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LAVALLOIS Nash
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Posted - 2014.02.24 01:33:00 -
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The effect of the Jihad Jeep is not limited to the destruction it does;
Before this was an employed tactic, tanks left jeeps alone for the most part unless they crossed paths or if you were buzzing around a tank in a annoying fashion. 40wP wasnt worth the effort of diverting from primary objectives to go chase down a mostly unarmed vehicle.
Now though, they actively hunt them out, especially when they are spawning. Somestimes i want to spawn a Jeep to go put some drop uplinks out so that I can migrate our team out of the redline, but the tanks are all over that and blast them out of the sky. Consequence? With no mobility, the team remains spawn trapped.
And its not like I can fault the tankers for doing that...they run tanks that costs sometimes upwards of 250,000. Losing a 250,000 investment to a 19,000 Jeep? Id probably be doing all i can to stop the Jeeps from spawning too. These Jihad Jeeps can 1HK some tanks instantly.
What can be done though? I say better arm the Jeeps. The driver should have some kind of light forward firing weapon to engage other jeeps with. The Jihad Jeeps have few enemies and that contributes to their "OP" effect. If they had to watch their backs due to the threat of other light vehicles, it would diminish their overpowering capabilities. |
LAVALLOIS Nash
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Posted - 2014.02.24 04:21:00 -
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Duran Lex wrote:
So even though the majority agrees that the jihad LAV is a cheap tactic that was spawned by the sheer inability to kill a tank .
Well in all fairness, the inability to kill the tank sparked the method, but now people have refined it into a opportunity tactic. You guys want to spin an image of a battered infantry on the brink, mounting one final suicide assault by sacrificing a piece of equipment.
That is sometimes the case. But lately, I see people doing this in the midst of a large tank on tank engagement. Ill see 3 tanks vs 3 enemy tanks, and jeeps swerving here and there picking off the fleeing wounded tanks.
Just so were clear, im not advocating the removal of such a tactic. I just want people to understand completely, that it has gone from a defensive tactic to an offensive one. |
LAVALLOIS Nash
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Posted - 2014.03.17 14:32:00 -
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The JLAVs have made things interesting in other regards;
Sometimes when im out playing support logi and dropping off uplinks and supplies, ill come across tanks that dont want to engage me. They will let me drive right by or start maneuvering away from me. This is especially true if you appear behind them.
Other times when im out with a jeep doing hunt and kill missions in a heavy suit, ill place a bunch of REs in the pasanger seat before I go out. That way if I get killed and my jeep is stolen, I spawn with the detonator..boom. Of if they try to just walk up to it and HMG it...boom.
Also, an idea i got from the forums, ill place a nanohive in the path of the advancing enemy and put a mine on it.
So no matter what changes 1.8 brings, ill fondly remember the inspiration the RE gave me. Sticking them on the hood and driving into a tank is too easy. Its more fun when you use them in a way no one is expecting. |
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