10% derpship hp buff so they become useful

10% derpship hp buff so they become useful

I've seen some DS pilots do amazing things with their ships and not lose one for several battles.

I got half way through writing it when my bitterness ran out, I'm not really sure how to finish it. I guess what I'm saying is that normaly you get two kinds of weapons, some like the sniper rifle, are high damage but to balance it out, it has a low rate of fire. Others have a high ROF but tend to have a low damage per shot to balance it out, an example in this case would be the HMG.

That philosophy which actually seems to work quite well with infantry weapons seems to have been abandoned in regards to AV, the swarm launcher is a moderate damage, moderate rate of fire weapon, which I would say is actually rather well balanced overall. The forge gun is where it really goes out the window, it has the highest damage per shot out of any weapon in the game, yet it also has, in vehicle terms, quite a high rate of fire. The same thing bleeds over into railguns too, the proto compressed does 1700 damage and charges in just over 2 seconds, it can kill a dropship in under 5 seconds if both shots hit.

I just find it weird that two of the highest damaging weapons in the game have such a quick charge up time.

Edit: if you want an idea of what it feels like, it's like a high level shotgun which cannot you across 90% of the map.

I actually find LAVs to be more reliable at troop transport, which makes me sad >_<

Something else to consider, something that all drop ship pilots seem to forget, is that you are in a LIGHT aircraft
Basically you guys are the LAVs of the sky, dont expect to eat rail shots and go on like nothing is wrong

............ troop transporting is exactly what a drop ship is designed for, its not a fighter or attack chopper

Something else to consider, something that all drop ship pilots seem to forget, is that you are in a LIGHT aircraft
Basically you guys are the LAVs of the sky, dont expect to eat rail shots and go on like nothing is wrong

The sad thing is that they're MEDIUM vehicles and LAVs have more HP than them.

Something else to consider, something that all drop ship pilots seem to forget, is that you are in a LIGHT aircraft
Basically you guys are the LAVs of the sky, dont expect to eat rail shots and go on like nothing is wrong

Actually if you pay enough attention to th loading screens you'll see that the dropship is a HEAVY aircraft.

Let me say why:

An empty triangle= light aircraft
A triangle with a smaller triangle inside= medium aircraft
A triangle with 2 smaller triangles inside= Heavy aircraft.

You can see the heavy aircraft symbol when you call down an RDV and when hlu see a dropship.

This has me worried. If tge dropships are heavy aircraft and can be destroyed easily, imagine the strengh of a light aircraft..

The icons overlap when the vehicle is still on the RDV, double check it
Im actually also going to load up the game right now and double check

they are MEDIUM aircraft jets will be light aircraft and gunships (please please please) are heavy. the official description of a standard dropship says they are HEAVILY ARMORED...I wish they matched the description

Something else to consider, something that all drop ship pilots seem to forget, is that you are in a LIGHT aircraft
Basically you guys are the LAVs of the sky, dont expect to eat rail shots and go on like nothing is wrong

However, derpships should be given a warning system when someone in av or in a tank engages them. That or pg unnerf.

Do you have any idea how hard forges and rails are to use? Especially on fast targets and far away targets? It's not like we're pussyass swarm launchers with trackers- we practice to be able to hit ya'll at the speed and ranges you move at. Ain't easy.


However, dropships definitely need a huge HP and speed buff. 30%, at least. The answer is not to nerf, but to buff. Buff dropships.

You say it's hard? It sure doesn't feel that way to us.

Do you have any idea how hard forges and rails are to use? Especially on fast targets and far away targets? It's not like we're pussyass swarm launchers with trackers- we practice to be able to hit ya'll at the speed and ranges you move at. Ain't easy.


However, dropships definitely need a huge HP and speed buff. 30%, at least. The answer is not to nerf, but to buff. Buff dropships.

It certainly is not easy, well... unless your like right there in our face. Most times when I destroy them they are a few hundred meters away and I have to lead my shots and time it with your speed. , not to mention the arch that also begins to take place afer 150m or so. I have had a hard time killing ones who maneuver well in the sky, I don't have tracking rounds. Countless times I have ran into ones where I miss , miss and miss because of a dropship pilot who does alot of sudden stops, banks , rises, dips making himself unpredictable. If your just sitting there hovering in the sky , don't expect to not die quickly.. your just sitting there in the damn sky

Okay, I've had a bad night with dropships, lost quite a few to tank railguns and had several forge guns being utter douchebags too, so this is a rather bitter and biased post. Having lost quite a few dropships tonight to tank railguns I decided to go have a look at their stats, and what struck me most as the main reason I lost so many dropships was the charge up time on them. 1.8 seconds on the standard railgun, 2.2 seconds on the compressed.

Now the base damage for those are
Standard (standard level)
1106.9
Compressed (standard level)
1383.6

So assuming the tanker hits with the first shot and With the second he can do at least 2213.8 damage in 4 seconds, now seeing how the dropship pilot won't know he's being shot at till the first shot hits he has 2 seconds to react to something that just took out 1/3 to a 1/4 of his health. To put that into perspective 2 seconds is how long it takes a module to activate or to build up a dropships acceleration in any given direction.

To put it simply, more than anything else the main reason railguns (and forge guns too, particularly the assault variants) are so deadly is due to their ROF which combines quite horribly with its damage.

He is correct. Ex dropship pilot myself. They are the med fighters are gona be light and they haven't released any info on the heavy.

Edit: if you want an idea of what it feels like, it's like a high level shotgun which cannot you across 90% of the map.

A shotgun that cannot what?
Hit, 1-shot, miss?

Sorry, stupid ipad, doesn't register the space then autocorrects the word, it's fixed now.

Edit: if you want an idea of what it feels like, it's like a high level shotgun which can hit you across 90% of the map.

Ah ok.



You mean like a sniper?