DUST Search - forward facing shiled on LAV's

Aeon Amadi wrote:

CCP Rattati wrote:

there needs to be a protective shield bubble around the gunner, maybe granting 50% damage reduction.

a little like the personal shield in the flawed Kyle Maclachlachlan movie, Dune, not in Frank Herberts best scifi book of all time, Dune.

There are two factors that reduce the viability of LAVs:

1) Gunner vulnerability.
This can be fixed with forward facing shields (likely not applicable due to model changing and what not) and your aforementioned protective shield bubble. Once we protect the gunner from small arms, then we'll see more use out of the small turrets.

2) LAV vulnerability.
Packed AV Grenades which anyone can use, Swarm launchers which will never miss, etc. Even if the Gunner is invulnerable, the LAV will often explode before they even realize they're about to die. While I can understand BPO LAVs and Militia LAVs being paper-thin (since they're just used as personal transport) there should at least be a variant of an LAV that can take a punch and operate as a suppression/support platform for infantry and (potentially) an mobile anti-HAV/DS option.

I dunno about you, but I would personally love to see an HAV be vulnerable to a faster LAV if the turret can't track it.


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Sicerly Yaw Quantum times 470	Posted - 2015.07.02 04:45:00 - [1] - Quote currently it is not smart to be an LAV turret user as anyone can simply take you out by shooting at you in real life small turrets like these a lot of the time have some form of protection to its user it could be part of the LAV so that any damage would be taken as LAV damage instead, but would still leave the turret user vulnerable to attacks from behind thoughts? click here if you are making a new account and want some free BPO's
Sicerly Yaw Corrosive Synergy No Context 488	Posted - 2015.07.03 00:26:00 - [2] - Quote how about to allow two turrets one driver operated at the front and the other by a passenger as it currently is the tank has 3 one large 2 small an ADS has 3 small and the LAV only has 1 small raise that to two and we have a linear progression click here if you are making a new account and want some free BPO's
Sicerly Yaw Corrosive Synergy No Context 488	Posted - 2015.07.03 00:28:00 - [3] - Quote Zan Azikuchi wrote: Wouldnt mind, wouldnt care. So long as they pop is all that matters. the LAV would still take regular damage? the only thing that this would do is keep the turret operator a bit safer from enemy fire click here if you are making a new account and want some free BPO's
Sicerly Yaw Corrosive Synergy No Context 488	Posted - 2015.07.03 01:09:00 - [4] - Quote Zan Azikuchi wrote: And Like I said, I don't care, so long as they pop, it's all the same to me, so long as swarm's, AV nade's, and RE's, doesn't matter what they do to LAV's, so long as those still kill em, all that matter's. you've never been up against a triple hardened saga-II or a decked out methana have you? click here if you are making a new account and want some free BPO's
Sicerly Yaw Corrosive Synergy No Context 489	Posted - 2015.07.03 21:10:00 - [5] - Quote Aeon Amadi wrote: CCP Rattati wrote: there needs to be a protective shield bubble around the gunner, maybe granting 50% damage reduction. a little like the personal shield in the flawed Kyle Maclachlachlan movie, Dune, not in Frank Herberts best scifi book of all time, Dune. There are two factors that reduce the viability of LAVs: 1) Gunner vulnerability. This can be fixed with forward facing shields (likely not applicable due to model changing and what not) and your aforementioned protective shield bubble. Once we protect the gunner from small arms, then we'll see more use out of the small turrets. 2) LAV vulnerability. Packed AV Grenades which anyone can use, Swarm launchers which will never miss, etc. Even if the Gunner is invulnerable, the LAV will often explode before they even realize they're about to die. While I can understand BPO LAVs and Militia LAVs being paper-thin (since they're just used as personal transport) there should at least be a variant of an LAV that can take a punch and operate as a suppression/support platform for infantry and (potentially) an mobile anti-HAV/DS option. I dunno about you, but I would personally love to see an HAV be vulnerable to a faster LAV if the turret can't track it. currently one of those two things can be avoided by well equipped LAV's, they dont have the tank that a Tank has but they can sure take a beating, methanas can be fitted to be almost like a fast stock tank and sagas can be fitted to be just about invulnerable for a short amount of time click here if you are making a new account and want some free BPO's
Sicerly Yaw Corrosive Synergy No Context 496	Posted - 2015.07.04 15:09:00 - [6] - Quote Breakin Stuff wrote: Because doubling their EHP will make them more or less impossible to kill on a gun mount. My amsent runs 1450-1650 HP on average. My calsents run at minimum 1300. You saying that doubling those HP values on a turret will be fair? yes even if it does have more health it still takes more damage then the LAV does from small firearms and not to mention that the LAV will still be vulnerable to AV meaning all you have to do is take it out, plus head shots can still take you out fairly quickly and so can just about any other turret, its a small fix for a virtually stationary target that cannot choose where to move to without a good driver the turret operator is basically a sitting duck which is not a problem with tanks and its less of a problem with Drop ships as they cannot get shot from all sides as easily click here if you are making a new account and want some free BPO's