The idea requires a map without a redline first off. Themaps are too constricted to make a vehicle focus.

Second, small sockets only for this game mode. Anything that promotes CQC meatgrinders will negate the utility of HAVs, shield vs. Dropships too much and allow avoidance of vehicle assets so that HAVs can be passively marginalized as well as AV spammed.

Infantry focus should natively lean to cal/min ranged combat with CQC being the exception, not the norm unless some enterprising dropship wombat dumps a gallente squad on your head.

Objectives would need to be widely spaced, preferably at minimum 500m apart. A vehicle-centric game mode would be showcased by wide spaces where terrain, not artificial constructs provide most of the cover.

Due to the meatgrinder nature of any such map as well as constant exposure to AV and enemy vehicles, clone counts would need to be disabled like in acquisition.

Unlike other game modes this design would almost necessitate vehicle assets and put them at risk.

Vehicle limit should be raised by two for dropships and LAVs only. More tanks on the field creates issues until we can do away with the 16v16 limit.

Transportation and fast mobility shoukd be the game winner here.

I would suggest a siege mode, akin to domination where the defenders hold. The hack point Or automatically spawn at the new hack point if one gets shut down, creating a rolling defense.

If the attackers can shut down the hack point in under 10 minutes ( takes three minutes to shut down and can be counterhacked) the timer adds 5 min and the next objective opens.

Three hack points shut down and attacker wins. if the timer runs out, defender wins.

Special map restriction: uplinks last for 20 seconds due to automated defenses. Thus the attacking force must rely on coordinated vehicle transport and combat support to reach the objectives.

Once the second hack goes off the uplinks behave normallly and the final battle begins.

I know you vehicle users have a lot of prolific whiners on the forums but let it be known that there seems to be as many infantry players that seem to want to hold back further vehicle usage.

I for one would welcome huge maps that really favour dropship and fast LAV usage or some other clever level design ideas.. Tank's already have an important role in many maps, a good tanker can easily own countless infantry if they play smart at specific locations.

Lets give regular LAV`s and dropships more to do ehh? (Remember that Scout LAV, I still have a fitting for that in my fitting screen.... want to use again! CCP Stick a cloak on the scout LAV plzzzz)

umm yeah like placing an objective on some hovering thingy 500 ft above the ground or umm making an huge huge map which allows a lot use of lavs ...or making a game mod which allows only one person to use only vechiles to win

And that role is what exactly? At current, they are just big ass slayers of everything they see. If they were taken out of the equation, there would be little change to the flow of the matches.

"Counter the trend of Infantry everywhere?"

This sentence alone makes me want to dismiss you into the same limbo of mockery I consign the whiny nerds who cry that vehicles should be removed from acquisition.

You don't even have a 1.0 KDR.

Please do not speak in any thread which asks for the opinion of an individual who is properly enlightened as to the workings of the game. Especially if you are going to do so in a derogatory manner.

You don't even have a 1.0 KDR.

Please do not speak in any thread which asks for the opinion of an individual who is properly enlightened as to the workings of the game. Especially if you are going to do so in a derogatory manner.

Tanks slaying infantry and vehicles is there role. It forces people to take out the new big threat. I would love actual objectives for HAV`s and vehicles such as "Blow up this gate to the complex for vehicle access" , "blow up this power generator to knock out enemy MCC shields / Defend this power generator" etc...

Making maps either infantry or vehicle based ends up with screwing people out of gameplay, and separates the playerbase. This has also been time and time again shown to simply not work, as for example Planerside 2 trying to cater to one or another just straight fails for both sides. That applies with gamemodes. Simply making a gamemode use vehicles as infantry doesn't help vehicles become better roled, and therefore in general better to use for pilots, it probably won't even be a good mode in the first place due to the cost of vehicles.

This idea of balancing based of a dichotomy needs to stop. It doesn't lead to balance, it leads to imbalance.