Johnson McCrea
Sanmatar Kelkoons
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.09.19 14:11:00 -
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Ya'll thinking this change is good, need to go play EVE for awhile.
1 person, in a pod, controlling an entire Battleship (or Titan) full of guns and drones, using camera drones for the external view (so the tanks have this, but limited to the turrets facing), and nobody else.
Tanks, have at least 2 turrets for co-gunners. Who's the ones most likely to die when the tank does? THEM! (Cause the driver saw the shields die and bailed and ran)
Currently, the driver is more likely to die with the tank cause he's busy fighting it.
In Dust, the driver must be the one doing the maingun shooting. Why? Cause he PAID for it. People who buy tanks, don't get kills if they can't control any guns now, can they? If you can't understand that, buy an Impact and drive it around with a guy on the turret till it blows up (and no, you can't run anybody over).
A BETTER suggestion, would be to give the LAVs and Dropships pilot controlled weapons. Machine guns on the LAVs, and the same, or even rocket launchers, for the Dropships (would take practice for doing strafing runs I think).
Impacts can still run people over. Dropships before Precursor used to, but now take too much damage (and draw Swarm Spam like you wouldn't belive). Have you ever TRIED to run someone over in a tank? Hard as HECK, unless they ain't looking your way, and standing dead still.
But tanks, need the guy driving to get kills, or else they are useless. If you pay 500k ISK or more for a tank, and can't get any kills, but die when it blows up and you didn't get out in time, it's worthless.
If you separate the driver from the turret, sure as HECK, some putz will get into the turret just to 'shoot the big gun' and never let the driver have it.
Separate it, and you better make it so the driver is the only one who can get into the turret (making the tank a fixed gun), and only the main turret user able to switch to driver. Either that, or give the tank owner the ability to 'LOCK' his tank, so nobody else can get in.
If tanks are changed like the OP wants, you'll have NERFd people who use them. They'd then stop buying them. Only squads would use them at most.
The OP should have been slapped upside his head but the one blaring contradiction his suggestion entails: The DRIVER most likely bought the tank!
Nerf them, and you'll see fewer people buying them, and more people looking to hop the 'Big Gun' on any called in.
I do not tollerate fools, gladely or otherwise. Try to think things through before posing suggestions. |