manboar thunder fist wrote:I think you'll find it takes a railgun tank 4 shots to destroy an installation, whereas an installation still deals original "UNNERFED" damage to tanks. If a tank is in a battle, a railgun installation will definitely turn the tide.
The missile installation can successfully deter ADS and hot drop pilots all day.
The blaster is a good suppression turret and can annihilate infantry and LAVs as well as dropships in the right hands.
Buffing the HP of installations would result in more people camping in them, even people repping them.
This would make the game slower paced, more frustrating and "campy"
Damage: sure, let's fix that. That's just numbers, hardly something that requires a rewrite of the Internet.
Missiles: Yes, they can deter them, but they still have restricted elevation. The only issue is, as I mentioned earlier, the infinite range. Once that gets dealt with, Missile turrets will be dangerous to the incautious DS pilot, but will be able to be dealt with still.
Blasters: With the dispersion changes, it's primarily AV, which is fine for the most part. It's still dangeorus to infatntry though.
Camping them? They're still vulnerable to Scouts running up and Knifing/Shotgunning them in the back, hacking them and switching its allegiance. On a turret, you're hal blind. If your squad is supporting you, then it's a lot less about the turret and more about OP Teamwork!!
As far as slower paced is concerned, I'm all for it:
Dropships gain relevance, by being used to actually transport people, something lacking in our currently small and very fast paxed battles.
Tanks have a purposes by distracting and/or destroying installations to push paths for their infantry, then taking on the role of a mobile turret to support them further. In other words, it gives HAVs a purpose, something they are lacking right now.
People would need to be more cautious with moving about in the open: this is an FPS trying to relate a high-tech warzone, it should be dangerous out there!
As for frustration: why would a turret be any more frustrating than a fuill proto squad stomping your face in? At least if you grab an installation, you'll be able to hammer THEM!
Really, I don't accept your complaints.