DUST Search - Tanks and Dropships take the same damage. Explain CCP

Alena Ventrallis wrote:

True Adamance wrote:

Pvt Numnutz wrote:

True Adamance wrote:

Judge Rhadamanthus wrote:

im not saying dropships need to be stronger. But if AV is balanced against one of these vehicles whith the same damage profile... how can it be balanced against the other?

A Stinger missile does the same damage to an Abrams that it would to a Black Hawk if it hits does it not?

Are you asking for an arbitrary resistance? Because either way it seems like the result would make one vehicle more powerful than it needs to be.

Actually it doesn't. Stingers are designed to take down aircraft, which are far less armored than tanks. Aluminum frame vs 4 inch thick steel plate. I'm not sure if stingers can lock on to tanks. Even if it could it won't go for a tanks weak point like the javelin does, which is designed to take out tanks.

Fair call. Would a Javelin have been a better analogy?

But a javelin can't hit air targets. Too fast. There's a reason there are two separate weapon systems. If we could use one for both, we would, it'd be cheaper.

Swarms should be for drop ships. They do reduced damage to tanks. Forges should be for tanks. They do reduced damage to drop ships.

Noob isn't really a status, it's the online equivalent of a 5-year old calling you a poopy fart head.


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Miokai Zahou The Southern Legion Final Resolution. 302	Posted - 2014.06.23 23:35:00 - [1] - Quote Just give the ADS an increase to cpu and power grid and also one extra high/low slot. Done fixed. Noob isn't really a status, it's the online equivalent of a 5-year old calling you a poopy fart head.
Miokai Zahou The Southern Legion Final Resolution. 302	Posted - 2014.06.24 00:08:00 - [2] - Quote The dark cloud wrote: Not this crap again. Is it just my impression or since the armor dropships lost their godmode vs swarms you are complaining about AV ALOT more? Well its a hard world when crutches are beeing taken away. No it makes the python easy to one shoot out of the sky now. Noob isn't really a status, it's the online equivalent of a 5-year old calling you a poopy fart head.
Miokai Zahou The Southern Legion Final Resolution. 302	Posted - 2014.06.24 03:14:00 - [3] - Quote Alena Ventrallis wrote: True Adamance wrote: Pvt Numnutz wrote: True Adamance wrote: Judge Rhadamanthus wrote: im not saying dropships need to be stronger. But if AV is balanced against one of these vehicles whith the same damage profile... how can it be balanced against the other? A Stinger missile does the same damage to an Abrams that it would to a Black Hawk if it hits does it not? Are you asking for an arbitrary resistance? Because either way it seems like the result would make one vehicle more powerful than it needs to be. Actually it doesn't. Stingers are designed to take down aircraft, which are far less armored than tanks. Aluminum frame vs 4 inch thick steel plate. I'm not sure if stingers can lock on to tanks. Even if it could it won't go for a tanks weak point like the javelin does, which is designed to take out tanks. Fair call. Would a Javelin have been a better analogy? But a javelin can't hit air targets. Too fast. There's a reason there are two separate weapon systems. If we could use one for both, we would, it'd be cheaper. Swarms should be for drop ships. They do reduced damage to tanks. Forges should be for tanks. They do reduced damage to drop ships. But the resources alone would be too much for rattai to do all at once? It'll be better to just add one extra high slot for the pyhon and one extra low slot for the incubus and increase the cpu and power grid for both accordingly. This way the ADS has a bit more "tank" but still fragile enough to blow up from the AV community. Noob isn't really a status, it's the online equivalent of a 5-year old calling you a poopy fart head.