Hi guys, let me provide you guys with provide some feedback on this topic.

1. We are looking at doing re-balancing of our AV weapons. One of the topics, which also seems to be showing through on this thread is to keep a decently long enough range on the forge gun, but also look at the damage decay variable over time on it, optimal ranges, etc. Because agreed, that it is a very potent anti-vehicle weapon and it's not exactly something that is easily countered with countermeasures (see next point). We also don't want the forge gun to be nerfed to the point of feeling ineffective, so a direct reduction of damage output across the board is not going to be the simple answer there.

2. We are also want to get countermeasures in soon, as well as a lock-on warning system for players piloting vehicles that have been locked on to. The lock-on indication will be a graduated indicator so that you will have a decent idea of how imminent your time to impact is and can choose to act accordingly. Furthermore, we're also working on porting lock-on to a certain subset of turrets. This will come in helpful for dropship pilots who are engaged in dogfights, or supporting assaults against ground units.

3. As one of our immediate tasks, we want to look at how we can provide dropship pilots with more chances to earn WP. We have lots of ideas in mind, however we need to tread carefully on this one so that we're not opening up too many opportunities for exploit. Some of the ideas that are bouncing around are providing WP for players spawned into your craft, WP for use of active scanners (possibly more specialized ones), and finding a way to re-introduce WP for remote repairs without exploit.

4. We will be reducing the ISK cost of dropships so that players can get into them more easily, while also looking at the overall skill cost of this class of vehicle.

5. Lastly, we're aware of turret issues that have come up. Many of the improvements needed will require code support to fix lingering bugs as well as further flesh out existing systems. We are currently working on this as our next set of code fixes.

Why are you asking questions that you know the answer to?

It's called a road map, not a flight plan.

They ain't going to develop an accurate road map without the perspective from the sky.

Their idea of fixing dropships was going to be forcing them to use a pilot suit to be semi viable at all. A HUGE SP sink, which at some point they even said might affect things like "War points gained". A seriously lazy way to tack on rewards. Spend 3 million SP on a suit so you get ANY wp, and maybe over 3 years you'll make back the investment! Derp.


I'm not even making this up either.

Anyhow, the pilot suits aren't going to be in 1.3. Likely not 1.4 now either.

And when it comes it will be disappointing. Also any 'buff' it gives DS will have it's practical effectiveness multiplied by 5 when used with a LAV or HAV. So, think of pilot suits as a minor buff to DS and major buff to LAV/HAV. SInce they'll use it more efficiently so really we're getting vehicles that will kill DS easier and be harder for DS to kill.

Dude they don't care simply because we're like 0.05% of the population. AR, ground, tanks, and murder taxi are their bread and butter. Why waste precious development resources on such a miniscule portion of the player base? It's a cold hard fact that as a company they have no incentive to fix DS, if anything they profit by leaving it as a pinyata for noob players to feel good about destroying with militia AV.

Basically every DS pilot could quit the game and bring 2 players with them into the void, CCP would have the net effect of gaining money because new players who want this to be COD would be pleased and join as replacements.

I see a lot of speculation and theories being presented as facts in these... Ah... Arguments...

optimism is incompatible with expecting CCP to comment on a DS fix. Time has shown this to be true, sans some hollow words.
If that's what you wanted then maybe you'll get lucky.

Look back in time at all the "promises" made about DS. It's kind of impressive that none of it's come true.

Adding a line to give pilots WP for MCRU spawns, scanned enemies and a bit more HP isn't really content that takes time to do.
They just refuse to because they claim it would be exploited yet are blind to the same "exploiting" that's done more easily with drop uplinks. It makes no sense.

And as judge Judy says, if it doesn't make sense. It's probably BS. Or something like that. In other words these are their excuses because they don't Want to.

A woman full of wisdom

Unfortunatly, our alleged cpm will not help either, i do believe one retorted, saying, "learn i fly better"

Our voice will never be heard, so nothing will ever change

Whatever they did with the camera I freaking despise it, let me put it back

:(

I play inverted normally but it completely screws with me while I'm flying, the two should be independent of each other and you can set them as you please.

It totally removes what tiny bit of fun was left in flying dropships because now I have to constantly fight with my subconscious habit to tilt the camera one way instead of the other.

Aka.

Lame

:/

I use my militia derpships as AV, I just hate the inversion personally and wish I could just revert it :/

Don't worry, he's working on Bomber Dropships.

See, the solution to Dropships is not carrying any passengers or gunners, and strapping bombs on them.

i hope not. dropship pilots are useless.