DUST Search - Tanks - Balancing Turrets

Tebu Gan wrote:

Roger Cordill wrote:

True Adamance wrote:

Anti Infantry Large Turrets need to go. Racial Parity between Empire Main Battle Cannon Style Turrets need to happen.

Give HAV a role. Make them the top end Anti Vehicle weapons. Put Anti Infantry and Infantry Support in the hands of smaller, more vulnerable vehicles.

E.G- An Apocalypse Class Battleship fires a Large Beam Laser at a frigate...... it does not hit. The frigates signature is to small and the tracking speed is also too slow.

This is what I consider the difference between HAV (Apoc) and Infantry. It should not be easy to hit infantry, and the large calibre weapons of the HAV, while still deadly on hit to infantry, should be primarily designed to hit larger targets like other HAV, MAV, LAV, or Dropships.

Considering that it's much easier to aim a turret at someone, and the fact that most kills against infantry from blasters are tanked heavily and/or not even moving, the comparison is not really there.

"tanked heavily", see that is the problem, I think if you want to go the AI route, maybe you need to sacrifice that durability to achieve it. Currently, you are immune to infantry (nearly) with the best counter being a tank to yourself. There is no harmony between tanks and infantry.

"My Faith in you is absolute; my sword is Yours, My God, and Your will guides me now and for all eternity."


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True Adamance Kameira Lodge Amarr Empire 6288	Posted - 2014.01.29 00:16:00 - [1] - Quote Anti Infantry Large Turrets need to go. Racial Parity between Empire Main Battle Cannon Style Turrets need to happen. Give HAV a role. Make them the top end Anti Vehicle weapons. Put Anti Infantry and Infantry Support in the hands of smaller, more vulnerable vehicles. E.G- An Apocalypse Class Battleship fires a Large Beam Laser at a frigate...... it does not hit. The frigates signature is to small and the tracking speed is also too slow. This is what I consider the difference between HAV (Apoc) and Infantry. It should not be easy to hit infantry, and the large calibre weapons of the HAV, while still deadly on hit to infantry, should be primarily designed to hit larger targets like other HAV, MAV, LAV, or Dropships. "My Faith in you is absolute; my sword is Yours, My God, and Your will guides me now and for all eternity."
True Adamance Kameira Lodge Amarr Empire 6291	Posted - 2014.01.29 00:35:00 - [2] - Quote Tebu Gan wrote: Roger Cordill wrote: True Adamance wrote: Anti Infantry Large Turrets need to go. Racial Parity between Empire Main Battle Cannon Style Turrets need to happen. Give HAV a role. Make them the top end Anti Vehicle weapons. Put Anti Infantry and Infantry Support in the hands of smaller, more vulnerable vehicles. E.G- An Apocalypse Class Battleship fires a Large Beam Laser at a frigate...... it does not hit. The frigates signature is to small and the tracking speed is also too slow. This is what I consider the difference between HAV (Apoc) and Infantry. It should not be easy to hit infantry, and the large calibre weapons of the HAV, while still deadly on hit to infantry, should be primarily designed to hit larger targets like other HAV, MAV, LAV, or Dropships. Considering that it's much easier to aim a turret at someone, and the fact that most kills against infantry from blasters are tanked heavily and/or not even moving, the comparison is not really there. "tanked heavily", see that is the problem, I think if you want to go the AI route, maybe you need to sacrifice that durability to achieve it. Currently, you are immune to infantry (nearly) with the best counter being a tank to yourself. There is no harmony between tanks and infantry. AV needs to hit tanks hard. Enough to scare me when I am rolling around..... HAV need to have a clearly defined role. Since most HAV constantly say how they are only interested in fighting other HAV there should be no issue changing focus to Anti Vehicle Roles which imo would expand the capacity for other vehicle types to operate on the map....while making the tanks impact on the battle potent but managable to infantry. "My Faith in you is absolute; my sword is Yours, My God, and Your will guides me now and for all eternity."