I agree with Caz, but I do see the fun in this. Militia drops ship going with the rising sun.

Kamikaze!!!

You guys are all taking this the wrong way. You all think that CCP is trolling us, which they might. But you have to look a the bigger picture. CCP is doing this for a reason.

CCP loves numbers and data. They love a lot of data! Many players in this build are not AV spec. They need more data to better evaluate the situation to help balance the game.

How do they get more data? By making vehicles dirt cheap to force the players to either spec into vehicles and try it out or getting a forge or swarms(which are useless) to try to take them out. Because most of the player base is infantry AR.

So let's help CCP gather the data they need for the next build.

Bigger changes and fixes for that will be in the next update due out very soon.

Who know's maybe we get a surprise tomorrow before the event even starts(he did say "very soon" after all and not just "soon^tm" and all our QQ'ing is for naught.

Fair enough well said, Still the thought of half-price Myron with the air game in it's current state is a scary proposition to this Logi.

mmmm juicy tears

I just need a biscuit to dunk it in.

I don't think this is going to go the way they think or hope it will.

For all of you claiming that they need data...valid point, except the data is invalidated by the fact that
A. There are no pilot drop suits,
B. There is no counter to the Drop Ships,
C. The SP cap prevents anyone from catching up to someone already spec'd into Vehicles,
D. Running Heavy AV is an ISK loss
E. Match making is still putting groups into the queue first and forcing randoms to play above their pay grade, almost preventing groups from squaring off with each other, let alone when the same corp is fighting amongst itself with players on both sides,
F. If the randoms haven't spec'd into AV by now, this is not going to make them either... (more of an opinion than a fact)

B. Some are saying light railguns on vehicles are a good way to counter drop ships. I will be testing that over the 5 days.
C. The rotating SP cap doesn't stop someone from speccing in LAV or AV for this. You may not have perfect skills but enough to cause them trouble.

I don't think this is going to go the way they think or hope it will.

For all of you claiming that they need data...valid point, except the data is invalidated by the fact that
A. There are no pilot drop suits,
B. There is no counter to the Drop Ships,
C. The SP cap prevents anyone from catching up to someone already spec'd into Vehicles,
D. Running Heavy AV is an ISK loss
E. Match making is still putting groups into the queue first and forcing randoms to play above their pay grade, almost preventing groups from squaring off with each other, let alone when the same corp is fighting amongst itself with players on both sides,
F. If the randoms haven't spec'd into AV by now, this is not going to make them either... (more of an opinion than a fact)

Your B, I will believe it when I actually see it work in a game, so far the only friendly LAV's have been easily dispatched by the enemy's vehicles or by thier AV guys. Is this information provided by the Drop Ship pilots, like their claims of being taken out regularly by a forge gunner in one shot from across the map?

I've been a gunner for a Rail LAV that went Dropship hunting.

I'm not good at Railguns, but it seemed pretty effective.