Thats prett much it, last match RDV crashed on to my madrugar , took it down which had over 7000 ehp. What you guys think?

7000 ehp

What's your fit? My Soma has almost 7k eHP. I feel like a Madrugar should have at least 10k.

The IRONY is that it was a friendly lav's RDV

The IRONY is that it was a friendly lav's RDV

The RDV is the bane of my dropship. Reds call in free RDV to kill me when i loiter over them and let the gunners have fun. Blues who called in a LAV to get to 'C' from 'B' when i'm on the ground at 'B' picking up my squad, kill me. I've lost dropships from my own squad mates calling a LAV. Only time it's ever intended to kill me this way is when I hover over the red blob.

It's nice to see a tanker feel my pain from time to time.

I've been voicing my displeasure with losing million ISK dropships because an RDV spawns inside me or 2 feet away at full speed, or randomly charges me after materializing out of nowhere.

The RDV is the bane of my dropship. Reds call in free RDV to kill me when i loiter over them and let the gunners have fun. Blues who called in a LAV to get to 'C' from 'B' when i'm on the ground at 'B' picking up my squad, kill me. I've lost dropships from my own squad mates calling a LAV. Only time it's ever intended to kill me this way is when I hover over the red blob.

It's nice to see a tanker feel my pain from time to time.

Maybe if the RDVGÇÖs spawned above DropshipGÇÖs flight ceiling it would give you pilots time to avoid them.

As if it is easy to destroy bolas..

I once saw an friendly RDV come in and clip an enemy dropship, destroying both. I could not play for another minute or so because I was laughing so hard.

Of course, the next match an RDV falls on me at spawn

Karma for laughing at the RDV killing a dropship, I have no sympathy for you

To be fair, I would have laughed if it was on my own team as well. Hell, I even laughed when my RDV decided it would rather be a helmet. The DEVs either designed them to have the most alcoholic pilots in the universe or the dumbest.

Soon you will see squads start to RDV spam dropships.

Some of that RDV spam might stop if it cost someone ISK every time one was lost.

Alternatively start charging enough for the LAVs that they won't be used as ammo.

maybe if they didn't handle like a crap it would be worth paying for. in their current state they should pay you for getting in one.

As a dropship pilot I officially hate this post and tactic

How can you hate the post? I wasnt laughing about a person losing a dropship, I was laughing at how ridiculous the situation is.

Its not just against dropship pilots either. One of my mates lost two $$$ tanks in one match because the RDVs kept crashing into buildings.

I hate the post because it makes more players aware of this tactic, and only an incredible unlucky tanker has to worry about RDV's when his vehicle is already deployed

I hate the post because it makes more players aware of this tactic, and only an incredible unlucky tanker has to worry about RDV's when his vehicle is already deployed

You actually think blue/redberries are going to be organized enough in PUB matches to actually get this to work? Even if it were something such as a corp match, the situation would almost need to be perfect for it to work.

The 'deployed' part is the operative word there. Thats half the battle.

Incredibly unlucky here

The RDV spam is already a common tactic with vets. I find myself counting to ten sec, cause the RDV arrives in fifteen sec. what ever comes first. My tank is going to give, or I reach the ten sec. limit. I retreat.

I don't mind being killed by AV, but when the AV is an RDV?! It feels like an exploit.

You actually think blue/redberries are going to be organized enough in PUB matches to actually get this to work? Even if it were something such as a corp match, the situation would almost need to be perfect for it to work.

The 'deployed' part is the operative word there. Thats half the battle.

When you call in an RDV make sure the area is clear of obstacles. Next if anyone is standing still on the radar they are probably calling in something too. Wait at least 15 seconds, play RDVATC (RDV air traffic control) give 'em separation onto the dropzone. If someone want to drop something were you are do your best to wave him off.

oh boz here's an idea, you should rename the thread "If you can't kill it, RDV it"