Federal Dropship Hardpoints Changed?

[LosKevanos]

Look here for info on two new versions of FDS coming out in update 1.4... Federal Gunship has all the hard points of FDS with the two additional small hard points described in this thread utilized.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=170374

 

[Darth Ender]

The drop ship is not supposed to be a formidable fighting ship. It's just supposed to get marines from point a to b and tank any enemy fire while doing it.

If you're not feeling the drop ship's place in the game, it's because it currently has none. There are no personnel transport missions, no taking over bases / ships etc. Like the orca, this is a ship put in the game with it's sole purpose completely missing from the game. I'd like to see it's purpose fulfilled, not refactor the ship to just be another combat ship.

 

[Grumpy181155]

It certainly would make the dropship a fairly scary gunship.

Bit of a tight squeeze.

They actually get fired out like little human torpedoes

 

[CyberGrim]

The drop ship is not supposed to be a formidable fighting ship. It's just supposed to get marines from point a to b and tank any enemy fire while doing it.

If you're not feeling the drop ship's place in the game, it's because it currently has none. There are no personnel transport missions, no taking over bases / ships etc. Like the orca, this is a ship put in the game with it's sole purpose completely missing from the game. I'd like to see it's purpose fulfilled, not refactor the ship to just be another combat ship.

It is classed as a combat ship tho. When the combat ship prices were dropped the FD was among them. I would like to see either its mass dropped so the shield is with in the mass range or it gets a Internal Compartment 7. Why they have a ship that does not have proper shield coverage I never can get???