DUST Search - Swarms aren't the problem

Scheneighnay McBob wrote:

Tinodi wrote:

Scheneighnay McBob wrote:

hey, we finally took one down in a skirmish!

The dropship literally had to have 4 or 5 different people with swarm launchers, then another 3 of us sitting in our red zone firing at it with railguns and missile launchers before we took it down; if it was an ambush, like dropships usually stay in, we wouldn't have stood a chance.

*shrug* I took one down with another merc, both in militia anti-armor starter fits. I'm not a terribly good player... usually middle of the pack.

Sadly, we can no longer test anti-dropship strategies because of the recent ISK transfer exploit (a dev is the one to call it an exploit)- now, any random idiot can get a dropship, and people aren't worried about keeping one up.

People are getting so careless with dropships now that in one game, myself and 1 or 2 other people shot 3 down in a row- they just hovered near the ground, moving slowly and catching every swarm and forge round there was.


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Jason Pearson Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 742	Posted - 2012.10.21 23:18:00 - [1] - Quote Scheneighnay McBob wrote: Riot Ruckus wrote: Scheneighnay McBob wrote: The problem is that dropships can just fly over a hill into the redzone whenever they get hit to regen their shields. last match, there was a dropship; we didn't have the problem of not being able to hit it with swarms- we shot the ** out of it. But whenever we hit it, it would just fly over a hill into the red zone for a little while, then fly back with full shields. My suggestion would be to speed up the red zone timer- 5 seconds at most. Also shrink the red zone in some areas- a few of them, there's a hill that only dropships can get over with a good deal of it outside of the red zone. Apparently you have never flown in a dropship. While in a dropship the rezone is no longer in play. I was a dropship pilot for the majority of the last build. I know how they work. Gonna point something out: "I was a dropship pilot for the majority of the last build." That means ** all, last build is not this build, we now have a low ceiling (which means we get pummeled by Forge Guns) but have a larger airspace (Red Zone is separate for Ground and Air units)
Jason Pearson Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 742	Posted - 2012.10.23 00:12:00 - [2] - Quote Scheneighnay McBob wrote: Tinodi wrote: Scheneighnay McBob wrote: hey, we finally took one down in a skirmish! The dropship literally had to have 4 or 5 different people with swarm launchers, then another 3 of us sitting in our red zone firing at it with railguns and missile launchers before we took it down; if it was an ambush, like dropships usually stay in, we wouldn't have stood a chance. shrug I took one down with another merc, both in militia anti-armor starter fits. I'm not a terribly good player... usually middle of the pack. Sadly, we can no longer test anti-dropship strategies because of the recent ISK transfer exploit (a dev is the one to call it an exploit)- now, any random idiot can get a dropship, and people aren't worried about keeping one up. People are getting so careless with dropships now that in one game, myself and 1 or 2 other people shot 3 down in a row- they just hovered near the ground, moving slowly and catching every swarm and forge round there was. Dunno if ya'll gunned me down, I lost about 5 dropships in one match fighting. I didn't get all that extra ISK, soz.