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!

You really do have to skill all the way into dropships and vehicles and spend a lot of isk and something like loosing 100 dropships you gain enough experience to fly dropship well. Though there are enough experienced pilots in here to know that.
I must admit that the new fall off damage for forge guns has balanced the DS FG game. I've noticed that at longer ranges the fg deals a lot less and the ADS can take about 3 and get out. However at close range it does full damage. Which is a fair trade off and desperatly needed.

If there is one thing I can say about the dropship is that it is a team vehicle. You can't really solo in a dropship as blues are useless and you'll have no help to deal with ground threats or a heads up that a tank is coming in. The full potential of the dropship comes with working as a team and in your squad. I have also flow some double assault dropship teams with foxhound, (long time ago) back when I was with OTB we had a full squad and he did too, was some good fun and total air superiority. Also flew some with serimous yesterday and two assault dropships can actually be quite the presence on the battlefield. I don't think their as useless as you make them sound gentlemen.

yh with a pilot and 2 gunners the ads becomes a wp farming machine

...For the other team's forge guns. Which can 1 shot a max EHP 1.5 million isk ADS.
Made all the easier having two ground game out of the picture and all the more sweeter when they add to the +75, +25, +25, +25

lol, what are you on about dude?

I don't know much about DS (only been playing for 2 weeks) but surely there's some sort of decoy flare ability or even a sig radius bonus to prevent lock-on\?

I don't know much about DS (only been playing for 2 weeks) but surely there's some sort of decoy flare ability or even a sig radius bonus to prevent lock-on\?

...For the other team's forge guns. Which can 1 shot a max EHP 1.5 million isk ADS.
Made all the easier having two ground game out of the picture and all the more sweeter when they add to the +75, +25, +25, +25

lol, what are you on about dude?

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.