After reading most of this I really do not see what the big deal is with 3pv, OMG he saw me from around the building with his drone... most people in matches do not talk so unless you are in a group with headsets it does not help much. 3pv really has no advantage then being able to see things around a corner or over a hill. Your targeting is messed up, you have no map, and you can see the little blinking light. But I do see it is a major point of contention with the community as a whole. So offer solutions to it other then "Take it out" or "do not allow 3pv in MY match".
A good idea i saw was to make it a module that could be destroyed. That is a good idea you have to equip it to use it and if it gets shot then it goes boom. Make is so flamers and machine guns could take them out easy and it would give a reason for those weapons to be used.
Another idea would be to make it have fuel like the jump jets. It does not get the fuel back when docked and has like a 1 minuet fuel supply, after which it docks and you can not use it again for that match. I mean come on it is a small little thing and if 3pv was for you then you could buy modules to make it fly longer.
Another idea is to make it a Pilot Training skill. Make it simple to get like 2000 GXP with the 1 min timer restrictions, a module that can be linked with other modules to make it a good scouting tool. One for zoom, one for extra fuel, one for thermal, one for night vision, one for extra high it flies, you can make a whole slue of addons to it that would take time to unlock and would not over power it.
If they bring back Repair and Reload make it so you have to repair the drone and refuel the drone. As it is I see more people not using the drones for other then making sure they do not get their head blown off. It is kind of the same as when you hear people cry about LRM's being overpowered or ECM is a cheap unit, People kept playing after saying they were going to quit if they did not "fix" them. In the long run we should only have our selves to blame about not wanting to adapt to things and things being unfair. This is a game and if you do not like the way it is going, and you feel like the people that control the game are not listening to you then leave. You will affect them more that way then by complaining about it and then still playing.
Edited by Skoren, 29 August 2013 - 10:05 AM.