DUST Search - What do you think of Heavies + LAVs?

Natalie Herondale wrote:

Logi Bro wrote:

Before somebody says that I'm just butthurt about how powerful the HMG is now, I'm not. This is more about the combination of heavy suits with an LAV driving around, jumping out, and eating people.

Here's the problem: the heavy's only weakness is his mobility. (And no equipment slot, but whatever) You could argue that the heavy suits have another weakness by having less module slots than medium suits, but remember that the only heavy suit we have at the moment is the Amarr suit, and they always have the least modules.

But anyways, mobility is the heavy's biggest weakness. They have the greatest tank, the best firepower, etc. So driving around in an LAV completely negates the heavy's only weakness, making it incredibly powerful. Why should they be allowed to do this? I do it all the time, personally, and I find that there is barely any counter(AV grenades do the trick, but hardly anyone uses those, and you need all three to destroy just one LAV, so not so practical). Hell, I've even seen other people use Sica's to roll up on people, jump out and annihilate them, then jump back in the Sica and drive off to their next victim.

So here's my question: do you think this is working as intended? Should heavies be allowed to cope with their greatest weakness with an incredibly easy, low risk ride like the LAV? Should some sort of animation be added for a heavy suit getting in and out of a vehicle to nerf their ganking power? I imagine the animation would be about 3-4 seconds long, just enough to put the ball back in the victim's court.

Thoughts, please.

1.) Mobility is not a heavy's greatest weakness... it's his second greatest weakness.

2.) If there is one role I can kill 99.9% out of the 100 times I face off against it, it is heavy. So, I welcome them getting out of their car. Although, it does p!ss me off when they have 0 health left and jump back in their LAV at the last second. Evil


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pseudosnipre 421	Posted - 2013.12.29 22:17:00 - [1] - Quote Natalie Herondale wrote: Logi Bro wrote: Before somebody says that I'm just butthurt about how powerful the HMG is now, I'm not. This is more about the combination of heavy suits with an LAV driving around, jumping out, and eating people. Here's the problem: the heavy's only weakness is his mobility. (And no equipment slot, but whatever) You could argue that the heavy suits have another weakness by having less module slots than medium suits, but remember that the only heavy suit we have at the moment is the Amarr suit, and they always have the least modules. But anyways, mobility is the heavy's biggest weakness. They have the greatest tank, the best firepower, etc. So driving around in an LAV completely negates the heavy's only weakness, making it incredibly powerful. Why should they be allowed to do this? I do it all the time, personally, and I find that there is barely any counter(AV grenades do the trick, but hardly anyone uses those, and you need all three to destroy just one LAV, so not so practical). Hell, I've even seen other people use Sica's to roll up on people, jump out and annihilate them, then jump back in the Sica and drive off to their next victim. So here's my question: do you think this is working as intended? Should heavies be allowed to cope with their greatest weakness with an incredibly easy, low risk ride like the LAV? Should some sort of animation be added for a heavy suit getting in and out of a vehicle to nerf their ganking power? I imagine the animation would be about 3-4 seconds long, just enough to put the ball back in the victim's court. Thoughts, please. 1.) Mobility is not a heavy's greatest weakness... it's his second greatest weakness. 2.) If there is one role I can kill 99.9% out of the 100 times I face off against it, it is heavy. So, I welcome them getting out of their car. Although, it does p!ss me off when they have 0 health left and jump back in their LAV at the last second. Agree with #2 above. Had butthurt moment last week when I narrowly sidestepped a LAV coming full speed at me. I hit him with AV nades on his way in and get ready to finish him off as he slows down to turn for a second pass... until he magically appears 20m behind his LAV and mows me down with his HMG. Not a big fan of enormous people nimble enough to dismount at 60mph and take no damage while also maintaining 4000 ehp through the use of dismount attack mount tactics. At least give me a backflip, middle finger animation or equally ludicris as a 600 lb man with 300lb weapon ,zsitting across his lap being able TO FIT INTO A LIGHT ATTACK VEHICLE. at least take up a low slot for a seatbelt extension or power lift or something... In effect you need combined AV and AP to successfully take them down...unless you bait them to your RE pile. =) Today is the sort of day where the sun only comes up to humiliate you.