It is something about this idea that gets to me. Because it reminds me of those times when you are downed in a combat zone and another player flies by in a helicopter, lands by you, jumps out and revives you, before jumping back into the helicopter and flying away while raining down bullets at the enemy from gun turret. It is rare to see in most pvp games. But everyone has that "i can be your hero" moment in games. And it is both awesome and kind of funny.
But anyway always loved the idea of non-combat focused players and roles in games. And the idea of a player or group of players flying around in medic dropships healing other players or evading them to a safe area before the enemy does a massive AOE attack. Just makes me happy to think about.
Remember in one of the chief chats with talks of roles/jobs so that made me wonder what kind of jobs and could they link with dropships too.
- Pilot, perhaps after earning experience and passing some small tests you can work your way up different types of dropship such as the size, grades and class type e.g. Small, medium, large dropships
- Aerial Surveillance, calling out targets from above is a nice thing even though you cannot really shoot them because these equipment needs the reapers full concentration and these units costs very much!!
E.g. calling out targets or areas of potential incoming threat such as the formation of platoons building up at a different area to stomp before this becomes a problem. Even co-ordinating with the battle commander when large invasions take place etc etc.
- Taxi service using a dropship or plop a vehicle from a bike to a 4x4 and zoom out of the dropship you can get to pick up folks who need a ride. E.g. request for taxi service can be made using your device so you can pick up npc's to actual players.
The player get special licences from the taxi port and for good service and loyalty get better taxi upgrades such as horns, engine type and better wheels to customize your taxi dropship / vehcile etc etc.
- Architects help to design your perfect home or base and many have different expertise from small homes to huge heavily fortified. E.g. an npc would show you the available list or can find on the device, if a player is part of the Arc Corp they can be hired to build for others fees are set using ingame currency or resources that the npc show if folks need some help etc.
An Arc Crop boss inspects the home at the end of construction if the home is poop the buyer gets back their monies and can give the Architect another go or use another Architect to help!
- R&D during times to uncover new and alternative ways to protect our reapers or weaponize.
The team of R&D are sent out to field test prototypes recording their findings and improving their skills.
E.g. you may be working with lab techs to weapon smiths uncovering ways to improve survival odds to specializing armor coating and so on. They would be sent using R&D dropships which are unique in the sense of its style and capacity to carry specimens to artifacts and analysis equipment of things such as strange organisms collected from the ground etc
- Battle Chef don't argue with battle chef has come to cook you a dish served with encouragement.
Some say getting food is vital others say adrenaline boosts from medics are better who is to say depending on the role you play.
E.g. The Battle chef may have to get into fishing and learn ways to cook using traditional and unconventional ways in the battle field. When you cook food it can draw wild life too so this is a way some battle chef use distraction other times odourless meals are made and boost the reapers sprint duration by X amount until food affects is finished.
Storing food and things can be tricky thankfully the battle chef has big storage in a food dropship just don't expect a full menu unless its for the after party!
- Air-tertainers these flying show folks come to bring a smile from dancers to bands and even tiki tribes etc
E.g. On special events when npc's or folks could use a nudge on the fun side these specialist come in to boost their energy level by X amount. Yes it is a buff but a buff for a big audience while earning the Air-tentainers reps, rank and some ingame monies and even skins etc.
- Lawyer, so you broken a few laws thrown a poop at a jerk drill sergeant, well not to worry lawyer reaper is at hand working on ways to get you out of trouble and jail too.
Lawyers work on small tasks with npc's at first and at times when a player really needs help to get out from pirate capture to Reaper council prison then those lawyers can help.
- Care support (Childcare), sounds odd but hear me out with children at the sky city they would have toys and gizmos to play such as drones to pets.
E.g. the Care support would keep the children amused by micro managing ways from enough food to enough rest and checking with doc to see how they are medically. Making them all in tip top shape while the parents and so are at their usual jobs in the heart of the Em8er or somewhere else.
As the Care support progresses can get inside knowledge from drone network including what the children and pets have heard. You could also with experience and time have children's drone platoons.
They say its dangerous or child labour though for the children its playing a game safetly and some get free toy upgrades such as palm tree drone with falling concussion coconuts a good incentive & deal hmm
With perhaps many types of roles/jobs there may be many types of dropships and ways they look.
This way you can get one's that may be distinguished and specific to the the role adds a collection of dropship types as one would collecting cars.
Saying that to showcase your collection a dropship area / garage would be nice that can show your collection walking and expecting it one by one using a selector panel to view different dropships as they spawn.
