flying tank

Pilots need a chat where they can put together squads. I started a thread and got some good advice on what we should do when we spawn into a DS. Since then I've been in a dozen or so and only one pilot had a mic. When they do drop me its been someplace high and my AR is useless so I jump down, thats better than spawing into a bunch of red dots though. They fly someplace high and land that way most know to get out, sometime when you are just hovering I''m not sure if you want us to jump or not.

We are also going to need a way to find pilots for Planetary Conquest, good pilots will be a huge plus in those battles.

I feel your pain, but keep in mind the smart people who jump out also have problems.

Because of my position standing in a dropship, I couldn't see what it was hovering above (big thing to consider). Since it was hovering, I figured the pilot wanted me to jump out, so I did.
What happened? Well, I landed on top of a building, DIRECTLY in front of the barrel of an enemy blaster turret. Turns out the ship was shooting at the huge swarm of reds I jumped into, but I couldn't see them (even on radar)

If your pilots initials were BTM he needs to get a mic so he can tell people when to jump, and pilots really need to get a way of talking to our passengers assuming their not in our squad.

There's condor squad, the channels been open for months but our participation levels have dropped recently, its a good place to swing by to chat about dropships.

Tried it. Silence. Of course these are the results from 14 matches with a 70% loss ratio. By no means fully representative of gameplay as a whole. Also with people in squad chat, they often can't hear me anyway.

Truth.. Tried past two days to get DS squad going on condor and only one taker. I commend the organization of mercs rallying around the dropship dream on the forums but I'd be interested in seeing the fervor shift into the game. A good matchup channel is a must for developing gunner and pilot skills and a consistent following is going to spring from mercs that can count on a channel that makes squads. Not sure if most DS crews are internalized by corps already but even then to me the number of pilots/gunners interested in either the future of aerial combat or simply finding a crew outnumbers any DS action I've seen, even at peak hours.

I'm trying to get Condor Squad some more momentum now. My corporate management issues have been alleviated due to new mechanics so I want to get out and fly as much as possible!

I never understood why people just sit in the dropship. Whats the fun in that. Maybe instead of GTFO pad there could be a jump light. Kinda the inside of the dropship would have red light flashing so all nongunners could see it. Then maybe they would get the hint. Also maybe that eve lady from the warbarge could just say " please exit dropship"