DUST Search - We Need Armor Lock

Liner ReXiandra wrote:

Ecshon Autorez wrote:

Aisha Ctarl wrote:

I'm a BF3 player

Well there's your problem.

No, it's a valid concern he brings up.

Engineer (or anti-vehicle) classes in BF3 spawn with a fairly decent rifle to counter personnel, along with a range of AV weaponry.

Dust 514 will have you spawn in either a medium suit, with a thumbtac shooting smg or finnicky pistol to counter personnel, and lock you depending on medium/heavy suit into a swarm launcher (which is vehicle lockon only) or plasma/forge gun. In the event that there are no vehicles to shoot, you're a sitting duck to personnel in your heavy suit.

When you run out of vehicles to shoot, you *need* to swap dropsuits because otherwise you're a massive waste to your team.
In Battlefield 3, this problem is solved by having enough options to counter different types with a same fit.

Dust's fittings should be able to properly specialize into AV; but currently there is no middle ground to cover all bases fairly decent. This is because of a massive lack of weapons available - bound to happen when you release a game with only half it's content.


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Aisha Ctarl The Unholy Legion of Darkstar DARKSTAR ARMY 111	Posted - 2013.05.24 22:01:00 - [1] - Quote Well since DUST has descended into a cesspool of free LAV spammers who think the game is a poorly disguised Carmageddon, I suggest that armor lock from Reach be implemented. Yep we should be able to slam our fists into the ground and any LAV that hits us instantly is destroyed. Seriously now, CCP just turning a blind eye to the LAV spam, TAR, and general overuse of ARs is getting quite annoying. I mean notice how they post in other threads but avoid LAV spam and AR imbalance threads like the plague? Maybe a all players start with 100 copies of the starter LAV instead of infinity. Long story short, seeing eight LAVs on a map being used simply to roadkill people and not for transport is more rage inducing than getting killed by the Duvolle TAR every single match repeatedly.
Aisha Ctarl The Unholy Legion of Darkstar DARKSTAR ARMY 111	Posted - 2013.05.24 22:09:00 - [2] - Quote iceyburnz wrote: Militia LAVs can be one shotted by a militia Forge Gun. Militia LAVs can be destroyed by 2 standard AV grenades. Militia LAVS can be two shotted by a Standard Plasma Cannon. Militia LAVS can be one volleyed by a Standard Swarm Launcher. Militia LAVs aren't a problem, they are a gift. I shouldn't be forced to roll with AV gear because the only way people can kill is to run you over.
Aisha Ctarl The Unholy Legion of Darkstar DARKSTAR ARMY 111	Posted - 2013.05.24 22:11:00 - [3] - Quote Vee Abbey wrote: Aisha Ctarl wrote: Yep we should be able to slam our fists into the ground and any LAV that hits us instantly is destroyed. r u trolling?? It's called sarcasm...it doesn't play out well over text since you can't hear inflection.
Aisha Ctarl The Unholy Legion of Darkstar DARKSTAR ARMY 111	Posted - 2013.05.24 22:17:00 - [4] - Quote iceyburnz wrote: Aisha Ctarl wrote: I shouldn't be forced to roll with AV gear because the only way people can kill is to run you over. facepalm You seem to be missing the point of having multiple fitting options, customisation, AV weapons available and an ability to swap them out at supply depots in game. I get the point, my point is I don't want to be AV period, if I see an HAV I simply run the other way. I shouldn't have to worry about LAV spam and have to be forced to switch roles just to take out some drunken idiot on a joy ride.
Aisha Ctarl The Unholy Legion of Darkstar DARKSTAR ARMY 111	Posted - 2013.05.24 22:23:00 - [5] - Quote Ok let's rephrase. I'm a BF3 player, and I run assault 24/7 365. If enemy armor comes, I simply duck and hide whilst friendly engineers take it out. We'll in dust there are no engineers it feels per se, everyone is assault it seems and I should not be the one having to man up so to say and be the engineer if I wish to play assault.
Aisha Ctarl The Unholy Legion of Darkstar DARKSTAR ARMY 117	Posted - 2013.05.25 15:54:00 - [6] - Quote Liner ReXiandra wrote: Ecshon Autorez wrote: Aisha Ctarl wrote: I'm a BF3 player Well there's your problem. No, it's a valid concern he brings up. Engineer (or anti-vehicle) classes in BF3 spawn with a fairly decent rifle to counter personnel, along with a range of AV weaponry. Dust 514 will have you spawn in either a medium suit, with a thumbtac shooting smg or finnicky pistol to counter personnel, and lock you depending on medium/heavy suit into a swarm launcher (which is vehicle lockon only) or plasma/forge gun. In the event that there are no vehicles to shoot, you're a sitting duck to personnel in your heavy suit. When you run out of vehicles to shoot, you need to swap dropsuits because otherwise you're a massive waste to your team. In Battlefield 3, this problem is solved by having enough options to counter different types with a same fit. Dust's fittings should be able to properly specialize into AV; but currently there is no middle ground to cover all bases fairly decent. This is because of a massive lack of weapons available - bound to happen when you release a game with only half it's content. This is exactly what I was trying to get across. In DUST it would be more useful if I could fit say the SCR and a plasma cannon instead of one or the other. Who wants to be limited to one role? If you run AV you're gimped against infantry, if you run anti infantry, well prepare to be roadkill. It's infuriating.