TheD1CK
Dead Man's Game
RUST415
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Posted - 2014.10.31 11:26:00 -
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The issue here is there is no other AV options 
Forge - Must be used by a Heavy
Swarms - Most suits first choice for AV
Plasma - Vs a slow Gunnlogi = EZ, against a moving ADS its possible but hardly a viable option.
Forge - can track someone at what.. about 300m?? and a lot of Forge snipers are accurate enough to do it
So this is the best option for clearing vehicles, always has been and at PRO levels it murders BSC Vehicles
Swarms - engagement range is short, but they track further so make a viable AV Point Defense
Plasma - I've killed a few ADS with this, sometimes I try-hard and carry Lai Dai Sleek AV to catch them out
It works but the situation usually goes like this ....
- I fire Plasma round, shooting flares towards the pilot to share my location...
- Pilot moves to engage, I jump about like a loon to dodge OHK off his missiles
- I land a Plasma hit, toss an AV nade.... and watch the pilot fly away
- Unlike the Swarm/Forge outside of 50m I can't do much other than launch flares
- I wait with my gimped AV fitting, attempt 2, a good pilot will kill me during attempt 2 
So the issue with AV is Forge (restricted to Heavies), Plasma (restricted to Morons)
Leaving the Swarm as the only viable AV method for the majority of Infantry to deal with ADS
Using Swarms rather than Plasma is similar to a Pilot opting for Missiles over a Blaster..
Sure you can kill someone, but as we all know it is rarely worth it to not choose EZ mode..
As with the Plasma in AV, or the Blaster in AI it is not worth wasting the time when you could use the EZ option
Solution: Flares for the ADS to block Swarms tracking, this would need a long enough cooldown
this along with some more AV options would be nice, and maybe change the Meta in ADS V AV
Currently I do not blame anyone for swarm spamming, it is not just the EZ mode for Infantry AV,
It is the only method for a medium/light suit to effectively kill enemy vehicles, thanks CCP
Seen as I am currently speccing into my own ADS I will take this time to note :
: FU dirty Rail HAV campers - It is painful how fast I lose an ADS to those |