Zero Harpuia
Turalyon 514
Turalyon Alliance
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Posted - 2014.03.10 01:17:00 -
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If I may be frank, it bloody well better. If the vehicles don't get nerfed when the Pilot Suits hit, then they will be buffed above their current levels by the suits. I know I don't speak for everyone when I say this, but that would be enough for a decent portion of us to just get fed up with the game and leave. It's already frustrating to watch an HAV restore a full clip of anti-vehicular weapons damage in the time it takes to reload, or just prevent the damage entirely with a hardener and make you useless for the duration, but if they were even better? If the active modules were buffed, it could very well make certain builds almost literally invulnerable. If it buffed passively, it could make the Active Hardeners fall out of use (why harden the shields when boosters would give more to the naturally tougher shields/armor?). And if it messed with the weapons, then it would just be an arms race between the vehicle owners, eventually capping out back at square one... and map turrets are already pitiful enough as-is.
I do hope that vehicles get a nerf with the suit coming out. It fits the pattern and specializes the roll.
As for the suit itself, it would probably be either a light class suit (to directly interface with the vehicle and make you super squishy outside of your shell) or a heavy class suit (to provide the extra computers and parts the vehicle would need to run better and make you an easier target outside of your shell). It would probably have comparable cost to the other suits of it's weight class, would most likely only have a Sidearm Slot (suits have to have A weapon to be fielded, but why do you need a big weapon? You are in a VEHICLE, THAT is your weapon!) and a single equipment slot (racial repper, if they ever make the shield transporter handheld). They will probably also have plenty of slots and a bonus towards a set of mods (either special Pilot Modules or actual Vehicle Modules) that fit the racial vehicle role. Probably no Grenade slot though. Between the Sidearm Slot, no Grenades, and the Pilot bonuses, the suit would be balanced for Infantry Combat (don't want another battlelogi incident).
In short, you get a nicer ship, but you are going DOWN with it.
Shields as Weapons
Zelda Dynasty Warriors is a real thing.
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