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Nguruthos IX
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.03.02 19:54:00 -
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gbghg wrote:860 wrote:
Dropships are clearly going to become absolutely mandatory. Getting people from A to B quicly will be vital. Not only that but having dropships scout the map for enemy intel. Where are their tanks? Which way are they coming from? Can we position ourselves in a vantage point on their route? Do they have dropships spying on our side and last but not least, sweet baby Jesus, dropship dogfights.
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actually we're going to get fighters and maybe gunships, so the sky's will become very unsafe for dropships. I definitely want countermeasures and points for actually doing a dropships job, otherwise most pilots will just switch over to other aircraft.
Surely you don't mean to say that the sky's are safe for dropships now. :P |
Nguruthos IX
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
36
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Posted - 2013.03.02 20:07:00 -
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gbghg wrote:Nguruthos IX wrote:gbghg wrote:860 wrote:
Dropships are clearly going to become absolutely mandatory. Getting people from A to B quicly will be vital. Not only that but having dropships scout the map for enemy intel. Where are their tanks? Which way are they coming from? Can we position ourselves in a vantage point on their route? Do they have dropships spying on our side and last but not least, sweet baby Jesus, dropship dogfights.
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actually we're going to get fighters and maybe gunships, so the sky's will become very unsafe for dropships. I definitely want countermeasures and points for actually doing a dropships job, otherwise most pilots will just switch over to other aircraft. Surely you don't mean to say that the sky's are safe for dropships now. :P I'm not that foolish, but at the minute we can run away and hide from AV users, but when we get enemies that can go faster than us, can do way more damage than we can, and can follow us everywhere, things are going to get very nasty for dropship pilots.
at a 700ISK price tag, I'd say that's too hazardous to fly under those conditions. Fronting the full cost of this role will never pay off. |
Nguruthos IX
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
36
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Posted - 2013.03.02 20:28:00 -
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zeek1227 zeek1227 wrote:gbghg wrote:Nguruthos IX wrote:gbghg wrote:860 wrote:
Dropships are clearly going to become absolutely mandatory. Getting people from A to B quicly will be vital. Not only that but having dropships scout the map for enemy intel. Where are their tanks? Which way are they coming from? Can we position ourselves in a vantage point on their route? Do they have dropships spying on our side and last but not least, sweet baby Jesus, dropship dogfights.
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actually we're going to get fighters and maybe gunships, so the sky's will become very unsafe for dropships. I definitely want countermeasures and points for actually doing a dropships job, otherwise most pilots will just switch over to other aircraft. Surely you don't mean to say that the sky's are safe for dropships now. :P I'm not that foolish, but at the minute we can run away and hide from AV users, but when we get enemies that can go faster than us, can do way more damage than we can, and can follow us everywhere, things are going to get very nasty for dropship pilots. Im thinking that perhaps with the bigger maps the Dropships might be over looked easier than in the current maps scenario now: See a drop ship everyone with Swarm launcher or other av they can switch too or have equipped aims Possible scenario with bigger maps: Drop ship flies quietly around major battle points to where it wants to go possible taking fire from a jet Keep in mind though that jets May be very expensive meaning we might see less of them even if the jets do see them drop ships might have counter measures like flares and things to avoid missiles by then IDK though lol just my 0.2 isk
When I'm not in a map so small that I'm always within 1 forge gunners range it might improve.
But the problem with vehicles is that we pay for it, call it in, and then it's a constant liability. Whereas ground troops for not even a fraction of the cost can just stop by a supply depot and swap to AV at their whim. Then put it away once we're either dead or out of range.
Remember the matrix? Anyone who's still plugged in... Is an Agent. Anytime you see a supply depot on a map with red player no matter their current outfit, they can and will instantly become a forge gun of doom.
TL;DR, in big maps, supply depots will be death beacons. |
Nguruthos IX
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
36
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Posted - 2013.03.02 20:30:00 -
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gbghg wrote:
I see it as a matter of pride that I have never asked for corp money to fund my dropships and remain independent in funding them, but I can't see that being viable in the future. I'm afraid that they might end up like the transport helicopters in bf3, used to gain an early advantage then utterly ignored unless a sniper wants to get to a good vantage spot.
Kameira Lodge never paid for one of my ships :( |
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