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Billi Gene
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Posted - 2014.02.19 23:32:00 -
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glimse:...
into why we have the vehicles we do now.
the original iterations worked great, they did their designated roles.
So why do we have the vehicles we have now?
My guess is that the map sizes and match player counts are the culprits.
Yes yes yes, i remember people taking DS up on top of towers and raining death, and all the other varied abuses like hand of God clone squishing (which i believe mostly went away with the collision detection). I think the current DS handling is better than the arcadey feel prior, but maybe a touch too far-or maybe not now that DS projectiles arent affected by the DS's momentum.
It would be interesting to see how the current rail tanks would fare against DS that werent so severely range restricted.
Once the current resistance modules are rebalanced and we see the addition (return) of passive resistance modules, tanks should hopefully be in a better place, but i still long for aircraft that can carry the battles to, and wage war from, the sky.
Bigger maps, better designed thru focused play test sessions on Singularity get my vote.
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Atiim
Living Like Larry Schwag
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Posted - 2014.02.19 23:35:00 -
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inb4 Tankahiro turns this into a "Rails aren't OP, Judge is just a scrub" debacle.
Atiim (Gunnlogi - 80GJ Particle Cannon) Tank Scrub
AFK
No seriously. My lunch break's over now. :(
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Bojo The Mighty
L.O.T.I.S.
D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E
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Posted - 2014.02.19 23:37:00 -
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I miss my 5200 Shield Myron with 2 Scattered Blasters.
2 Orbitals to the match and over 40 kills to my gunners.
Bojo - Adding chili powder to your experience since early times
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Billi Gene
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Posted - 2014.02.19 23:40:00 -
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ive played/play all the roles, and even though i kill DS from the redline, i still feel guilty about it  .
in as much as its the best way to get DEV attention, i'll continue to do it, and feel bad for the DS.... tanks? meh die fkr...
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Christiphoros von Poe
Dead Six Initiative
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Posted - 2014.02.19 23:45:00 -
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Hehe I remember the dropships of the Replication era. The bunny hopping iron dropships of death. That's what I was hoping the video was of. But nah. The codex and chromosome dropships were pretty cool. Although this one dropship I tried to shoot down with swarms one time had 2 light chassis on his dropship... He outran every missile shot at him.. He just circled our spawn point and trolled us..
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Billi Gene
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Posted - 2014.02.19 23:51:00 -
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Christiphoros von Poe wrote:Hehe I remember the dropships of the Replication era. The bunny hopping iron dropships of death. That's what I was hoping the video was of. But nah. The codex and chromosome dropships were pretty cool. Although this one dropship I tried to shoot down with swarms one time had 2 light chassis on his dropship... He outran every missile shot at him.. He just circled our spawn point and trolled us.. And it was an annoyance.
fittings should count for something:
currently the only viable tactic is to fit as much tank onto your DS as you can.
I get that CCP have limited vehicle modules to focus data collected, I also suspect that DS will get some love sometime in the future, which is why i do my best to remind people that any changes to AV directly threaten DS balance.
The newer maps and sockets have been designed to force tank play outside of the main socket. Surely we can get some maps and sockets that allow DS to interact with the battle and seek cover without having to flee to the redline every time they take a hit?
edit : sockets
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Christiphoros von Poe
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Posted - 2014.02.20 00:12:00 -
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I am curious of how they will reintroduce the logistical dropship. I used to fly one when they were available and fitted two scattered ion cannons on it and used it as a gunship. My gunners would get 20+ kills each a game. 30+ if they could aim well. This also required a lot of tank. I believe the logistics dropship could get well over 4500 shields.
Back then though you could be 3 shotted by a proto forge gun or swarm launchers. But now with the hardeners I fear that these dropships may become more of a terror then assault dropships. You know a good amount about dropships it seems, so what is your take on this?
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Bojo The Mighty
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Posted - 2014.02.20 00:18:00 -
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Christiphoros von Poe wrote:I am curious of how they will reintroduce the logistical dropship. I used to fly one when they were available and fitted two scattered ion cannons on it and used it as a gunship. My gunners would get 20+ kills each a game. 30+ if they could aim well. This also required a lot of tank. I believe the logistics dropship could get well over 4500 shields.
Back then though you could be 3 shotted by a proto forge gun or swarm launchers. But now with the hardeners I fear that these dropships may become more of a terror then assault dropships. You know a good amount about dropships it seems, so what is your take on this?
They are way slower than an ADS, easy prey to railguns and probably even missiles.
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Christiphoros von Poe
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Posted - 2014.02.20 00:25:00 -
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Bojo The Mighty wrote:Christiphoros von Poe wrote:I am curious of how they will reintroduce the logistical dropship. I used to fly one when they were available and fitted two scattered ion cannons on it and used it as a gunship. My gunners would get 20+ kills each a game. 30+ if they could aim well. This also required a lot of tank. I believe the logistics dropship could get well over 4500 shields.
Back then though you could be 3 shotted by a proto forge gun or swarm launchers. But now with the hardeners I fear that these dropships may become more of a terror then assault dropships. You know a good amount about dropships it seems, so what is your take on this? They are way slower than an ADS, easy prey to railguns and probably even missiles.
Good point. I don't remember my Eryx being that slow however... And I'm sure it could easily fit 3 shield hardeners and a shield extender... Heck maybe even 4 hardeners (I can't recall fitting costs off the top of my head.)
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Billi Gene
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Posted - 2014.02.28 07:30:00 -
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late reply:
i never got into the LDS, i think i was too busy running the logi suit with a squad at the time... preparing for the incoming PC patch.
mostly it'd just be nice to see what is in 1.8 .... .....and an idea of what might be worked on for 1.9.....
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