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CCP Rattati
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C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2014.08.29 02:11:00 -
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All right, again as promised we want to follow up on this little guy.
I am having fun soloing on a LAV, aside from how ridiculously easy it is to kill a gunner. I wish the LAV conferred some shield or armor bonus. Will explore further.
Anecdotally, I also saw a few HAV's with a front gunner yesterday. No idea about dropships though.
Pilots of all vehicles, is the Small Blaster worth fitting yet?
"As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"
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CCP Rattati
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C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2014.08.29 03:29:00 -
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All right
A few points
The blaster is clearly not intended to compete with a landed DS on top of a building with rails. It was meant to be anti infantry - close range. What you are kind of saying, "the HMG is worse then a Forge because I can't kill vehicles and infantry with it." Not, splitting hairs, it's just a different role.
Second, it was also meant to be a drive by weapon, I don't see anyone using rails whilst moving. We were hoping that the firepower of the Blaster would be enought to hurt/kill infantry in those situations.
Third, and that's not for PC/competitiveness, it was also meant to be fun, yes, an alien concept. I like the idea of mowing down infantry with a vehicle mounted turret, or adding some serious firepower to a HAV that goes deep into enemy territory or is on point defense.
All that said and done, if the Small Blaster fits none of these criteria, we need to keep looking at it.
"As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"
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CCP Rattati
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C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2014.08.29 05:28:00 -
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Excellent, I am seeing blast radius as the simplest way really lay the hurt on infantry, it as you said, needs to be better than the HMG you are carrying to not just jump out.
I like and agree with the normal dropship, it should be tougher than the ADS, and be able to fit a little more, however, it's difficult because then pilots will just "all" migrate to the perceived stronger platform.
Myron is UP, for sure and needs a bigger buff.
Last comment, would fixing Small Blasters to the std dropships be too draconian as to say, this is the intended role?
"As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"
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CCP Rattati
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C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2014.08.29 06:40:00 -
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Sgt Kirk wrote:CCP Rattati wrote:Last comment, would fixing Small Blasters to the std dropships be too draconian as to say, this is the intended role? It's probably due to me working 13 days in a row but I'm not understanding that sentence. Are you asking about putting it on a dropship automatically? Like a Pre-fitted vehicle or fixing it to the dropship as in not being able to move independently.
sorry, I don't even understand that sentence, pre-fit and can't be removed from one or more turret hardpoints
"As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"
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