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Zat Earthshatter
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.01.21 06:31:00 -
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This idea came to me after seeing the "Immortal" trailer - specifically, the clip where a column of Madrugars are being RDV-deployed in perfect formation, some firing almost instantly on landing - something we cannot do currently.
What if... our upcoming Pilot suits were how this was done?
Short objective
Spawn into vehicles, pick where the RDV drops it, and be better at fighting in said vehicles.
Long Description
Designed to combat increasing reports of incompetent vehicle drivers, the Pilot dropsuit is designed almost exclusively around interfacing with any vehicle, no matter the design - invariably improving vehicle performance. Its holographic wrist-pad contains also contains a unique RDV command suite for field deployment. The suit is lastly designed to protect the pilot from the rigors of space, allowing the user to climb into a vehicle even before it departs the War Barge. All this and more comes at the cost of having minimal defenses when outside of a vehicle, and only average mobility.
Vehicle Spawning
Arguably the most powerful of the Pilot Suit's advantages is the ability to spawn as a deploying vehicle, with the capability to begin shooting the moment the RDV's mag-claw releases you.
This power can be activated by simply picking the Pilot suit on your spawn list. A menu pops up on the side asking whether you would like deploy as one of your pre-made vehicle fits. Once picked, your screen comes up as the RDV itself spawns - yes, you will see yourself cloaked.
However, you will only be able to vehicle-spawn at special vehicle-enabled spawn points.
Dropships and fighters may be able to fly into the battle, with their engines spun-up before the RDV drops it mid-air. Might be tricky to implement however.
RDV deployment zoning
Tired of your Bolas constantly running into the side of a building? The Pilot suit has specialized RDV command system that allows you to pick exactly where you want your vehicle, should you be stuck without one.
This area-selection works exactly like selecting an orbital strike location.
Squad Leaders get the added benefit of either picking a selected area for the squad's vehicles to be dropped at, or an exact formation on a per-member basis. (vehicle version of the Command suit)
If spawning in a vehicle, you can pick a location within a certain radius of the available spawn point.
Vehicle combat
The shortest section. This suit gives you advantages in your tank, gank, and even scoot. Obviously, this is the part that increases based on suit tech-grade.
Weakness - On Foot
Pilots should always be in a vehicle. When they aren't, they get the defenses of a Scout, the mobility of an Assault dropsuit, and only a Light slot for a weapon. This extreme vulnerability on foot is more than made up for by their effectiveness deploying and using vehicles.
To make sure the suit can at least earn some WP outside of a vehicle, the Pilot should have 2 equip slots, one of which a smart player should use for a Repair Tool |
Zat Earthshatter
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
304
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Posted - 2013.01.21 07:24:00 -
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@kal: If you had all the powers in my OP, would you use them upon the tiny beetle which is the Onikuma?
Yes, it would take some SP. And yes, it would only be viable when vehicles are more worth their LP. And yes, it would be a waste on the free LAV.
>SP cost is a given, as this suit's bonuses are basically an "upgrade your vehicle a tier!"-button
>Worth the WP - yes, that's a little screwed up. My personal choice to help fix it is by stealing Planetside 2s "deploy kill" bonus: a small WP gain when players you've transported make a kill.
At the very least, it would make dropship piloting more profitable in its intended role as a transporter.
>Vehicle Locking - Theft is a part of New Eden. However, at least forcing allied thieves to hack the vehicle would be sufficient to keep the EVE spirit, while preventing some idiot from crashing your 500k logi-dropship.
>Infantry power - Yes, when out of a vehicle, this suit is basically dead weight. That's sort of the point - this suit's only real role is to operate vehicles, and be darn good at it. I may have gone too far in nerfing its infantry capacity, however.
I suppose it can utilize a cloak (when those are implemented) to steal enemy vehicles. and maybe give it a Light slot, instead of a sidearm, but with more-limited CPU/PG.
BTW - non-Heavy suits usually get 1 equip slot. And most vehicle-operator classes in other games have repair tools anyways. So friendlies might stick around your vehicle to get repped during those rare moments you're actually out of the vehicle - which might mean they'll support you like they should be doing in the first place |
Zat Earthshatter
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
304
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Posted - 2013.01.26 20:59:00 -
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Thranx1231 wrote:
What I asked you for specifically was your pick for the initial pilot's suit skills. Like what is done for the existing classes today. Turret Operation lvl 1, and so forth.
The entire system is based on slots. The default Pilot BPO should include an Armor Repair Tool. If that requires an equip slot so be it. To me, two slots makes the suit survivable and able to generate SP/WP in the beginning before you can afford to run HAVs. There is no way a HAV will be allowed to be the default vehicle for DUST. We would have nothing but HAV battles.
Sorry this took so long to get back to you.
For skills, I suspect that the Pilot suit would require at least l2s in both Dropsuit and Vehicle Command skills, if not added turret skills as well - this is more to make sure a Pilot can drive standard-grade vehicles instead of wasting his suit on Militia craft.
As for slots - good point. Since only the HAV produces consistent WP, it would be a problem if the Pilot didn't have an alternate method of WP generation. I'll throw in a second Equip slot, but point out that a "transport" WP system needs to be implemented before the Pilot suit can be a reality.
In short - I agree with you, the Pilot needs to be able to generate better WP than such a suit could currently, but that only underscores the dropship problems as of late. |
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