Just go play another game if you don't want vehicles to be a factor.

I'd be fine with having more terrain that limits their effectiveness, but there shouldn't be a "no vehicles" mode any more than there should be a " no heavies" or "no shotguns" mode.

aw somebody doesnt like dying to tanks lol.

tech, shouldnt you go answer your call? your call to duty? lol had to be done, but really, they dont have any vehicles

why do you think that?

Underground bunker style things.
Operation Metro from BF3 is one of the best examples of this type of map IMHO.

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Replace Map with Gamemode.
There shouldn't be a single map/gamemode that limits me in calling in whatever I damn well please in terms of mechanics. No gamemode restrictions saying "Sorry mate, but you spent 3mil SP on Vehicles so **** YOU, go play with your militia gear with not even 100k SP in actual infantry based skills", instead I said there should totally be map limitations in the sense that theres lots of alleys or a lot of cover from above. Buildings with inside and such. Any more flaws in my post you want to point out? The idea itself is still just bad.

This great for say, a tournament. Outside of a sporting settings, you have ignored one crucial factor:

This is New Eden.

EVE online has no "frigates only combat" mechanic, only the players do that via the Red vs Blue wars (keyword, players). Since this MMO is a free for all, I doubt that there will be such thing as a pure infantry map in capturable planets. At best, you can hope for planet complexes where vehicles are useless, and only infantry can access said complexes (Or if the complex is not worth capturing, blow it sky high with tank and artillery weapons. )

Metro is one of the worst Battlefield maps ever created, in the context of a Battlefield game, obviously such a map could be suited to another popular franchise. I seriously believe the focus they've put on inf-only is one of the biggest factors to the overall watering down of the series. Sure, we have freedom of choice, but as a BF vet, BF3 just doesn't feel like "Battlefield".

Don't care if I'm thought of as elitist or whatever for this, but most vets will agree with me, especially the last bit.

Anyway, I'd rather if CCP were to do this, they do it when - what I see as - other more important aspects of the game are finished. Sure maps don't take a lot of time to make (depending on a few factors of course), but it's still an unnecessary distraction.

Needless to say, I personally play these games for the vehicular combat. if I want to play an infantry shooter then I load up Counter-Strike. There's more than enough inf combat going on in this game anyway so I don't see any need for inf only.

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Balance by giving both their strong environments. Otherwise it's just RPS, not skill based. Still, EVERY map should have sections like this. It is more interesting to have multiple options than to just separate into different gamemodes. Emergent gameplay.

No, you shouldn't be able to filter out the kinds of things you have trouble fighting against. What they've done with maps right now is to make some areas fairly open and vehicle-friendly, while other areas are more urban/built-up and safer for infantry. That's the ideal solution.

So if you want to avoid vehicles, then fight in areas of the existing maps where tanks/whatever can't navigate as easily. But further dividing the playerbase between more and more game modes would be a bad idea.

Vehicles are another players playstyle and therefore totally fine for any match. We shouldn't limit vehicles to certain maps by map based restrictions automatically disallowing them. By all means, have maps that make it unsuitable for Vehicle combat, such as a suburb area with lots of alleys with no place to actually place a tank, or with only a few places that are suitable for them. Places with lot's of shelters to protect from dropships and other air vehicles.

Right now, what you're proposing is just bad imo.

I want besides the Skirmish/Ambush REGULAR maps an OPTIONAL skirmish/Ambush maps option where there are no vehicles.
Those wanting vehicles/infantry can go play the regular maps.

I want an OPTION to chose skirmish/ambush maps with NO VEHICLES just infantry.

Topic.

They can play all they want on the maps, in the Vehicle only mode. Which is what the regular mode we play now is turning into. As for sections of the map vehicles can't get to? In all of Dust right now there is less than 20 square meters that is entirely protected from any and all damage than can be dealt by some vehicles weapons.

Yes, there are those who Want to use vehicles and have specced into them.

You are forgetting that there are whole groups of people who have NO specs in av and who do NOT want to play against a constant stream of tanks and dropships everyday, and these people should have the option to play without those issues popping up. They shouldn't all have to learn AV skills just to get to play the way THEY want to when the field is finally vehicle free, if the field is finally vehicle free, at the end of the match after all of the vehicles are disposed of.

This would be especially good for new players who are just starting out and have no idea about the missile splash damage fest they are blindly walking into.

Then THEY can find a theme park game that doesn't have vehicles, THEY can put some SP into adapting to the changing battlefield, or THEY can team up with people that can.

I want besides the Skirmish/Ambush REGULAR maps an OPTIONAL skirmish/Ambush maps option where there are no vehicles.
Those wanting vehicles/infantry can go play the regular maps.

I want an OPTION to chose skirmish/ambush maps with NO VEHICLES just infantry.

The result of this would mean no infantry players would ever queue for maps where there are vehicles. Vehicle maps would be nothing but vehicles with a couple newbies who accidentally joined the game mode, although their queue times would be so lengthy due to hardly anyone trying to play those maps that chances are you'd never even get a vehicle game going.

This is a terrible solution to the issue of vehicle balance.

why do you think that?

The result of this would mean no infantry players would ever queue for maps where there are vehicles. Vehicle maps would be nothing but vehicles with a couple newbies who accidentally joined the game mode, although their queue times would be so lengthy due to hardly anyone trying to play those maps that chances are you'd never even get a vehicle game going.

This is a terrible solution to the issue of vehicle balance.

Giving players the option to turn off vehicles will, in that mode, negate ALL the value of someone who's skilled into vehicle operation. I can understand someone who doesn't like tanks thinking that's ok.

Problem is, it ALSO negates the value of anyone who's invested all their skillpoints into AV infantry skills.

I've focused pretty heavily on making my character good at AV operations. I've spent a lot more SP on anti-vehicle skills than I have on anti-infantry effectiveness.

You want a mode where ALL vehicles AND about half the infantry in the game are basically removed from play.

No thanks.