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Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
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Posted - 2013.04.28 09:23:00 -
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One of the problems with dropships at the moment is that they are incapable of doing multiple things other than ferry troops. Tanks can kill but they are honestly best at corralling the enemy into a location so that your infantry can hurt them. Tanks can also restrict enemy movement and can even nullify multiple soldiers who are forced to go Swarm / Forge Guns in order to stop the Tank from just stomping the team. The point is that Tanks can do more than just be a big ball of death. Same goes for LAV's: they can do multiple things.
Dropships can ferry troops really well but their combat role is limited to essentially that. In a typical random ambush, a dropship basically nullifies whoever is in it. With the advent of the new Assault Dropship, something I am looking forward to, I realized that it was going to have the same problem as Dropships have now when it comes to the side gunners: they can't hit anything because they are at the wrong elevation. With the primary gun being pointed inline with the ship, the sidegunners are going to be looking at a lot of sky or redline. I think there is a way to solve this elegantly: Ball Gunners or Outrigger Gunners.
You ever see an outrigger for a canoe? If not, here's a Picture .Imagine an outrigger sticking out a couple feet with a gunner there. It would give them a larger area to shoot at.
Ever see a ball gunner? Well, now you have. Similar to the outrigger idea.
What if the Dropship had those for the side gunners? It would allow Dropships to become a little bit more murder oriented by flying lower/slower if they wanted to. Any thoughts?
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Hecarim Van Hohen
The Tritan Industries
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.04.28 09:41:00 -
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Agreed, have a +1 for your efforts. |
Charlotte O'Dell
Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz
Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2013.04.29 01:43:00 -
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+1 |
Godin Thekiller
Ghost Wolf Industries
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Posted - 2013.04.29 01:48:00 -
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The ball gunner should go on the heavy dropships. The outrigger should have no turret, but sits a merc on a light (scout) dropship. Think of the heavy as a chinook, and the scout a littlebird. |
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