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Iron Wolf Saber
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Posted - 2013.07.26 18:37:00 -
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I missed dog fighting, where the best solution to take out a drop ship was another drop ship. :( |
Iron Wolf Saber
Den of Swords
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Posted - 2013.07.26 21:20:00 -
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Celeste Cyra wrote:Iron Wolf Saber wrote:Why did they lower the skill ceiling (the height reaction achievable) and steepen the cliff at the same time is beyond me. That's actually because of height mapping. Basically the terrain is just a large picture with white, black and gray bumps. Where things fall in the terrain is percentile based. Here's a quick overview if you care. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08ZKqAajRFw
Skill Ceiling
The distance between awful and top performance.
I view this was lowered because I have seen top end pilots perform and I am not impressed, as in I do not regard them as a threat large enough to swap to AV and when I do swap to av to deal with them I should not be viewing it as free War Points and kills and griefing their wallets. I also know enough that I do not see pilots getting any better at their craft that what they can explore at top of the dropship game is utterly useless. The old style dropships had an extraordinary high ceiling because the constant threat of other aircraft and heavier targets on the ground proved to be ultimate challenges that majority of the time the drop ship nor the obstacle can guarantee the outcome. This is why I ultimately think the skill ceiling was lowered, because one side can always guarantee a result and the drop ship pilots are beyond helpless to change that as there is no magical set of moves or skill improvements on their end that would truly save them in the scenarios they face.
Skill Slope
The difficulty in climbing up to the skill ceiling. There is an extraordinarily thick barrier between learning to drop ship, while price is its own barrier I would rather see dropships match their performance with the sticker price. its very unforgiving and ultimately hard, while I do not normally mind this if the skill ceiling was high enough but currently its not.
My challenge to the strike wing is that if you installed the turrets and MCRU off a dropship, how useful are you still? If you can get the dropship to the point that without these two things and the team still wants a dedicated dropship pilot on the team the entire battle, then you done a good job on getting dropships fixed. |
Iron Wolf Saber
Den of Swords
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Posted - 2013.07.27 19:34:00 -
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S Park Finner wrote:Iron Wolf Saber wrote:My challenge to the strike wing is that if you un-installed the turrets and MCRU off a dropship, how useful are you still? If you can get the dropship to the point that without these two things and the team still wants a dedicated dropship pilot on the team the entire battle, then you done a good job on getting dropships fixed. Is this tantamount to asking "What is the value of an air transport vehicle in DUST 514"? While a legitimate question I don't believe aircraft in the game need to be limited to that role or need to have success in that role as a starting point for all their designs. Did I just misunderstand your comment?
I am sometimes bad with words but in a way yes it was a bit misunderstood.
My point is that dropships should for all sake of feel homage and heritage be still be able to do the role its predecessor did very well without extra tools. Take a bunch of troops and equipment from point a to b in one piece.
The Spearow class dropship from the caldari army was very handy at this in carrying 50 troops, being able to get in and out easily up until the clones were brought in.
The viper should be the evolutionary step up from the sparrow. Added weapons, defenses and severe cut back on passengers to minimize losses increase survivability on the field. The main homage however should still remain at heart still a transport ship at heart being able to land pick up people and get them out. The older styled dropships early in the beta followed this very well however the fact it was too easy to crush people made it a constant annoyance for snipers and roof huggers. |
Iron Wolf Saber
Den of Swords
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Posted - 2013.07.28 03:54:00 -
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Thank you. |
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