Rasatsu
Much Crying Old Experts
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Posted - 2013.05.30 13:35:00 -
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Some 8M SP in Caldari LAV/HAVs, currently running around in Caldari LLAV...
*** Shield HAV ***
Basically shields, as opposed to armor, are supposed to be (in EVE) for quick boosting but has high cap drain and lower EHP, with the flexibility you get by managing the shields.
However in DUST, the shield booster is by far underpowered and goes into cooldown way too early. Can't even fill up more than about 1/3 to 1/2 of my shields per activation on the gunnlogi. Basically you get damaged and then retreat for a few minutes. Or, if you get hit and activate the shield booster (cause else you often go boom), then turns out you don't need to boost as much as required... And that means you need to retreat cause you don't go into a firefight with the shield booster in cooldown.
Basically shields should regenerate boost cycles while the shield booster is inactive, rather than have it all happen during the long-ass cooldown and wasted boosting. It could even be like the blaster overheating, where if you let it run out it will need to regenerate all the cycles before being possible to activate again.
Also did I mention it boost hp like a little girl?
Note on the controls; just let us check an option box to have it not flip the turning direction between forward / back on the stick. I can get used to that.
*** Shield LAV ***
LLAVs are the only vehicles that seem balanced in regards to the AV they face, with proper impact damage implemented. (Not excessive, hitting a guy shouldn't hurt that much)
The HP boosting was the only sane and balanced change CCP's done to vehicles in a long time. And AV grenades really shouldn't be a solution to an LAV speeding past you, at best they should be effective against almost-stationary targets. Actually the whole premise of AV grenades as they are, flying towards vehicles, etc, easy to fit with no negative impact to the infantry, means that they aren't something AV spec'ed guys fit, it's what everyone fits.
Either make the AV grenades harder to fit such that fielding them costs you something in terms of anti-infantry capability, or balance them so that they are comparable against HAVs as they are now against LAVs. |