Greetings everyone! As probably anyone of you who are reading this, I'm GSF pilot. You could see me on DM, SF and SS servers as Remusqui and a bunch of other toons - since it's the first time I'm on this forum, some introduction was required.
One of my today's matches made me think about roles and efficient ways to play GS in DOMs. Vid of the match you can find here - https://youtu.be/oVZqyrAM8zY. In the middle of this you can see that 4/8 players were running gunships, which didn't actually make me feel good. I hope to start some discussion here, make everyone share their opinions and thoughts, and I hope that eventually this will make someone a better GSF player.
So here are my two cents. It isn't hard to notice that gunships (except for T3Gs which are 50% battlescouts) usually are way less effective in DOMs and their role here is supplemental. GS can't cover the whole area around the satellite, so they require someone else to lure enemies from their safe spots - in other words, to play gunship effectively you need an action, a big fight around the node where everyone is busy enough and don't have time to reach you. And suddenly it turns out that to win a DOM on GS you need a team that basically can win without you.
Also it's often hard to rely on your team if you are playing solo, and that's when you should realise you can't play support-gunship because there's no-one to support. If you feel that you are the strongest player in your team, my advise would be take something else than gunship. There is always time for experiments, of course, if you want to test yourself and play it intentionally, go ahead. Who I'm trying to reach here is a player who thinks gunship is essential in DOM match. After that match I mentioned I have thoughts there are too many of players of this type.
Oh, and as you've probably realised, I have a YouTube channel, where I post every match I participate in. It would make my very happy if someone will find something useful for themselves in there.