Kane Fyea
DUST University
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Posted - 2013.06.16 03:11:00 -
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Charlotte O'Dell wrote:Alright, let's assume we'll get MTACs this year. I think it's safe to say they'll require vehicle skills, use small turrets, move slower than tanks, and have less HP than tanks.
How is a vehicle that moves slower than a tank and that has less DPS going to survive against current AV and even tanks?
Or maybe you should assume less and just wait. |
Kane Fyea
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.06.16 03:38:00 -
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Charlotte O'Dell wrote:Mobius Wyvern wrote:TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote:For one, it might be small enough to fit inside of structures.
But yea, those are some pretty pessimistic and unfounded assumptions. Agreed. Personally, I envision them as the Tech-III ships of Dust. A medium weight-class vehicle with multiple subsystems that you assemble together into the specialization you want. I also suggested a while back that they use infantry Heavy weapons to balance out what I imagine would be greater mobility and smaller size, thus making them a smaller and harder to hit target. OK, so something with the HP of a Saga and the speed of a scout with kinetic katalyzers. It is not surviveable. Any vehicle user will tell you that if they know anything at all.
Seriously just wait. There's no point in speculating until we have information on them (We don't even have the fking concept art yet FFS) |
Kane Fyea
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.06.16 11:39:00 -
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Charlotte O'Dell wrote:Another Heavy SOB wrote:Charlotte O'Dell wrote:As long as they're too SP intensive for anyone but people who are still tankers to use, I'm happy. I don't want the infantry trying to play with our new toys. I mean, either way, they have potential. If they were like super fast, high HP, high dmg heavies that could kill tanks and infantry, I'd be very happy and would be able to deal with a 2500 EHP, but any less than that is too weak to survive the battlefield. It's simply non-negotiable- especially for an armor-tanked one.
Here would be my desires for the entire field
Heavy MTAC:
-Your typical giant fighting robot (Like the mechs in Avatar)
-One large turret equipped as a main gun (think Titan Fall or Avatar), about 20ft tall (making it an easy target)
-STD having 7000 HP when full fit
-Moves 21mph
-Sidearm is a small turret
Light MTAC:
-Somewhere between the MAX suits of PS2 and the mechs of Avatar
-Equips two small turrets to each arm
-3000 HP on a STD model when fully fit
-Moves at 32mph
-Has a jump pack to leap 3 stories up, but it drains the capacitor
New MTAC-specific weapons
-Plasma blade: it hacks down tanks, infantry and just about anything. Like nova knives...but claymore-like.
-All turrets are modified to work with MTACs- large turrets become very large rifles, and small turrets are equipped like wrist-mounted weapons. No skill point investment necessary
Ultimately, they'd be swiss army knives, able to work as infantry or vehicle roles, but still carrying the inherent weakness to AV that all vehicles have. I like the Light MTAC, But I'd rather Akimbo HMGs. Or Forge guns, maybe one of each lol. no, bc then it is a dropsuit and not a vehicle. Sure, it'd be way better, but I don't want infantry touching my new toys.
I think they will make MTACs a separate tree from the LAVs/HAVs. |