I think you mean that dropships were. (hence the name derpship) Those things used to be UNABLE to outrun swarms. Just stop whining and get better with your weapon.

thats just it.. im am better..

Actually Im the same.. its the Dropships that are untouchable now.. BUt im not a nerf thread guy.. Im not asking you to slow down..

Im pointing out that a fully maxd swarm does NOTHING .. .

actually a truly skilled pilot can outfly swarms now, but you gotta know how to manipulate the controls, and momentum of the things, because if you arent careful you wont hit the right speed to outrun them

It's not some ultra efficient formula to outrun them. I can and have hopped into a militia dropship with absolutely zero vehicle skills at all, and I can safely fly around the entire match without worrying about swams. FGs and AV nades can still take me out, swarms do more or less nothing now

I really got the feeling today that the dropships were faster.. all of them.. maybe not.. but its pretty dumb to have a Drop directly overhead at standstill be able to accelerate fast enough to not get hit by 1 single round .. ( i emptied my clip.. ) he wasnt even hiding or going out of range.. just smashin

You are wrong Niccolo. Dead wrong. Unless you are flying at the ceiling, you WILL get hit with swarms. In Militia Ships, unless you have the speed boost, you WILL get hit by them. Please, play the game more, fly more, and see before you make such misleading statements.

I'm between semesters and I get paid by my scholarship to go to school, so I don't have a job. I've been playing about 12 hours a day this week, I'm not making crap up. Swarms do jack, maybe protos do something but reg or militias do nothing. I've never lost a dropship except to av nades when I crashed while learning how to fly.

You are probably running into Assault Dropships with speed modules on it. That is how I run my ship. I may get hit by one volley of rockets, but I will NOT get hit by a second in a row if I am doing it right. If you are going against ANY non Assault dropship, you should easily land at least two series of rockets on it.

Rockets are not ineffective; you MUST be working with a team if you want to take out a decently fitted dropship. About 3-4 of your buddies will put some fear into the heart of a DS pilot. One Swarm Missile operator is just not much of a threat. Often, I just hover, hit my hardeners and have my turreteer woop said ass of the AV user.

TEAMWORK. It is key. That is how I lose my Dropships now... when it isn't an RDV spawning with suicidal speed, or damn floating tiles.

He was out of range, and you were probably using militia rockets. Higher tiers go farther, and hit with more rockets per shot.

did you bother reading the post? or just started trolling..?

I have level 5 proficiency and was using the specialist 9428039 whatever swarm

I wouldnt post stupid **** like this if I was using militia rockets.. come on get with the program here

he was directly over head.. not only was he in range but he was VERY close.. level with top of buildings.. .

Mary were you playing a couple hours ago? I think it was YOU lol. Kudos to your setup.. Not hatin..

But I guess i must dispell this "teamwork" theory once again...

What team has 2 or more fully maxed out swarms? Possibly your corp stacks them, but corp matches are maybe 1% of total games played..

What team has 2 or more swarms with mics to work together?

What team has 2 or more swarms that have mics and then 'care' to work together..

the simple answer is NONE>. 0 zip .. nada..

Its a lone wolf operation.. And after speccing FULLY 6.5 million sp's into swarms ONLY .. I expect to get solo kills.. or its not worth playing