The TomHanks ofTanks
Ultramarine Corp
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Posted - 2013.09.22 02:37:00 -
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With the coming updates -- new weapons & modules & vehicle balances & "ammo" -- a few ideas to improve vehicles have come to mind; most of these will apply to HAVs, but a few will apply elsewhere...
Ejection Seats - mainly for the driver / pilot, this will get them relatively out of harm's way when all hope is lost. What I propose is, holding down [default] "O" will eject you from your vehicle, into the air. Obviously this should only be used in dire times, as you're leaving your vehicle to die / get stolen otherwise... I think this should be for HAVs & maybe dropships -- especially the logi & assault dropships -- as LAVs are obviously not suited for something like that.
If the seat could eject you high enough into the air that you could use inertial dampeners like jumping out of the MCC, that would be ideal for me. Obviously this is just a lofty idea, and not necessarily a good inclusion for the game lol.
Laser Turrets - Large & Small - definitely think this would be a good turret for anti-tank / materiel; they would work mostly like the current laser rifle, but with increased damage & range & laserbeam size for the large - and for the small, well, no changes needed really, it'd work just the same.
I am also proposing the small turret could be used much like a "point-defense laser", in that one could use it to shoot down rockets & missiles -- maybe make it take 3/4 of a second or 1.5 when aimed at the incoming missile or rocket before it destroys it. This wouldn't 'nerf' swarm launchers; at short-range or medium, they would still hit without more than 1 or 2 missiles/rockets being able to be shot out of the air, its more for the long range / extreme ranged rockets flying down from far that'd it help against. It would need to be aimed at invidual rockets / missiles, too, not the "cloud" itself.
Flamethrower Turrets - 'nuff said.
Gatling Gun Turret Large & Small - where as the blaster turrets are more like AR's, what I call for is more like the HMG, in that it puts a lot of rounds down range in a grouping similar to the infantry HMG. Wouldn't be as effective vs. other vehicles, but would certainly help clean up the cluster of infantry rushing your tank with AV 'nades, wouldn't it?
Swarm Launcher small Turret - another missile turret variety for the "missile" category, it'd work like the infantry version, but longer lock-on time & mainly used to drop those dropships & LAVs swarming around. Could limit it to 2 missiles being fired to diminish the effect it would have on tank vs. tank, but still leave it effective against dropships flying out of radius of the main turret...
I also propose with the upcoming option to exclude small turrets altogether on HAVs, that we could open up those slots for other use -- maybe use those slots for ammo cache & other, limited module types (speed, range, missile detection software/ radar?) that won't mean beefier tanks at the low cost of no seats for blueberries  .
My first post in the forums, criticise it & improve upon as you may. |