Hiseki Lionel
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.10.01 05:05:00 -
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((If you don't want to read all this bull, then drop down to the last two paragraphs to skip the poop ton of ranting.))
As a fan of Gallente vehicles, I agree with a lot on here. As it stands, I'm gonna be going into Caldari vehicles simply because the decrease in shields that Gallente vehicles have makes them just about worthless. I love the design of them though and want to use them. But being unable to repair my armor automatically makes it very hard.
Cause I don't know if anyone knows it, a dropship pilot can't just walk out their vehicle and repair it. Setting it down is also an instant death sentence cause every enemy in the freaking match will suddenly teleport right to where you are to gang **** you then steal your ride... They didn't even leave a number when they were finished. It's annoying, and worse it breaks a game balance.
As it stands, there's no reason to have a Gallente vehicle, no reason to use it either. Caldari beats it out in every way shape and form. What will happen when they release Amarr and Minmatar vehicles? Unless one of them have superior shields, then Caldari will of course be what all others use. The other vehicle choices will be redundant and with people not buying them or training in skills for those vehicles they become something that players won't want, they'll get annoyed at having to scroll through them to get to their Caldari and demand their removal.
Armor has to be fixed before such a thing happens. One of the best ways was of course what has been talked about on here and I agree with it one hundred percent. Auto reparing armor, at the least make a fire suppression system that kicks in automatically when a fire breaks out. If need be make it to where it will only activate so many times before becoming inactive. After that a player has to go out and repair it themselves.
What would also be nice would be to have the manual repair, repair more and faster than just auto repairing. As it stands, it's a big effing risk with little result to repair your vehicle. Best thing would be to combine the two, auto repair and fire suppression system kicks in the moment a fire starts.
This will repair a little armor points at a time but won't repair past 50%. When it starts repairing it flashes a warning so the pilot of the vehicle can know to get the HELL out of the hot zone so they can repair their vehicle. When they do so, they don't have to leave but they do have to stand their vehicle still while the repair works. As it does so, it works a hell of a lot faster than the auto repair and will speed up shield recovery. Catch is, the moment you move is the moment it ends. |