Pokey Dravon
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2013.02.18 09:13:00 -
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The issue isn't the HAVs themselves, they've been nerfed to hell as it is, especially with how easy AV grenades are to use (Dont get me wrong I love them too). The issues is not that someone can call in a badass HAV, its that 4 people on one side can call in all equally badass HAVs and completely lock down all objectives. Do you fix that by limiting the number of HAVs on the field? Perhaps, but that comes with its own issues as well. So the solution is a tricky one.
As for shield tanks specifically, I honestly thing a big part of it is the lack of any decent anti-shield AV weapons. All of the AV grenades, mines, remote explosives, and swarm launchers are all explosive damage, and very weak against shields. Forge gun is Kinetic which isnt slightly less awful against shields than explosives, but still not ideal. The only thing that is half decent is the Flux Grenade. So give us AV Flux Grenades or mines or whatever. We need more EM and Thermal AV weapons. Hopefully Plasma Cannon helps a bit in that regard.
Also I think its bull that War Barge Orbitals are capable of popping almost all HAVs, (I can armor rep through one under the right conditions, but most of the time I'll still explode). Basically if you bring in an HAV against any corp who has a clue about how to play the game...you're going to lose your HAV to an orbital. Either you're going to sit still and get nuked from space, or you're going to run around like and idiot nonstop, be incapable of really doing anything meaningful because you're afraid to stop moving, or you'll run into an enemy trap because you're afraid of stopping. Basically you're screwed in most cases if the other side has a clue how to earn WP.
War Barge Orbital should destroy infantry and very weakened HAVs, but not ones at or near full health. Now if you drop an EVE Laser Strike on my HAV and score a direct hit...then yeah, I should pop faster than I know what hit me...but the 'crappy' NPC strike? I dont think so.
Honestly its my hope that the advent of new Thermal AV weapons will help deal with shield tanks since armor is getting screwed right now, and that pilot suits will allow us to add some much needed protection from the incredibly powerful AV that we're seeing now. I should not be able to solo kill a Gunloggi with a Militia Swarm, Nanohive, and AV Grenades...that's wrong. |