Can you guys give some insight on to how the vehicle vs vehicle combat is going instead of just posting spreadsheets? I was hoping for Small blaster vs LAV to be similar to a Large Blaster vs an HAV. If it's this way any nerf or removal of higher tier av equipment would make vehicle battles a lot more interesting and more importantly useful.

OK so a basic small blaster does 357 damage at 14 shots per second. so to take out a Saga basic hull would take

1200/(357*1.1) = Roughly 3 Seconds
900/(357*0.9) = 2.8 Seconds let's just say 3

It would take 6 seconds of sustained small blaster fire to remove an untanked Saga, within 65 meters (optimal range) so at 14 shots per second with a clip size of 120, you only used 84 bullets. That's pretty quick.

But that's statistical which never applies in perfection to practice. We all know it's going to take longer than 6 seconds and probably over 1 clip. But hey, I haven't seen any heat sinks or heat stats, so I don't think vehicle turrets will have heat anymore.

OK so a basic small blaster does 357 damage at 14 shots per second. so to take out a Saga basic hull would take

1200/(357*1.1) = Roughly 3 Seconds
900/(357*0.9) = 2.8 Seconds let's just say 3

It would take 6 seconds of sustained small blaster fire to remove an untanked Saga, within 65 meters (optimal range) so at 14 shots per second with a clip size of 120, you only used 84 bullets. That's pretty quick.

But that's statistical which never applies in perfection to practice. We all know it's going to take longer than 6 seconds and probably over 1 clip. But hey, I haven't seen any heat sinks or heat stats, so I don't think vehicle turrets will have heat anymore.

Will you be refunding SP invested in vehicles to go along with the changes? There are a number of new skills that you have introduced.

So... Um .. Seriously. Assault drop ships are out of the game and "should be returned"?

One thing with dropships. Please disable the first person camera. It serves no purpose except to infuriate you when you accidentally activate it.

You sir are an Narcissistic nooblet, i always fly first person and hate third person, but i would never say well hey get rid of this because i don't like it. SMH dude this is an FPS there should be no third person, but i will allow it : ) get over it and practice more. I always fly Assault dropships just ask my; CEO i get an allowance of 15 mill a month : ) i don't die often.

Tank you CCP for helpin me with my decision to leave tanks,stop playn with them.

All I want when this garbage patch hits to get my respec..

So much bitching about CCP 'nerfing' tanks and not an ounce of feedback. You guys are doing an awesome job of the communication CCP is finally doing.

Just shooting yourselves in the face and complaining that it hurts. Pretty soon you'll be right back to bitching that CCP doesn't talk.

Here's my feedback:

- Rendering and draw distance is a major problem but I look forward to the fixes in 1.5 - maybe they'll be ironed out.
- Swarms do far too much damage for such ease of use.
- Plasma Cannons still need to be decided on whether they're anti-infantry or anti-vehicle, and then changed accordingly.
- Forge Guns are really well balanced right now but their damage might need to be turned down slightly in accordance with these new changes.
- Large Missiles need a larger splash radius for them to be suppression weapons, right now they have less radius than small arms.
- Small railguns need a complete rework as they're fair too difficult to use with too little damage for when you actually hit someone (I have yet to ever successfully hit anything with them)
- Small Blasters might need a slight range boost as giving them ammo counts as well as overheat makes them very conditional.
- Blasters need to have a slight blast radius otherwise they fall victim to hit detection issues, they previous had this and it made a Small Scattered Blaster on the back of an LAV an amazing tide-turner when aiming at the feet.
- Small Turrets (all of them) need turret shields.
- Remote Repair and Shield Transport modules need to have a better control scheme and longer range. I would suggest having them replace turrets for use with vehicles and infantry repair modules to work in a sphere around the vehicle.
- WP rewards added for repairing friendlies. Not having any makes Vehicle Logistics a tough job.

will i eventually get to see the return of the Surya class maruder?

Some very good points, perhaps a lot of people - like me aren't really 'true' vehicle players, so are probably best just not **** posting on here, I really like you're idea of the repair 'bubble' - I had the same thoughts a while back but it needs to be carefully thought about because of things going through floors etc.

The turrets shields is a good idea but I think part of the allure of a LAV turret for example is the danger that you'll get killed if you're on there too long - stops camping with an OP Proto turret too (not that anyone does that).

Blast radius damage on blasters is a no-no I feel, I don't remember them having such (unless it was before Feb when I joined), this would make them fairly powerful - rapid fire and blast radius? hmm..

The rendering is a very interesting one too - I fear this will have some negatives, but looking forward to the positives once it's implemented.

I think people - unless they have something constructive to say, should avoid posting on here, go start your own thread, but then, you can't stop them.

I applaud you sir - some good points - let's hope CCP pick them up.

no proto tanks wtf :( why is ccp so bad

will i eventually get to see the return of the Surya class maruder?