Is it really worth it though to put the points into that until you have litterally nothing else to get? The benefits for most of the vehicle tree look like a joke to me

Thanks Operative 1171 Aajli. If i'm on i'll always be in condor squad or 1st airborne. If you are going to gun make sure to tell your pilot your prefered weapon - blaster, missile or if you have no idea what your are doing; rail.

Also remember that the changes in 1.4 and the vehicle to AV imbalance we have makes gunning hard. Pilots have to move round a lot these days, and with the lack of markers spotting 2 pixel tall black dots is tricky; so you may find that you don't get many kills. Also you have to be on mic to gun and always shoot at the target your pilot asks you to. Always. Pilots know the field and the risks on it and balance that against the module they have running, the damage incoming and what modules are on cooldown and the state of the ships shields and armour.

If you are 1 shot from killing a proto assault caldari and the pilot says "forge gunner front left" you forget the caldari assualt, no matter if he is 1 hp from death. What the pilot says is priority; is priority - immediately, not when you you get done with what you are doing at that moment.

Condor squad is very welcoming of new pilots, but at the same time remember that the best pilots in the game hang their and they expect a level of professionalism (except they let me off 2 nights ago when i was playing after getting home from a funeral and was rather drunk - MCCs it turns out, are not soft.)

I'll happily gun for you in your shiny new ADS.

Once 1.5 is out Pvt Numnutz I'll need gunners for my tactics video and pilots for a stunt video to show what real pilots can make a dropship do. I'll also have plans that involve showing mistakes and how easy it ti to get killed in certain situations. That is a project that will involve millions of ISK in lost ships. If you still want to help then I'd be so grateful to have you along.

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They way i saw it : You have 6 seats so can accept 6 requests. You could give people making the request an order number. If they know they are 5th on the list they may decide to cancel. Each request gives you a different colour when you accept so a pilot might have 6 plane icons on his screen at once.

In the passenger seat you can use the overhead map. This is easier when you are not so vulnerable as you are on the ground. You could also lock the seats. Say the ship is empty. If i accept 6 requests but at spot 1 the requester and 5 others get in. What then? We could lock it to only the requesters, like reserving a seat. or to account for this only allow 2 requests max. This also stops 1 pilot taking all requests when there are two in the battle.

The logic tree would be quite deep. But the top level is simple. Choose transport from the weapon wheel, point where you want to go or use the map view, ship turns up and takes you there. Not too many fussy menus.