why is this

[brakenfur]

i've noticed that in allmost in all multiplayer games no one uses cyborg transports when ever i use them in game people are almost always surpised that i'm using them i find them usefull in strking behind enemy lines or harassment. So why is it that no one ever seems to use them?

[driver4]

I don't know, maybe people just don't realize they are good for bothering enemies or destroying oils quickly. People get distracted by bug vtol instead

[Iluvalar]

Many small reasons simultaneously, But mostly going to vtols is a detour for most players, and once there the optimal solution is by far thermite or plamsites bombs. For this transport ambush to be efficient you need you opponent to not have a too much efficent machine gun (both for going over and to have your borg survive enough) and at the same time you need good cyborg armor (that have already started to decline in standard balances). but then when both conditions are met why bugging with flying over the structures if you already have the dream design for a frontal assault ? Finaly having both the damage of the vtol hmg and the reload of a standard ground weapon, i feel like the transporter mg is totally OP when researched correctly. So I never use it as a direct weapon.

[bendib]

Because they cost about as much as a cannon fort.

[JJB-Legend]

If you build a lot of cyborg transports (without cyborgs in them), fly over to your enemy's base (hopefully not much AA), and make sure they stay airborne, then their automatic machine guns can pretty much wipe out any base. It works... until you find that your enemy has AA.

Also on a map with large bases, I'll fly behind their base with a load full of engineers, and build ground shaker emplacements.