I think the buff is great for LAVs I'm a FG myself and I use them for transport, but two swarms currently absolutely wrecks them, for me this isn't a big deal as the primary purpose is mitigating the mobility problems of the heavy suit, but they seemed like riding around in an aluminum can, just waiting to be destroyed.

At this point I don't think the balance of FG to Vehicles will change much, especially not against ground vehicles after having the splash radius reduced. This was CCP saying that FG used as AV is mostly ok, but it should be a bit harder to kill infantry with it.

As a heavy i use my LLAV for this

Since they are getting removed i have a new LAV

It makes up for the lack of LLAV at least and also gives the LAV some durability against AV meaning that tactically they can be used more often

But remember to get full use of them you have to skill into the vehicle tree to access the mods and passive skills which may improve the LAV

As a pilot it may give me something to muck about with, also more of a challenge to pop these LAVs with a tank

i want LAV's back to where they were in chrome, they could roadkill but even a well fitted methana could only eat 2-3 av nades, and with a proper engineering skill it allowed for some real variety in fits. me bojo the mighty, and hunter junko would just cruise around the map racking up wp in bojo's attack methana, me and bojo once managed to earn 1600wp together without getting out of the lav, a well fit lav could be deadly and fun, i miss it.

Shh, don't mention LAV's, it'll be funnier when we run their arses over

I was hoping for info on efficiency ratings on small turrets vs light and heavy vehicles. Before a railgun doing 400 dmg would actually be doing 200 per shot which is crazy given that you only get 3 shots before it overheats. The new blaster is doing 705 dps at up to 60 meters away which is great on paper, but I would like to know they'll pierce vehicles a bit more in 1.7.

Anyone doing an no-SP requirement fittings (MLT mod only) for Saga LAV?

Personally I want the bike idea implemented to help augment movement. A good, cheap, single seat transport - Particularly for Heavies without a BPO LAV. Even thought the Militia LAV is cheap it gets expensive calling in a new one you need to redeploy (often you have no time to recall and either a blue takes it or enemies blow it up)

The LAV should indeed be an attack platform. I once gunned in my CEO's SLAV and it was amazing how easy it was to gun down opponents at speed. Almost a shame they're removing them but the standard should be about the same and more survivable. Great for gunning down enemies caught in the open on maps like Manus Peak

I have the Blood Raiders Saga BPO to build around.

Ill probably have to spend some skills to make it really good, but I was able to fit this with a militia blaster turret:
Mlt Heavy shield extender.
Mlt Scanner.
Mlt Pg upgrade.

:)

Have to theorycraft some in order to minmax the fitting.

If you fit a Militia 20GJ Railgun on it, you will be able to fit all of those mods! No skills needed.

As a occasional Dropship gunner, Missiles are the way to go. don't bother aiming, just squeeze out few and you'll be surprised by the hit detection giving you a 'headshot' from time to time. I used to go for the old tried and true aim for the feet, let splash damage work its magic, but Dust is miserly when it comes to splash vs direct. Getting a direct hit on infantry from dropship missile turret is so easy to do accidentallyGǪ

But that's dropshipsGǪI don't know how you would manage in the back of a bucking methana, but I am interested in Lav's as a possible high-speed glass cannon to counter tank spamming. Also if they fix LLAV so it actually does it stated role of Logi'ing instead of the whole Murder Taxi thing I could get behind that.