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CPL Bloodstone
SVER True Blood
Unclaimed.
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Posted - 2013.05.16 15:24:00 -
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Please look at discussing dropships in a serious manner. Many many people like flying but it is a dead end career. Like going to the strip club, looks really really nice, you can touch it a little sometimes but in the end, your pockets are empty to go along with the empty promise of things to come. |
DUST Fiend
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2013.05.16 16:22:00 -
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I'll try to consolidate some of the good DS threads here for you guys when I get the chance, though I've decided I can't sit around for months on end waiting for CCP to finally address the issue, so I personally am opting for a respec (thankfully, screw being a support player  ) |
Yisuki
CHACALES
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Posted - 2013.05.16 16:26:00 -
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LOL, that's a really good analogy. |
gbghg
L.O.T.I.S.
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.05.16 17:44:00 -
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Another good analogy is calling dropships a White elephant, which they are. |
XxWarlordxX97
Internal Error.
Negative-Feedback
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Posted - 2013.05.16 17:45:00 -
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gbghg wrote:Another good analogy is calling dropships a White elephant, which they are.
Black |
Ire's thug
GunFall Mobilization
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2013.05.16 17:54:00 -
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+1 MILLION.
I don't know how many threads have this exact same request but I can tell you its A LOT!
at one time, people complained that dropships OP but they never were really.. It was the turrets that made them awesome but the role itself is flawed.. The amount of money you have to spend on being am effective pilot doesn't come close to the money you receive doing your job. Honestly I wouldn't even care if I got zero WP as long as the dropships could have a bit more HP or AA counter measures. I understand CCP are aware of these issues but I would love more info on the path they are planing on taking and a timeframe approximation is possible.
Its embarrassing to have to bum money out of a corp wallet and try to explain to non pilots of how economically unstable flying is at the moment.
BTW what happened to " cheaper dropships "?
If your not flying dropships your running blueprints as any DS pilot will tell you, which is a nightmare considering the vast majority of players are run and gun.
GHA so much wrong with dropships ! I will expand on this when I get home |
antonius Aquila
TeamPlayers
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.05.16 20:09:00 -
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I agree with a lot that has been posted here so far. I love flying and currently it is my primary role.
but with the way the skills and module skills are set up they take ridiculous amounts of SP, and when you do get the modules that you need they are not financially stable when looking at the minimal payout each game.
I have tried both the shield and armor variants of all 3 ship.
To get a decently quipped ship you have to sink too much SP for base vehicle skills and modules.
suggestions. some of these I have read from other posts and some of these are my own.
- lower the multipliers on some of the skills (does not have to be by much, but at least give us a break)
- an extra low or high slot (depending on the variant) to add for more defense or change up the amount of roles each ship can take up at a time so you don't have to set down, recall, and redeploy, to help out your team.
- with the extra slot, loosen up on the CPU and PG constraints
- flares or at least some kind of additional counter measures
- a direct line of communication that switches automatically anytime someone hops in a turret position (its hard enough to communicate while the ground forces are still chattering on squad or team chat)
- bring back the capability of the afterburner
I feel like dropships are the adopted stepchild left in the corner having to sit around and watch the other kids play in murder taxis and tanks. 
I'd love to hear from other pilots out there.
Happy Hunting!
as an add on:
- swarm launchers need to be looked at.
several times in the past two days...swarm launchers are apparently able to bend in every which way imaginable.
A couple of times I found myself dashing over / around them and they shoot past me so I think I'm in the clear when they just so happen to wrap around and tag me from behind. Here is my gripe, when they wrapped around and got overhead of me they started circling and what seemed like they were intersecting with no hit detection with each other.
I don't mind smart missiles because I can still bank hard around a corner and have them blow up against a wall but I do mind when they intersect with each other without any impact or collision.
Has anyone else had this problem? |
Ghural
The Southern Legion
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.05.17 02:33:00 -
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Yes dropships really need to be looked at.
Some of the main issues in my opinion are
- rail guns are useless .. They need a buff. As a vehicle mounted weapon they should not be less powerful than the infantry mounted forge gun.
- high cost of being a pilot
- it would be great to get some info on the pilot suits (what size suit are they?)
- will pilots be able to respec into their racial dropships when it becomes available? Or should I hold back on spending my SP
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