DUST Search - Thoughts from a humble underpaid pilot

Pvt Numnutz wrote:

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!


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Valkyness HERBGROWERS 0	Posted - 2013.02.11 23:51:00 - [1] - Quote Pvt Numnutz wrote: 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! So I like piloting transports and gunships in everything from arcade shooters to military simulators and DUST isnt an exception. For my thoughts on it. 1.) Yeh that would be a great idea, squad with voice comms or a transport full of pubbers it would be a useful feature to have. 2.) Flares I dunno, ive tried escaping swarms and ive fired swarms and its hard enough shooting down a transport without any flares. But I do think they should at least get some form of countermeasure in a high slot. So you could either choose a shield booster, better against AAA, or flares which would be better against AA. I don't think you should be able to have both by default. 3.) Personally I dont believe there should be any kind of dropship like that, its the reason there is an aerial class of vehicle called a gunship. Dropships job is to insert troops quickly and safely. Its guns are simply for suppressing fire, its alot harder to use a swarm launcher on a dropship if your too close when you have a door gunner spitting bullets over your head. So for 3, lets wait for the fighters or maybe an actual gunship class. 4.) I really don't think this is an issue, ive lost tanks and all sorts to those damn dropships, the AI is just too damn stupid at the moment. As for the logical sense that a dropship isnt being transported in by a dropship, the dropships you get is just a low altitude squad carrier, not an pressurised transport that lugs tanks in and out of space. 5.) Don't really know about cloaky dropships, Sure it could be like shooting paper with an air rifle in exchange for the ability to cloak but I think it would increase the amount of ninjas constantly taking points you just got. Maybe you could do some effect with the cloak or something but overall I dunno if it would work out. 6.) Some larger maps would be nice but then if you needed squad transports for larger maps then you would need some kind of LAV that could carry like 8 guys. Thats just my point of view on it all.