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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.11.25 13:19:00 -
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Drive-by HMG sentinels are annoying and allow sentinels to nullify their biggest weakness: lack of mobility/agility.
Simply not allowing sentinels to ride in/drive a LAV isn't the answer. Squad-based play sometimes necessitates sentinels riding with a group of his squadmates. It isn't fair to sentinels that the sins of a few **** over his ability to travel with his mates.
The enter/exit timer is a good idea, but I might suggest a tweak. Allow sentinels to enter/exit the vehicles in 3 seconds, but they cannot begin firing any weapon or throwing grenades for an additional 7 seconds after leaving the vehicle.
I might also suggest ground vehicles suffering a top speed and acceleration penalty the more sentinels are in on-board.
My advice to you, playa...
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.11.25 13:58:00 -
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Tesfa Alem wrote:Really, how hard is it to put an AV grenade on your suit?
- HMG sentinel in LAV is on approach to your location
- Once the LAV is within range, begin throwing AV grenades
- HMG sentinel exits the LAV instantly
- Grenades destroy the LAV
- HMG sentinel eviscerates the grenade carrier
- HMG sentinel orders another LAV
- Enters LAV, repeats process until top 3 of EoM screen
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.11.25 15:17:00 -
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Leadfoot10 wrote:The answer, IMO, is LAVs that are actually killable with small arms and an AV grenade. Why nerf a vehicle because of one specific dropsuit's behavior? We don't have a problem with drive-by scouts or assaults.
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.11.25 15:33:00 -
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Fox Gaden wrote:How about if a Sentinel could not enter a vehicle within 5 seconds of firing their weapon? If he just slaughtered your entire squad why does he care about a 5 second wait to get back into the LAV?... that's a silly idea.
3 second timer to enter/exit a vehicle, then 7 second second wait to begin firing a heavy weapon or throwing grenades upon exiting. You may fire sidearms immediately if you want.
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.11.25 15:44:00 -
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Fox Gaden wrote:7 seconds is longer than my Reload time. 10 seconds in total? Do you have any idea what you are suggesting? I do, actually. The base reload speed for an HMG is 8.0s; with reload speed at V it reloads at, what, 6.8s? I rounded that up to 7. If you want to switch to a sidearm then you can immediately fire after exitting at LAV.
It's almost as if I am trying to discourage sentinels from insta-murdering everyone after popping out of a vehicle without preventing them from riding in a LAV as a form of transportation around large battlefields...
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.11.25 15:52:00 -
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Fox Gaden wrote:If sentinels can use sidearms immediately on exiting a vehicle, then I am ok with that, provided that the 3 second exit time applies to ALL suits. All dropsuits except the pilot suits (I still hold out a tiny sliver of hope that we will one day see the pilot dropsuits in Dust).
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.11.25 16:20:00 -
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Fox Gaden wrote:Ripley, it is funny how I went from thinking your idea was insanely stupid, to thinking it was genius, when you pointed out that you did not mean for the 7 second delay to apply to sidearms. Wait few minutes, it will seem insane again. My ideas are like that.
Fox Gaden wrote:I have to ask though, are Sentinels throwing grenades really a problem? Wouldn't it be simpler to just have the 7 second delay apply to the HMG? I was being conservative when I suggested heavy weapons and grenades. Worst case scenario, a sentinel exits a LAV, pulls the pin on a contact grenade, chucks it at your grill, you esplode... but any dropsuit can do that so why restrict sentinels?
Okay, the penalty can just apply to heavy weapons then.
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.11.25 16:32:00 -
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Fox Gaden wrote:I thought about that, but then the Forge Gun has that charge-up time... I don't really use the Forge Gun enough to know how bad that would be. I am just concerned about applying a delay on a weapon that already has a built in delay. From a coding perspective, wouldn't it be easier to apply the penalty to all heavy weapons? Would need a dev to weigh in on this one.
I also try to look at things from an immersion standpoint: the penalty applies because heavy weapons are bulky, unwieldy pieces of machinery. Pulling one from a cramped vehicle like a LAV requires a few seconds. Why does the penalty apply to the HMG, but not the forge gun? They both look incredibly awkward and heavy...
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.11.25 16:51:00 -
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TEBOW BAGGINS wrote:7 seconds... what is this WoW? No... it's Dust 514. Pay attention.
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