DUST Search - CCP Do you even care about Dropships anymore?

bethany valvetino wrote:

I fly dropships

and while I agree, there do seem to be paper thin, however getting smoked by red line rail tanks, is more an issue with redline sniper tanks, than it is dropships.

You guys, with your "ooooh, dust is hard, make it easier" posts make me chuckle.

When will you learn, CCP will not allow you to have a hard counter to everything, some maps and matches suit drop ships, other do not.

Might I suggest you learn your craft, before dropping on the forums to ***** and whine about how your play style should be focused on by CCP more than others.

Learn the maps too, understand how swarms work and how their users like to play, work as a team with spotters and/or gunners.
All the maps have a place you can hide, find out where hostile rail turrets are and where they will drop.

I'm my opinion, swarms are not an issue, none can one shot a DS or ADS and most will not get a second volley into you, before you can redline or drop behind a hill or building, as someone said... a bigger issue is getting one shotted by breach forge guns.

At the end of the end, if you're not able to use your drop ship, recall it and go sit in the MCC.


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Foxhound Elite Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 223	Posted - 2013.07.03 17:53:00 - [1] - Quote I have yet to hear a response this year about what you propose to do with dropships. It's very frustrating.
Foxhound Elite Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 226	Posted - 2013.07.03 18:19:00 - [2] - Quote I have posted countless threads about dropship issues and I have yet to have CCP involve themselves in one. You'd think aerial vehicles, let alone vehicles in general would be a core element of gameplay. This distinguishes us from games like Call Of Duty, where a 'run-and-gun' style of play is profound. Dust is following that path, giving us no leverage with vehicle roles, primarily the dropship.
Foxhound Elite Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 226	Posted - 2013.07.03 18:33:00 - [3] - Quote waiting for a response about this, seeing as I've invested time, aurum, SP .. primarily into dropships to aid my corp members but have to rely on other methods to help them as dropships are only good for elevating yourself within a certain window, before you get shot down like a pheasant during hunting season.
Foxhound Elite Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 226	Posted - 2013.07.03 18:48:00 - [4] - Quote low genius wrote: DUST Fiend wrote: Can we please not ever mention that word again? Thank you. You don't understand how upset I am to have had to turn in my pilots license. The only viable way to play DS right now is to either constantly hoof it on ground to make up for ship losses, be part of a corp that doesn't mind you wasting their ISK, and flying an ADS. I think the ADS is just ridiculous in terms of the DS philosophy anyways. It's the cheap way to give us an aerial attack vehicle without actually giving us an aerial attack vehicle. Having 4 passenger slots instead of 2 ensures that the already underwhelming logi ships get pushed even further down the totem pole, since you can still act as a troop transport (while getting there quicker to boot) With whispers of Bomber Dropships in the works, it is abundantly clear that CCP has completely disconnected from the idea of fitting them into proper roles and has instead adopted the idea of using them as placeholders for things that should have their own models, flight mechanics, and skill trees. don't undock it if you can't afford to lose it. This isn't EVE. It's an FPS. That's like saying "Don't wear proto gear if you're afraid of dying".
Foxhound Elite Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 226	Posted - 2013.07.03 20:54:00 - [5] - Quote can we get some sliver of hope to keep us going through these dark and turbulent times, devs?
Foxhound Elite Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 232	Posted - 2013.07.04 14:17:00 - [6] - Quote redline railgun tank two shotted my logistics class dropship bringing in a full load of infantry to the fight, only to end up in flames and me recieving -75 Eryx Destruction and 2x -50 kills. Thanks, CCP!
Foxhound Elite Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 272	Posted - 2013.07.05 22:15:00 - [7] - Quote bethany valvetino wrote: I fly dropships and while I agree, there do seem to be paper thin, however getting smoked by red line rail tanks, is more an issue with redline sniper tanks, than it is dropships. You guys, with your "ooooh, dust is hard, make it easier" posts make me chuckle. When will you learn, CCP will not allow you to have a hard counter to everything, some maps and matches suit drop ships, other do not. Might I suggest you learn your craft, before dropping on the forums to ***** and whine about how your play style should be focused on by CCP more than others. Learn the maps too, understand how swarms work and how their users like to play, work as a team with spotters and/or gunners. All the maps have a place you can hide, find out where hostile rail turrets are and where they will drop. I'm my opinion, swarms are not an issue, none can one shot a DS or ADS and most will not get a second volley into you, before you can redline or drop behind a hill or building, as someone said... a bigger issue is getting one shotted by breach forge guns. At the end of the end, if you're not able to use your drop ship, recall it and go sit in the MCC. i've been flying alot longer than you and I've done everything in my power to survive, in the safest way possible, involves sitting in the red-line and waiting for my squad to give me the all-clear. it's come to this, when it should never have to, so don't you talk to me about whining, when in fact you're whining about others not knowing how to fly properly. there's only so much you can do about redline railgun tanks or forgegunners.