Goric Rumis
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.02.28 20:13:00 -
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I think the idea is to have expendable ammo eventually, just like you have it in EVE, where you have to buy and equip and keep ammo stocked. But I think for the time being it would be nice just to have a supply of free ammo, just like hand-held weapons, that has to be restocked from time to time. I like the idea that this would help balance missiles by giving them comparatively less max ammo, so they'd have to restock more often.
In the final system it should more or less resemble grenades, where you can own and equip as much ammo as you want but your fit can only carry so much at a time, so you still need to go back and restock periodically. Otherwise, if you're carrying 15,000 rounds and your tank gets destroyed, why wouldn't you lose all your ammo?
Canari Elphus wrote:M3DIC 2U wrote:Which makes more sense?
A: small turrets are supplied by the tank
B: small turrets are supplied by the gunners loadout
Main turret is supplied by the vehicle... no debate here. The only issue with the small turrets being supplied by the person who is in them is there would need to be a conversion done between what the person has on their fitting and the actual turret itself. How would you work it if the small turret is a railgun and the person manning it is a sniper? The sniper rounds would be gone in the first burst if it was a 1/1 ratio.
I think the idea is that the gunner would be equipped with a "gunner" dropsuit and loadout, so that it would be dependent on the gunner to equip the right kind of ammo. I don't think this makes sense ultimately, though. You'd have to prepare a different gunner outfit for each type of ammo (say there is one type that's effective against shields and one effective against armor), for each type of turret (rail, missile, blaster). So you'd need six different outfits, and you'd have to select the right one to go with the tank you're jumping into. Whereas the person who owns the tank knows at least what kind of turret is fitted.
If you're talking about it taking the small arms ammo from the gunner (like Canari is thinking), I don't see any point in trying to take that route.
EDIT:
Also wanted to say that this should not be used to "gimp" tanks. It should be used to balance turrets. So, for example, missile turrets can be made more effective, but with limited max ammo. As someone else has suggested in this thread.
Mithridates VI wrote:I would love to see Logis carting ammo to vehicles, then back to the supply depot for a restock, like the replacement of ammo in the last stand of Zion in the Matrix.
I'd love to see logis more involved in the upkeep of vehicles overall. This would be great. |