I've posted this in a different section as a reply to the same topic but I figured I would try and get this started in the feedback/requests section:

I'm so glad there are more people raising the issue of infinite vehicle ammo. Vehicles (especially vehicles!!) must have a finite amount of ammo. Not only are they more powerful than infantry already, but the fact that they have no limit to their munitions is bogus, while us infantry players may have a bunch of suit skills and modules that raise our ammo count/damage/ etc, anyone can hop in a tank and blow stuff up forever as long as they aren't attacked by a heavy infantry.

It's a balance issue, plain and simple. Make a market for ammunition for vehicles and the war economy will be much more spread out. Not everyone will spawn a tank all the time, it will become necessary in certain occasions and only the players versed in vehicular combat will spend the ISK/AUR to up their vehicle strength and manage them in general.

Along with that, add a "no other player can drive until the one who calls the vehicle in enters the vehicle", because that would be a simple fix for someone taking your vehicle and your hard earned ammunition. It would be like "handing the keys over" if the one who called the deploy hopped in, and hopped out. Starting it, in a sense. I dunno. Just my two cents.



TL;DR - Add ammunition for vehicles. Make vehicles deployed only operational by other players after the one who called the deploy has entered the vehicle (staying in it or not) like handing over the car keys.

Vehicles with any staying power are not cheap.... I think your beef is with the militia crud and if so I would hope militia vehicles are done away with in a future beta/main release. Additionally an easy reduction in vehicle theft is to have pilot and driver drop suits as a requirement to fly/drive these things. And that opens up a whole line of driving/piloting modules for vehicle operation as well.

I've posted this in a different section as a reply to the same topic but I figured I would try and get this started in the feedback/requests section:

I'm so glad there are more people raising the issue of infinite vehicle ammo. Vehicles (especially vehicles!!) must have a finite amount of ammo. Not only are they more powerful than infantry already, but the fact that they have no limit to their munitions is bogus, while us infantry players may have a bunch of suit skills and modules that raise our ammo count/damage/ etc, anyone can hop in a tank and blow stuff up forever as long as they aren't attacked by a heavy infantry.

It's a balance issue, plain and simple. Make a market for ammunition for vehicles and the war economy will be much more spread out. Not everyone will spawn a tank all the time, it will become necessary in certain occasions and only the players versed in vehicular combat will spend the ISK/AUR to up their vehicle strength and manage them in general.

Along with that, add a "no other player can drive until the one who calls the vehicle in enters the vehicle", because that would be a simple fix for someone taking your vehicle and your hard earned ammunition. It would be like "handing the keys over" if the one who called the deploy hopped in, and hopped out. Starting it, in a sense. I dunno. Just my two cents.



TL;DR - Add ammunition for vehicles. Make vehicles deployed only operational by other players after the one who called the deploy has entered the vehicle (staying in it or not) like handing over the car keys.

At the very least, I think the kinetic weapons should have some sort of ammo count. This build has highlighted the potential for a Team to be pinned down indefinately from infinite rocket barrages, which a Team being unable to form any type of counter attack.

I was lumped into a game where the entire team (who were defending) got pushed back into spawn and were getting pummelled by 3 rocket tanks. swarm launchers and forge gunners were being wiped out before they could fire off a shot, and vehicles where being taken out before anyone had a chance to jump in.

I've posted this in a different section as a reply to the same topic but I figured I would try and get this started in the feedback/requests section:

I'm so glad there are more people raising the issue of infinite vehicle ammo. Vehicles (especially vehicles!!) must have a finite amount of ammo. Not only are they more powerful than infantry already, but the fact that they have no limit to their munitions is bogus, while us infantry players may have a bunch of suit skills and modules that raise our ammo count/damage/ etc, anyone can hop in a tank and blow stuff up forever as long as they aren't attacked by a heavy infantry.

It's a balance issue, plain and simple. Make a market for ammunition for vehicles and the war economy will be much more spread out. Not everyone will spawn a tank all the time, it will become necessary in certain occasions and only the players versed in vehicular combat will spend the ISK/AUR to up their vehicle strength and manage them in general.

Along with that, add a "no other player can drive until the one who calls the vehicle in enters the vehicle", because that would be a simple fix for someone taking your vehicle and your hard earned ammunition. It would be like "handing the keys over" if the one who called the deploy hopped in, and hopped out. Starting it, in a sense. I dunno. Just my two cents.



TL;DR - Add ammunition for vehicles. Make vehicles deployed only operational by other players after the one who called the deploy has entered the vehicle (staying in it or not) like handing over the car keys.

Limited ammo and diverse ammo. There could be ammo for the different weapons, to add/decrease range or damage or specialized ammo like webber ammo to slow troops/vehicles in a targeted area. I suppose the best way to go about it is have one type of ammo and have to go to a depot to switch/refill.