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Bojo The Mighty
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Posted - 2013.12.04 22:34:00 -
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Will they be better?
-Small turrets will be buffed
-OMG is the Small railgun fixed?
-Smoothed LAV's delivery of power whatever that means
-Swarm, AV Nade, Forge gun nerf
-More CPU/PG
-Turret is optional
or Worse?
-2 less slots
-less variety (but I LOL at that, Methana and Saga drivers won't care, like me)
-Turrets require ammo
-No turret, no third seat
I personally believe they will be marginally better. AV nade nerf is super awesome and the Small turret power buff is going to be fun. However I can't tell if blasters or rails look more promising. Based purely on history, I would go with blasters, but now that they have ammo and that small rails got a pretty good position, it's tough to say. I don't like missiles as much because they don't deliver their payload over distances as well. It seems like blasters are going to be ammo hogs and that if Railguns work, I will try and bring out a team of LAVs + Rails and hunt you motherfucking tankers down.
It's also going to be interesting in how the new Torque/Speed modules will work out. |
Bojo The Mighty
Zanzibar Concept
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Posted - 2013.12.04 22:50:00 -
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Roger Cordill wrote:Message from Godin: I saw better physics, assumed better turrets, and guessed that they were.
My hope is about as reliable as his guess, now here's to hoping
*slam dat shot*
It would be a lot better of a game if 3 LAVs could take on an HAV
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Bojo The Mighty
Zanzibar Concept
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Posted - 2013.12.04 23:01:00 -
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Slag Emberforge wrote:I think LAVs will be much more useful, with that said they will still be susceptible to forge guns as they did NOT get nerfed.
Heavies will be primary AV other than Vehicles themselves.
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=125289&find=unread
We just don't have the numbers on the forge gun, I do believe.
Also define useful, it's a broad term. |
Bojo The Mighty
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Posted - 2013.12.04 23:22:00 -
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Foundation Seldon wrote:
The Swarm and AV nade nerf are significant but you also can't ignore the VERY significant buffs to the base LAV stats. They were the only class of vehicle to get straight base HP buffs as a result of the changes to 1.7 rather than nerfs like the Tank and Dropship.
Methana - 650Shields / 2450 Armor (Wow!) - 3100 Total - 1 High / 2 Low
Shield Regen : 132
Shield Renen Delay / Depleted Delay : 8s/20s
Saga - 1200 Shields / 900 Armor - 2100 Total - 2 High / 1 Low
Shield Regen : 285 (Wow!)
Shield Regen Delay / Depleted Delay : 6s/15s
The Methana is running pretty monstrous (period)
Turret wise I'm not convinced Small Rails are going to be in a place where they'll be replacing either the Missiles or Blasters. A combination of the spool up time, 70% effectiveness against vehicles (up from 50% but really needs to be at 100% to go up against Missiles), and their poor choice as anti-infantry makes me think they'll still be worthless to spec into.
True LAV drivers are about as common as clothes at a nudist colony. I saw your stuff and was like *gasp* some one who knows what's up.
I figured that the Saga (which I do not drive) is going to be about the hit and runs. Low HP, super regen as long as it doesn't bite into armor. However I see that Shield Boosters are going to be quite the hogs but will at least kick start shield regen if not put it on roids. Something tells me that because the Racial Speed Definitions are also coming, the Saga is going to have mean acceleration while the Methana will be more endurance based. Higher HP, Higher Top Speed, Slower Regen.
I think I have already made up my mind on the turret. Blasters full out but of course I will test each militia turret first, but the stand and deliver concept of the blaster with the natural endurance of the Methana appeals to me. Hopefully blasters will be quick to kill with the addition of ammunition.
But you can not deny that having the fitting capabilities of a Baloch is going to be a drag. Yes, I won't have to fit plates as much but Reppers are still a must fit, and then we are left with one more low slot....and one high slot. But me and gbg if he's still around will have quite the fun. |
Bojo The Mighty
Zanzibar Concept
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Posted - 2013.12.05 03:51:00 -
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Foundation Seldon wrote:
How do you feel about the change to vehicle scanners giving Intel Kill Assists like their infantry counterparts? Is a scanning LAV a viable possibility? Maybe combining intel kill assists with vehicle kill assists will be worthwhile from a WP perspective ...
Firstly please understand that I only drove a Limbus once, back in Closed Beta (I think Codex) Manus Peak...
I drive my LAVs with small turrets and I like them potent not gimped.
Scanning LAV, I have done it but not a whole lot because I mostly do fittings around survival with a flavor like regeneration, speed, or damage resistance. So I never ran my scanner-LAV a whole lot. I used a blaster with it and for the most part I think that it was a very gunner-pleasing fit, allowing the gunner to communicate better with me on enemies and all that stuff.
But yes, the prospect of making a decent SP/ISK living on LAV driving sounds real swell so all the WP you can get. However I have had my squad top the leaderboard by whipping ass where ever I pulled over.
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