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Posted - 2014.05.22 17:05:00 -
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CCP Logibro wrote:This is just me spit balling an idea in my head, but what would you think of a slightly lower damage than base (I think we need to look at base swarm damage anyway, so it might be higher than current numbers) swarms that are faster and have more range (maybe different physical impulse, not sure on that one)? Basically a swarm type that's more geared to taking out LAVs and Dropships rather than tanks, or at the very least being more effective at creating a danger zone for them.
That type of swarm would make the use of swarms a tactical asset once again. Much of AV now is establishing a zone of threat into which a vehicle cannot safely move/engage. Only of the pilot of said vehicle is reckless or inexperienced will the AV have much probability of eliminating it's target (some proto forges can be an exception, at least situationally).
I'm no where near the best vehicle pilot, in fact I'm very green when it comes to running them and I don't have a single point into vehicle command but off the top of my head I can only recall 3 times when I've been taken out by AV in this build which did not include another vehicle (usually a rail or ADS). Of those three 2 of them were REs and/or Proxys, neither of which ADS have anything to fear from, the remaining one was a forge gun. Both swarms and AV nades aren't all that viable right now, leaving ADS only having to worry about other ADS, Rails, and Forge which is a much smaller segment of the player base.
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PS ~ Give ADS pilots their due though, some of them are beastly and that has nothing to do with game balance and everything to do with player skill.
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Cross Atu
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Posted - 2014.05.22 17:08:00 -
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Thang Bausch wrote:[quote=CCP Logibro]Regarding the latter, since the great tank buff, I have never stumbled upon a tank driver repping his tank with a rep tool and I almost never bother repping tanks anymore (I exclusively use a triage rep tool on my min logi since 1.7). I might be fine with the absurd tank speed, if they had to hide for 1-2 minutes before their armor repped, or get out and rep their own vehicle, thereby leaving them exposed to wandering/hunting scouts and snipers.
Supply depots.
Every HAV driver I know who has a fit which does not include on board reps will simply pull up to a depot for reps even if they have to return to their redline to do it. The later practice is actually not that uncommon, but with shield tanks often does not remove them from combat for very long.
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