Thrillhouse Van Houten
Expert Intervention
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.02.27 06:44:00 -
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Tooltips would solve a truckload of dropships "dropping" problems.
The in game info on weapons and armor is bare minimum (they sure took their time to write good, thorough lore for all the items and vehicles, though). A lengthy info sheet showing the accel rates, mass, blast recovery, etc...that kind of stuff would help both riders and pilots trust their equipment more. Not only would those "stats" be helpful, but info regarding the typical use of the item/vehicle in question.
For example, a dropship info sheet might tell Mercs that they can safely deploy inertia dampeners when jumping from a dropship at any significant height. That one tidbit I don't feel is commonly known and I feel it is because it can't be found anywhere IN GAME. Sure, some dude will make a wiki for Dust (or already has) but almost nobody new will sit and read 400 wiki articles on all the ins and outs of the game before playing.
More seats would do wonders. A ridership of 5 makes them poor transport vehicles and they are **** poor assault vehicles to pump a crap-ton of SP into versus a HAV. I realize we will probably see a "Heavy Aircraft" before too long (and there is a keybind for "open bay doors" already in game) and that will probably allow more substantial insertions.
Being able to activate inertia dampeners from anything that would do shield damage to the infantry would do wonders as well. Nothing like thinking you're up high enough to land without inertia dampeners in the thick of battle and losing all of your shields and some of your armor. NICE DROP BUDDY!!!! Silly that we can drop from a MCC that is 300m above the ground without a scratch but can't drop 40m from a dropship without losing all our shields.
Finally, the damn things should be easier to land (not necessarily fly, but land specifically). I use kb + m and the things are like falcons on crack-******* up there. I think people have better luck with the DS3, but I can't use it as infantry to save my life. My gripe with landing them (and yes, I've seen guys land them like they've been piloting dropships for 20 years) is that they have no reverse thrusters or stabilizers or bugger all. It seems like I either land like a pro, or smash into the ground draining all my shields and most of my armor. Never any in between. There is no landing gear even, to absorb a GENTLE impact or stop the ship from sliding down slightly uneven terrain. I once got a bird stuck under a pipe because I landed like a pro on a gentle sloping road and the thing slowly slid right under the pipe and got stuck. I laughed, then cried, then laughed again...
TL; DR Need more available info ABOUT dropships for average player. Need more room for infantry aboard for better drops. Need to be able to activate inertia dampeners at nearly any drop height. Need landing gear or landing stabilizers.
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