DUST Search - Swarms aren't the problem

Reout Karaal wrote:

Ghost-33 wrote:

Remove dropship weapons or only have them fit the first tier weapons, there, now they are transport with some defense like current day transport choppers. Save the gunship duties for the upcoming air vehicles.

Edit: if dropships don't pose such a threat to ground forces then they will survive longer, as it is now they reign supreme so when they go up, everyone with AV whips it out.

What would be the incentive to fly? Right now the pilot gets no frags, just some percentage of WP as assists to kills that his/hers gunners make. If you think I will invest few millions SP and 500k-1M ISK in a ship that will give me no benefit whatsoever then think again. Tanks were nerfed now so they can only hide behind their infantry or between tight buildings and count on their enemies inability to spam AV nades everywhere. They can still get kills though, OHK everything two-legged. DS pilots could never get frags and would be effectively eliminated from the game if your change was to be implemented. To summarise: Your idea is bad and you should feel bad.


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Ghost-33 ShootBreakStab 108	Posted - 2012.10.20 02:30:00 - [1] - Quote Remove dropship weapons or only have them fit the first tier weapons, there, now they are transport with some defense like current day transport choppers. Save the gunship duties for the upcoming air vehicles. Edit: if dropships don't pose such a threat to ground forces then they will survive longer, as it is now they reign supreme so when they go up, everyone with AV whips it out.
Ghost-33 ShootBreakStab 108	Posted - 2012.10.20 18:51:00 - [2] - Quote Reout Karaal wrote: Ghost-33 wrote: Remove dropship weapons or only have them fit the first tier weapons, there, now they are transport with some defense like current day transport choppers. Save the gunship duties for the upcoming air vehicles. Edit: if dropships don't pose such a threat to ground forces then they will survive longer, as it is now they reign supreme so when they go up, everyone with AV whips it out. What would be the incentive to fly? Right now the pilot gets no frags, just some percentage of WP as assists to kills that his/hers gunners make. If you think I will invest few millions SP and 500k-1M ISK in a ship that will give me no benefit whatsoever then think again. Tanks were nerfed now so they can only hide behind their infantry or between tight buildings and count on their enemies inability to spam AV nades everywhere. They can still get kills though, OHK everything two-legged. DS pilots could never get frags and would be effectively eliminated from the game if your change was to be implemented. To summarise: Your idea is bad and you should feel bad. Whether you have a godlike DS or a paper DS you still don't get anything by flying. If you want frags, WP's or kills then shoot something, not fly. I played ARMA and ARMA 2 for about 3 years and I was mainly a BlackHawk pilot. You get absolutely no points of flying in that game, but you are the most important player 9 times outta 10 because you get your team where they need to be to win the battle. I know you will say "Then how will they ever get SP to upgrade their equipment?" Well I would hope that pilots won't spend every online hour in a vehicle and they really should get outside and smell the fresh flowers and feel the wind in their... helmet, and shoot some people in the face every now and again. That should be the reason people fly DropShips, and it will be easier for the real pilots to do what they are supposed to do (transport not gunship) because corporations can fund them the ISK for the DS's because those same corporations need a reliable transport to cap objectives. The more people that use Dropships in their intended role the less they will seem overpowered, the wont be this untouchable vulture in the sky one shotting your 80k ISK suit. To summarize: Transport pilots don't get kills, they get their teams' killers where they need to be to cap objectives.