Pvt Numnutz
On The Brink
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2013.05.25 01:37:00 -
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ADS handling is good, however it only has a small cannon thats difficult to use (not complaining got 13 kills the other day) but it is hard, i accept the challenge. Recently decided to also spec into logi dropships for the cru and i was very dissapointed. The handling is very bad, i understand that it is a slow cat and has the most shields out of any dropship, but when i get hit by a swarm i roll and have to fight the dropship just to get level. However before i can get level i usually hit a building or hit the ground and then roll over and explode. Unfortunately for me i spent 17 mil getting 20 of them. oh well they are pretty to look at at least...
So i decided that i would instead just fit a CRU to a myron, as the myrons handling is far superior to the eryx, fit it with some advanced turrets and it comes out to (roughly) 200k cheeper than the eryx chassis. However it only has 1883 shields....well im not being thrown into buildings, but now swarms are a very real threat as i dont have the speed to outrun them nor the tank to fight them. At the very least im not spending 1 to 1.5 mil for the variations of the dropships so i might be able to climb out of this hole that im in isk wise.
Reducing the price of dropships by 40% would go a long way to helping pilots stay in the air and maybe even make some money to play around with. when i read in the patch notes that dropship prices were cut in half i was as giddy as a school girl only to find that my same myron fit from chromosome now cost an additional 30k isk.......by half you say?
My biggest problems with dropships right now, Their tank could use some adjustment to make it more competitive against av, im not saying make it so 3 people have to bring me down, just let me stay in the fight for a little while longer so i can actually help my squad and team.
The handling of standard is.....ok, ADS handling is good and zippy (for less tank, alright thats fine) logi dropship is unflyable for me, i know its a slow cat and im fine with that, however the way it tips and rolls at any form of av and how hard i have to fight the dropship just to stay in the air is unacceptable for me. Could we maybe get some low slot stuff for speed? jovian power plants dont really seem to cut it anymore, as i tried putting 2 on the eryx and it hardly made a difference.
Also the day they take dropships out of the game to release in a new build is the day i stop playing dust, atleast until their back in.
For those pilots and players who are saying that CCP doesnt care about dropships or pilots you are wrong. CCP blam is a game designer and hasnt forgotten about dropships, take the bomber variant he mentioned for example |