Honestly dropships should be a 4th of their price , and on top of that, there should be a weak bpo dropship so that we can get some pilots in this game.

I hate you.

That is all.

Are they overpriced?? Yes, they are overpriced because they don't last long in a match. Also, they don't give any war points.... there is no point in skilling into them, since even if you have the best dropship, you're going to get shot down like cake!!!

CaaaKKKeee!!!

I hate you.

That is all.

Honestly dropships should be a 4th of their price , and on top of that, there should be a weak bpo dropship so that we can get some pilots in this game.

no bpo's ever.

makes 2 million isk ds cannon fodder for one hit ko suicide air collisions.

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Translated.

Despite the best efforts by the OP, this thread holds some very valid points. Seems to me that whenever I try using a dropship, blueberries never get in, but it seems to be priority 1 to destroy.
Maybe we can use the hate for dropships as a distraction on the battlefield!

Distraction points: every time an enemy dies whilst looking at a dropship, the pilot earns 20wp.

Dropships are OP. They can fly.

no bpo's ever.

makes 2 million isk ds cannon fodder for one hit ko suicide air collisions.

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Funny, I've seen DS last all match long while taking out tanks, installations, other DS, all the little bunnys running around on the ground. Pilot gets tons of SP cause hes SQ lead and has the defend order on the DS.

The real problem is they can be difficult to learn, so there aren't many good pilots. And you NEED gunners who can shoot.

I call BS on this, the last pilot that proclaimed this I wasted in one reload, I was quite sure the last two shots wheren't needed.

what is bpo?

what is bpo?

I can take a free lav and ram a tank and blow it up, i can even divebomb a viper dropship into a friendly tank and blow it up. what is your point?

Allow me to educate you. When you crash a Lav into a tank, it does a very minimal and finite amount of damage. A good tank could shrug off an entire team of constant lav battery. BUT

A drop-ship colliding with a drop-ship is an instant 1 hit KO through all shields and armor for both parties. And not only does it bring the armor to zero but triggers the "death spiral" from which if you use a repair unit, no repair will happen. And full control is lost of the vehicle till it plummets to the earth for explosive impact.

Do you now see the difference? The problem?


Additionally a viper crashing into a tank does as much damage to the tank as a Lav. Except it cost 150k ISK and the viper will die instantly upon impact.

you are wrong, I do suicide dropship bombings all the time, hell I could face you right now and your tank has no chance.

I've had significantly more credible sources tell me otherwise, video or I just don't believe you.

Okay, a couple points and a long story.
Dropships are not overpriced. Simple as that.
When used properly a dropship can provide a constant flow of friendlies into the weakest parts of enemy territory. I have been in a dozen games where this alone has turned the tides of an entire battle. If you don't see how that is possible I can detail exactly how hard it is for an enemy to hold ground in their own territory when they are having heavy machine-gunners dropping in around them from every direction and snipers suddenly sprouting from their own roofs.
Yes, dropships are NOT the easiest things to fly, but with minimal practice you ought to be able to figure it out.
To expand on both this and the distraction factor: occasionally for fun I will call in a simple militia dropship. I used to pilot a lot in the first builds so I enjoy taking these things to their limits, I have crashed a couple by doing stupid (but crazy cool!!) stunts but I have also caused such a huge distraction in some matches just with my presence that my team has won the game. A prime example of this is a game a couple months ago on manus peak.
The enemy sniper coverage was insane. They had heavys rolling my team on the ground, I was running solo for once and as usual the blue-dots weren't doing ****. I decided I would have some fun rather than waste my isk and efforts on them so I called in a dropship. I began doing aerial manouvres for fun, getting as close to the ground as fast as possible and flying up the gentral road from a-c-b at top speed about two feet above the ground. This TERRIFIED the other team, every single player was suddenly armed with swarms and forges but nobody could hit me because I was putting everything I had into flying. I was squishing snipers on hills with the tip of my dropship, dodging an OB, tauntinglr flying by a foot in front of an armed railgun at top speed and generally just having an extremely enjoyable time. While I was doing this my bluedots finally took some initiative and hacked EVERYTHING. Suddenly the game that we were losing by about 75% swings around for a solid victory. This is with an un-edited militia dropship, solo on a bored night people, imagine if I'd had gunners and an uplink! Or had even practiced flying the new mechanics more than once before this? Overpriced? I don't think so. I have never laughed so hard while playing a videogame, maybe try Priceless.
As for bpo, this was done in the earlier builds and was removed for MANY reasons, we've moved past this.
And finally, OP: TaLkInG lIkE ThIs PiSsEs EvErYoNe OfF. It's not clever and if you want any kind of future in New Eden I'd suggest you cut it now.

ArE ThEy OvErPrIcEd?? YeS ThEy ArE OvErPrIcEd BeCaUsE tHeY DoNt LaSt LoNg In A MaTcH AlSo ThEy DoNt GiVe AnY WaR PoInTs.... ThIeR Is No PoInT iN SkIlLiNg iN ThEm, EvEn If YoU HaVe ThE BeSt DrOpShIp, YoU'rE GoNnA gEt ShOt DoWn LiKe CaKe!!!

CaaaKKKeee!!!