Coleman Gray wrote:That the only real thing needed to balance AV and Vehicles is simply to REMOVE AV grenades?
Yes, forge guns and swarm launchers tear vehicles apart to but you know what? People have specced into them to be AV troops, they take those weapons with the perks and disadvantages they bring and thats fair enough. But why should people who put points in actual AV weapons be robbed of their niche because people are able to take Grenades that wor just as well if not better? With AV grenades in the game why should people specc into AV weapons when they can take any other gun and simply carry grenades with them? AV Grenades don't only nerf vehicles but they also nerf other AV methods.
Before people go on saying "oh but you have to get close for AV grenades" oh cos it's so hard isn't it princess? to jump into a buggy, hell use a murder taxi, barge your way through the tanks infrantry support, get in close before hoping out and taking out the tank in 2-3 grenades? Why should someone who made the active decision not to take an AV primary weapon be allowed to to do the job of dedicated AV soldiers?
Whats that? "how can I defend myself from murder taxi's then?" Funnily enough AV doesn't just apply to tanks, if AV troops felt that they was actually needed they would use their AV fits more if not for the whole match even. Hard to murder taxi when the enemy team has a full squad of AV specced people who are doing nothing the whole match except aiming for enemy vehicles.
By taking AV grenades as a precaution your shooting yourself in the foot, while your busy gunning at infantry those taxi's are coming for you while your busy with your main objective for your fitting.
Of course all this would mean that teams are actually...wait for it...A TEAM!? rather than 16 solo guys who occasionally band together to get orbital support. Yes, if you take a forge gun, swarm launcher or Plasma cannon your infantry killing power is reduced, and your vunerable in combat, but thats where foot soldiers come in, they support the AV infranty by keeping the foot soldiers of their backs and in return the AV soldiers keep the vehicles off the foot soldiers backs.