Hello CCP, hello all. I am mainly directing this towards CCP Blam! as he is the vehicle designer of Dust 514.

ok so, Dropships, i love dropships, infact the only thing that i wanted to do in Dust was to fly. I was met with great frustration at first, however now i can fly 5 feet off the ground hauling nuts. This was no easy feat, and required many hours of grinding through ambush games so i could fly a dropship for that sweet 10 min before it was shot down. As most of you know, pilots are probably the most underpaid workforce in Dust currently. Though i don't really mind that, even if i don't get paid for my job i still love to do it. Anyway, as i have flown and crashed at LEAST 50 DS i thought i would come here to share my thoughts with CCP and the community about some minor changes to DS that I think would make it 100x better.

1.) A red and green light that would be inside the dropship next to the seats at the forward section of the ship and one or two at the aft section. The light would be on red normally, however when the pilot pushes say 'X' the light switches to green and a noise is made to signal the troops inside to GTFO! (i cant tell you how annoying it is when im trying to do my job and teammates wont get out when i want them to) this would really REALLY help dropship pilots communicate with the smurfs in the dropship that they would normally not be able to tell GTFO (Also for passangers that would look really cool!!!)

2.) I hear that it is already planned, but i would like to put it down anyway. FLARES! if anyone can run a starter swarm launcher kit then why cant i have atleast some way to defend my 428,000 isk investment? Please, i feel so helpless when i Afterburn away from swarms and feel like a badass only to have them 180 and slam into me regardless! (and maybe a noise when im getting locked?)

3.) For those who want a more....aggressive dropship. Some kind of missle pods that the pilot controls and not the gunners. make it highslot 4 missles and a long cooldowntime? sacrificing that tank for offensive capabilities?

4.) Its odd that dropships have to be deployed by other dropships. I read in the uprising article that the guristas deployed dropships form a freighter in orbit to extract people. so why cant i start in my dropship when i call it in? Balancing? i have lost a few dropships to those horrible...horrible heavy lifter dropships. Thats the worst way to lose your dropship. crashed before you could even fly :(

5.) JUST as an idea. Very costly to fit cloak gen for the dropship? would make getting around those pesky anti air turrets alot more efficient. However i wouldnt want to have my cloak run out infront of a turret, cause i has no shield tank! but thats balancing for you!

6.) really the last thing that i would say could really help the dropship is a large map with lots of players that will want to catch a ride instead of walking. im sure that your already working on said maps. It just really needs to be said, big maps so we underpaid flyboys can really take to the sky's!

CCP Blam! i watched your videos on Playstation store and really enjoyed them, and i got pretty excited to hear your favorite vehicle thus far is the dropship. Us pilots are hurting, and we could really use the first two suggestions right now, I still dont even care about getting paid, I just want to do my job better and have a fighting chance to bring that dropship home.

CCP i want to thank you for taking the time to listen to these gripes, i cant tell you how proud i am of your teams! I hope you get the time to listen to this humble underpaid pilots thoughts on how you can help us out. Again Thank You!!!!!!!!