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Nguruthos IX
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.03.08 18:20:00 -
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I've been voicing my displeasure with losing million ISK dropships because an RDV spawns inside me or 2 feet away at full speed, or randomly charges me after materializing out of nowhere.
It's definitely become a battlefield tactic to call in cheap LAV's and spam them near enemy vehicles, especially dropships.
Come on CCP. We have enough (expletive) to deal with. Fix this.
And in order to fix this I fear some massive redesign of the deployment system will be required. I hope you're not too in love with that but I heard somewhere that one of the prime principals in game design is not being afraid to toss something that isn't working.
If you can bandaid it great, but don't fall to the sunk cost mentality in trying to salvage a broken idea. |
Nguruthos IX
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.03.08 18:33:00 -
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BOZ MR wrote:The IRONY is that it was a friendly lav's RDV 
happens often enough too |
Nguruthos IX
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.03.08 18:43:00 -
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Kelshaw Xu wrote:BOZ MR wrote:The IRONY is that it was a friendly lav's RDV The RDV is the bane of my dropship. Reds call in free RDV to kill me when i loiter over them and let the gunners have fun. Blues who called in a LAV to get to 'C' from 'B' when i'm on the ground at 'B' picking up my squad, kill me. I've lost dropships from my own squad mates calling a LAV. Only time it's ever intended to kill me this way is when I hover over the red blob. It's nice to see a tanker feel my pain from time to time.
Problem is people on your own team will call in LAV's to kill dropships for fun too.
Same way blueberries ram tanks with LAV's on the ground. Or shoot dropships to wobble them into a wall. Or try to steal a dropship to crash it into a wall for the lawls.
fix all of this. |
Nguruthos IX
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
81
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Posted - 2013.03.08 21:05:00 -
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Canari Elphus wrote:gbghg wrote:
I hate the post because it makes more players aware of this tactic, and only an incredible unlucky tanker has to worry about RDV's when his vehicle is already deployed
You actually think blue/redberries are going to be organized enough in PUB matches to actually get this to work? Even if it were something such as a corp match, the situation would almost need to be perfect for it to work. The 'deployed' part is the operative word there. Thats half the battle.
Um they are. I've seen it happen to me, others, used it, etc.
Almost every match. Especially when a vehicle is chilling around the same area for a short time.
Yes,
Yes,
Yes. This is being used. And frankly it's BS. Needs addressed. |
Nguruthos IX
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
81
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Posted - 2013.03.08 21:14:00 -
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blkdg wrote:When you call in an RDV make sure the area is clear of obstacles. Next if anyone is standing still on the radar they are probably calling in something too. Wait at least 15 seconds, play RDVATC (RDV air traffic control) give 'em separation onto the dropzone. If someone want to drop something were you are do your best to wave him off.
They still sometimes go off in random directions far away from you and hover around for 30 seconds begging AV to knock it out before I can activate defenses. Or simply aim straight for a wall. Or kindly drop the ship on a hill where it rolls over and can't lift off under any configuration of possible movements. Waiting to die.
RDVs are a total fail in their current implementation. |
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