Screw that i stay with my derpship (viper). Seriously whats the point in dropships when i can do all tasks with a militia variant?

was playing yesterday and didn`t see you, just Jesusluvseveron. then there was another battle where there were 2 Myrons, 1 Eryhx and a Python but I was saving ISK and couldn`t call in my A2A Python :( we might have to Q synce to do it considering pubs at random, also what region are you in?

the thought is to get CCP thinking that they are doing the right thing to allow us to use less ISK and in the long run gain some with WPs but they need to know they have to get us out of the pit they dug us into, its not like we don`t know what we are doing and giving bad feedback I honestly don`t know why it took them so long but they need to fix it, and if they can start thinking of a way to get us some ISK to start out the next bright day then that's good.

Then you get 1-shot by a FG, who lost more then?
See one can lose these "dumb little derpships" multiple times during a game and it would still cost less than one proto fit python.

So even if your one expensive ship can shoot down a cheap one, unless you can make each one last multiple matches, its not gonna be worth it.
MAYBE if you're an active PC player and only use them then, but outside of that, its probably best to go militia.

The problem is many pilots think they need to either ONLY be using the best more expensive fits, or only militia fits, when really they should be using both.

Just like infantry, unless you have the Isk to spare, you're not gonna spam proto fits every time in every single game, which altho yes, cheaper than vehicle fits, they can be lost a lot faster than a vehicle.
(Unless the pilot is REALLY bad of course.)

Most infantry (that I'm aware of) have a cheap fit they go to when they don't want to lose or waste their expensive fit(s), something many other vehicle users in general don't seem to like doing.
Its either use the top fit or not use a vehicle at all, which lets be honest, its just silly.

Exactly. A militia fit Viper might stand a shot or two from a redline-sniping Raligun tank. Any other dropship better than that would crumble in 3 shots or less.

The difference between a Viper and any other dropship?

Hundreds of thousands of more isk for fit, and millions of SP to sink.

You are spending millions of SP and at least five times more isk on a dropship, just to have either a built-in CRU or about 3 to 5 seconds more time for your dropship to stay alive.

At this point, I think most dropship pilots can agree that CCP f**ked up pretty badly. My alt (which is only specced into ADS) agrees. Hell, I couldn't even fly anything on my alt until CCP introduced ISK transfers between people/characters.