True Adamance
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Posted - 2015.11.17 23:21:00 -
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1. Means that there be few truly viable ways to knock dropships out of the sky at all. I can understand pilot frustrations on the premise that Swarm Launchers sometimes offer no means of escape or evasion but believe the core purpose of the Swarm Launcher to be to target lighter faster moving vehicles.
2. Disagree strongly as the core issue with Hardeners is that they confer too great a damage mitigation. At its core this is what has broken HAV and ruined the fitting process of them. In practice this leads to fittings that become wholly reliant on the mitigation offered for very short periods of time before being forced to retreat from the field due to lack of survivability and creating a behavior infantry player complain about on a regular basis. Sadly there is no happy middle ground in models like this.
NB- If infantry players cannot understand why this is done then I genuinely have to question their mental capacity as a rough 4000 HP is not a significant buffer in the face of current meta AV.
If anything the amount of mitigation a hardener conveys should be lowered and the active tanking of multiple hardeners both encouraged, yet prevented from being broken at the same time. I think actively encouraging fits with multiple hardeners is a good thing especially as an active module however in the current setting most HAV pilot simply flip their hardeners and retreat once the double activated cycle is complete. Rather than I'd like to see such modules broken into active and passives with more a focus on raw HP buffer (aka HP) than effective HP buffer (aka EHP).
Additionally there should be no limits for Vehicle pilot fittings unless the module happens to be T2. Unless Infantry feel like they should only be able to fit individual Shield Regulators or Armour Repairers.
3.) Cool in some respects but ultimately in CCP's too hard basket. Seems like a more impractical option though and more suited for say.... Matari AV.
4.) Agreed but not on limitation of 1 per fit. Current Heavy Armour Repairer HP per second values are actually fine as it however since they are constant and passive they have no upkeep or down time. Thus they are broken and boring.
(What the hell happened to 5?)
6.) Your solutions I feel would create more problems than solve. ADS and DS would run rampant only targeted by dumbfire weapons while ground vehicles would suffer under the ire of all forms of AV from grenades to launcher. However it does de incentivize the Swarm Launcher as the jack of all trades AV weapon.
Hardeners need reductions in effeciency to pave the way back to Damage Control Units, 180mm plates, and raw HP tanking. Additionally there should be no fitting double standard for pilots excepting the case of T2 modules like Bastion and Triage cycles.
My ideal vehicle Paradigm is to look at the fundamental classifications of vehicles both existing and not introduced to determine what their roles and general functionality should be then build appropriate modules sizes for each tier allowing for vehicles to shift up or down the spectrum to acquire greater mobility or armour as the hulls player determined role requires.
Light - Fast, Scouting, Low Durability, High Acceleration and Mobility, Short Module Cycles
Medium - Line Vehicles, Moderate Durability, Moderate Acceleration and Handling, Varied Module Cycles
Heavy - Infantry Support and Anti Vehicle Platforms , High Durability, Moderate to Slow Acceleration and Mobility, Long Module Cycles.
From there you look at corresponding Turret sizes and determine their logical role and progression of power instituting Large Turrets as powerful singe or double shot cannon with large AoE effects and slow reload times. Gift Medium Turrets barrage and mild AoE effects to suppress infantry and barrage areas in strafing runs. Finally offer Light turrets a happy and varied medium of Anti Infantry and Anti Tank options to allow them to maraud around the map threatening flanks and vehicles.
The above is a tiny look into the changes I would ideally like to see made but focuses on the core of fleshing out the vehicle and turret sizes and roles.
Em shah tey et naGÇÖemsaer ek rahvi, amarr osedah gasi ubday pahk. Ekin tey vahka ijed div ema ziel. Et tey vamatal em.
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True Adamance
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Posted - 2015.11.18 03:44:00 -
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One Eyed King wrote:True Adamance wrote:luckyireland wrote:Give forge guns back there range  Give Tanks back their range. Give slaves back their freedom.
That is a true possibility with the prospect of a more liberal Empress from House Tash Murkon, my liege lords, taking the Imperial Throne. In the reign of the previous Empress the 9th generation of Matari slaves were freed, in time perhaps another generation will follow.
With such momentous change for all loyal Amarr within and without the Empire I've already taken steps to contact the Theology Council to secure the emancipation of my own Matari ward after she graduates from one of the Mandates Consular Universities.
Em shah tey et naGÇÖemsaer ek rahvi, amarr osedah gasi ubday pahk. Ekin tey vahka ijed div ema ziel. Et tey vamatal em.
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