VLIGHT5
The Judas Coalition
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Posted - 2013.05.29 10:14:00 -
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I just played a Factional Warfare battle. Though I got tons of WP, I became the prime target of the enemy team, whose only method of offense was using free LAVs.
Unless you're a Scout, there is nothing you can do against these things if you aren't AV. Fortunately, we had a Forge Gunner, but he wasn't able to target them all in time because there were simply too many of them.
First the problem was that LAVs required too much skill and compensation to drive, now the problem is that they're too effective in pure hit-and-run roles because:
1. They're very easy to use now
2. They're free
3. They insta-kill basically everybody
Somebody went 20/2 with one. Yep, 20/2. We got swarms, but everybody knows an LAV can outrun the things. Some things need to be done to LAV's to make the 'GTA' playstyle balanced:
1. Remove free LAVs: This makes accessibly too easy, reducing any potential income loss if you do horribly. On top of that, it removes the importance of people who spec into LAVs, as transport is free for anybody with literally no cost.
2. Make LAVs take damage when they run people over: If we should be insta-killed by an LAV because it's 'realistic,' then an LAV should suffer when it runs people over. Make them take damage, to the point where crashing into a group of 5 people, something that would seriously mess up most cars, is going to wipe out a lot of their health if not kill them. Or at the very least add a larger movement penalty after you run someone over.
3. Increase the amount of momentum needed to kill somebody: You can insta-kill somebody just by lightly driving into them. It seriously needs to be upped, a lot. We're wearing ******* dropsuits. We can sustain bullets, massive falls, and explosives, yet the second a pair of wheels move over us we die? The 'realism' argument goes both ways.
4. Reward LAV players in other ways: Currently, if you're driving an LAV, the best way to get WP is to run people over. LAVs should get WP for transportation. If you drive people on your team from point A to point B, you deserve points. I love vehicles, especially LAVs, but I want to see them have a focus on their intended use: transportation, assault, and support. Not just mindlessly running things over to get kills. |
VLIGHT5
The Judas Coalition
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Posted - 2013.05.29 10:49:00 -
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EKH0 0ne wrote:5. STFU
6.HTFU
7.stop being an idiot and bring av grenades
That's all fine and dandy, aside from the fact that THE LAV'S ARE FREE, can be destroyed without income loss, and it takes multiple high-end AV grenades to take them out.
And, as I said, we did have multiple AV players, however there were simply too many LAVs hounding us for the Forge Gunner to take out, and the LAVs simply drove off when we tried to swarm them.
Even if we did manage to blow them up, which we did sometimes, they did not lose anything, and all they had to do was get another one for free and they'd be right back on it. |