Exactly, a sniper could own the streets and rooftops of an area blocked off to tanks, but if the infantry are INSIDE those buildings, the sniper can't hit them. EVERYBODY is OP in their own environment, and everybody is UP out of it. Now the niche roles come back. Now nobody needs to nerf anything bc everybody is equally OP.

Right, that is kinda what I meant. Give us a barebones program like Dungeon Designer with pieces for all of the pieces they currently have and let us build the map from the components they give us.

Each "finished" map could be put up for approval by the community on a special sub-forum, then they just need to build it to spec.

Frankly,
initial thought: Terrible


But afterwards: good idea. Open areas CAN be vehicles domination area while in cities they have absolutely no part, many areas they even cannot enter.

Although I do see merit to the over all essence of your idea I'm still feeling a heavy under tone of the whole game should be played at AR range.

Please forgive me if this is not your intention but sometimes it would seem we are gravitating toward a middle ground. Meaning that we are relegating "specialty" roles such as pilots, snipers, tankers, assassin scouts, ect to a small and smaller portion of the game in the name of balance.

I would contest that real balance comes in the form of being able to choose any class in the game and feeling like you are contributing to the battle in a way that rewards both you and the team. Balance also comes when it's never a good idea to do the exact same thing the entire battle. In other words your constantly changing what build you spawn in or have available because the situation changed.

Indoor combat is a much needed addition to the game, and indeed would go a long way help balance the games many weapons by creating additional layers of situation combat engagements. Those situations should be constantly changing as the battle takes a life of it's own.

I get the feeling this is in the pipe in like five years when we are not limited by the PS3. I really wish ccp would drop the PS3 6mo to a year after PS4 release.

I was thinking about this before in the context of the idea of raiding the inside of a Titan (or another ship really). They seem to prefer maps where vehicle people have something to do, but there are map possibilities that you couldn't realistically call a vehicle in.

I wonder if they feel like all maps need to be setup so people can call in vehicles. I can appreciate that specializing in vehicles is expensive in SP, but it shouldn't limit map/gameplay options. Maybe indoor/spaceship-breach maps could have special roles for vehicle people - like indoor security systems that require tank/ds/lav skills to operate or lockdown.

+1

As far as I understand from Logicloop's last dev-block they're already considering the interaction of infantry and vehicles when designing the maps. That's why all maps except Manus Peak have some area where infantry is at an advantage and some area where it isn't.

That said the distinction could be clearer. And Manus Peak is really infuriating.

I Why exactly would a 50000 hp tank suck in a city? .

Tank comes into a city, AV infantry pushes HAV back into a corner.

Now you have AV dudes on rooftops anwutnot focusing fire on the tank while other infantry fends off any red dots trying to rescue the tank.

A smart HAV driver wouldn't put themselves into a predicament where they'd be at a disadvantage in a tight place such as a city where there's not much room to maneuver/run/hide.

That's just one example.

The long and short of it... CCP can't do lots of indoor spaces on the PS3, and have stopped trying.
(this is summary from forum posts and talks with devs)