense.
So dropship love is planned! Thanks for this info. :) I do hope they still allow swarms to bang you around. Just would like the unexpected insta flip over thing to be resolved had that happen a few times. Where my myron is sitting on its back like a turtle waiting for death.
Yes they plan on keeping the reaction to impact while fixing whatever bug it is that causes the exaggerated reactions. |
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