Realy hard to control the militia dropship. A new player will fall in the first minute. Price drop is a good idea tho

. Add to that the flying now seems to allow the ship to "slide" s lot more..

Okay tried flying a gorgon earlier, and I thought vipers felt sluggish first time I flew them. All those who choose gallente, you have my symphathy, and you have my pity.

One feature I'd implore the dev's to consider is giving some way to control the Assault DropShip turret from first person view.

The same way that it works in third person, except without the issue of having to guess where targets are because there's a giant dropship blocking your vision looking down.

All those who choose gallente, you have my symphathy, and you have my pity.

I know this isn't your department, but perhaps the first dropship should be the attack (no side guns perhaps?) so the pilot is more in control of his/her role from day one.

( And DAMN YOU RDV TOURISTS! )

So about dropships and love.

First, there's a price cut in plans for them. We'd like to make them more affordable especially on the lower end to make them easier to get into. The learning curve can be pretty rough if you can't afford mistakes. Dropships also provide the kind of cooperative gameplay that we would like seeing more of.

Second, we're taking a look at the SP requirements for different paths overall and making sure that skill costs are appropriate for what you're getting. Progressing into being a dropship pilot (or something else, for that matter) should ultimately be a fun and rewarding endeavor, not a grind.

Third, we're aware that flying dropships as your job doesn't allow you to make a solid living right now. It's getting looked at. We want to give some more WP-reward love to the dropship pilots. You should be able to be the trucker of the skies without having to finance your job by doing other things in between :)

Okay tried flying a gorgon earlier, and I thought vipers felt sluggish first time I flew them. All those who choose gallente, you have my symphathy, and you have my pity.

Lol...it is hard out there now for us Gallente. If they fix the PG then we can fit the darn things better.

I am having to practice flying sideways now to at least give my gunners a chance against those darn assault DS...forge gunners on the ground, drunk RDV pilots in the air, assault DS, and I can go 0-60 in 10 minutes....yea it's going to be a long road ahead!

A little mass makes the ships a lot more challenging to fly.

I'm actually finding the most difficult part is accurately air dropping your troops. That tiny bit of drift can really send them way off target.

If dropships weren't skill based before, they sure as hell are now.

Great thread and i am happy to see it drifting into pilot to pilot discussion instead of incessant requests to CCP

Some have described the dropship flight physics as flying a brick on top of ice. When considering inertia on a single plane this feels accurate. But one thing that seems much more pronounced in Uprising is the stall mechanics.

I feel this much more in a Python because of my tendency to over compensate sending my DS off level.

I think of my DS in flight as resting upon a vertical tower of pressure that keeps me aloft. Whenever the craft tilts i begin to lose lift and elevation. So tightly banked turns are losing me speed and elevation more rapidly than I have been used to.

I also believe that, once we master this new flight model, we will be able to use these physics features to our advantage to pull off great maneuvers that a less skilled pilot ( or forge gunner) will marvel at.

We just have to get CCP to allow us a viable gameplay role in order to grow that skill base.

I just find it freaking annoying that I get shot down so easily by something that costs a fraction of the ship.

Actually, your Dropship costs infinitely more than my AV Starter Fit. Not even exaggerating when I say "literally".