TheInfectedOne
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Posted - 2012.09.18 12:42:00 -
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Hi, forge gunner here.
I would always get excited when I saw a tank but before the hot fix it was pointless to field even an advanced forge gun with damage boosters because the movement speed of the heavy suit was such crap, tanks owned the battlefield even with a squad of us rolling with forge guns. Now after the hot fix I still get excited to see tanks but I hope very time that it's going to be a higher end tank so that it's a challange, I can take out a basic lvl tank in a couple shots with a proto forge gun without any real danger but the higher end tanks still manage to kill me if I don't have at least another forge gunner and a logi repping and dropping hives.
Swarm launchers are a serious issue that people either love or hate since this hot fix, personally I believe that they should be made into heavy weapons because I agree it's ridiculous that I can take out tanks with a militia SL, a couple AV grenades, and a scout suit due to being able to run circles around said tank (not that it's entirely my fault if the tank doesn't have any support and he's going lone wolf). If they were made into a heavy weapon it would balance the AV/Vehicle interaction a little more.
As far as the tweak goes for tanks resists and damages, I think it's fair since they are rolling battle stations and after the new build they are supposed to be getting more mods to boost resistances, turn speed, and whatnot. We will have to wait and see.
I have seen a few posts calling for a LAV buff, all I have to say to that is ARE YOU SERIOUS!? The militia model is a FREE battle jeep meant for fast insertion into a battle/objective, or a quick exit when being overrun. It's not meant to be this super awesome nimble battle hardened super jeep with a cow catcher on the front so you can do nothing except spam missiles and try to run mercs down while not having to worry about an AV guy waiting in ambush. Yes the advanced forge gun takes one out in 1 shot, it's a mini rail gun on a slow merc. If you want an LAV that has a little more beef to it, spec and buy one like the tanks and dropsuits have to do.
All in all I think the hot fix was a step in the right direction towards fixing the AV/Vehicle interaction on the field, but it could still use a little more tweaking. We will have to wait and see how the new build changes things.
Cheers. |