increase top turret max elevation?

Something along those lines, as I mentioned by "upwards and downwards" aiming. It also can't look silly so needs some testing.

Small Rail ROF - reduced on purpose, both on landed dropships, ADS rapid fire and long range LAV sniper platforms

Rail efficiency (damage profile), reduced against infantry, increased against vehicles - intended

Both damage profile changes apply to all vehicles and infantry, not just dropships

Large blaster turret - reduced efficiency against infantry - intended

Large Rail turret - stop console pummeling from a range, also the ease of which Large turrets (Blasters and Rails) can remove Proximity Mines with splash

We need to stop vehicles overall, murdering infantry wholesale unless you dedicate your vehicle towards that. If you do so, you also must bring your vehicle closer so it is at risk, i.e. small blasters. Risk free playstyles are going the way of the dodo.

We will look at LAV and HAV shield recharge delay and how it works with small blasters, maybe reduce it on LAV's specifically.

We are also reducing small turret ISK prices across the board by 30%.

I would like to revisit HAV engagement cycles in the future, especially if we try and bring back vehicle variants.

That includes damage, behaviour and range for all Large Turrets, still just tweaks but a holistic review.

Second, we will look at aiming more upwards and downwards, and also look into the difference between the turrets and racial hulls themselves in that regard. An HAV shuold have a way to defend against dropships, I just wish we could have a swarm launcher small turret

Proper placement of small turrets based on the fitting screen is also something on the backlog.

Rotation speed and proficiency skills is also something we need to take a look at.

Unmanned direction is killing me, it never seems to line up how I want it, sometimes I even try to get into the turret, line it up, and then drive into battle and hope it is looking in the right way.

un manned turret faces north? and is also independent of vehicle. it always faces the same dirction it was left in

FYI the turrets on a RL tank are generally +20/-10 degrees, and the top-mounted machine guns are usually +65/-10 so you may or may not have too much leeway before things 'look silly' :(

@Rattati: any comment on the numbers I ran for the Small Railguns?

Edit:
In this thread: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2350848#post2350848
Separate thread: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2353089#post2353089

They were studied, thank you.

Small Rail ROF - reduced on purpose, both on landed dropships, ADS rapid fire and long range LAV sniper platforms

Rail efficiency (damage profile), reduced against infantry, increased against vehicles - intended

Both damage profile changes apply to all vehicles and infantry, not just dropships

Large blaster turret - reduced efficiency against infantry - intended

Large Rail turret - stop console pummeling from a range, also the ease of which Large turrets (Blasters and Rails) can remove Proximity Mines with splash

We need to stop vehicles overall, murdering infantry wholesale unless you dedicate your vehicle towards that. If you do so, you also must bring your vehicle closer so it is at risk, i.e. small blasters. Risk free playstyles are going the way of the dodo.

We will look at LAV and HAV shield recharge delay and how it works with small blasters, maybe reduce it on LAV's specifically.

We are also reducing small turret ISK prices across the board by 30%.

I would like to revisit HAV engagement cycles in the future, especially if we try and bring back vehicle variants.

That includes damage, behaviour and range for all Large Turrets, still just tweaks but a holistic review.

Second, we will look at aiming more upwards and downwards, and also look into the difference between the turrets and racial hulls themselves in that regard. An HAV shuold have a way to defend against dropships, I just wish we could have a swarm launcher small turret

Proper placement of small turrets based on the fitting screen is also something on the backlog.

Rotation speed and proficiency skills is also something we need to take a look at.

Unmanned direction is killing me, it never seems to line up how I want it, sometimes I even try to get into the turret, line it up, and then drive into battle and hope it is looking in the right way.

Something along those lines, as I mentioned by "upwards and downwards" aiming. It also can't look silly so needs some testing.

I've always found it odd that Rails had splash damage, when it's all about punching holes with kinetic power and accuracy. So this seems more real to me.

I don't think it's fair that a large turret can point up so easily. The defense should have to do with small turrets, not large turrets.

Tanks die to helicopters in RL. Choppers are also vulnerable to infantry in ways that tanks are resistant to.

It all works out.

But this is a videogame so why would real world parallels take precedence over game balance?

I would like to see if we can get rid of the hardener effect on the small turrets. :)