Does shooting down a dropship stop it from dropping bots anymore?

[TheBlueFox]

I've destroyed 10 dropships in this last mission, using the expendable launcher. However, It seems that something strange happens...

FIRST, The dropship disappears completely, and all the robots inside it fall to the floor and SURVIVE.

Secondly, a NEW dropship appears, and crashes where the first one would, sometimes running over the enemies.

Hulks survive the fall, but they're stuck in a perpetual falling animation. They can turn and shoot but not land or move.

[VoiD]

It has always disappeared for me when I'm not the host, probably some lag issue.

I haven't tested, so I'm guessing it's still the same, the dropship should be falling down just as it used to, you just can't see it.

Sometimes the robots below survive it, sometimes they don't

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

Sounds like bugs that will probably be fixed, but I want to know for sure what's supposed to happen when you down the dropships. 'Cuz I've only just recently bothered doing it instead of just ambushing the bots themselves (very fun to EAT down the stupid things. Impresses the pubbies) But I don't know if what I'm doing is actually accomplishing anything or just looks really cool.

The way I see it one of 3 things is supposed to happen but it could be bugged.

1. You blow up drop ship and all bots on board die either to fall damage or ship falling on them and exploding (lol)

2. Drop ship falls on bots, but a few survive 'cuz reasons, RNG, hulks shrugging it off, etc. In this case the broken dropship actually seems to trap the bots under it which is funny but it's hard to know if that's intended.

3. Nothing is supposed to happen. Blowing it up looks cool, but unless you skill shot it before it reaches the drop zone, it's too little too late and you're stuck fighting the bots and you wasted ammo. This is obviously the lamest, but it seems less likely.

Does anyone know for sure?

[Blaze Shadowflame]

In prior patches, it would spin out after losing a thruster and then crash. Seems to me the animation has bugged out. And to answer the above, any bots that are under the dropship when it hits the ground are dead.