I would like the ability to go prone.

Also agree on the vaulting, but that might be harder to implement I can imagine.
Seeing as it might need some instructions on the map to designate what is a viable obstacle to vault over.

prone would be good to avoid LAV if you lay down in the right position

just auto vault when sprinting towards an object.

Prone probably won't happen, because non-snipers already cry endlessly about not being able to kill snipers with their short-to-mid range weapons. Sure, it's about as stupid as someone complaining that they can't talk to someone in another country by yelling, but someone with a telephone can, but logic isn't the AR Ram-bro's strong suit.

When Dust 514 implements stealth modules there are going to be cloaked Sniper-hunters, and a prone sniper whit no way to turn fast enough or run away is dead when one creeps up behind.

When that time comes, those snipers will be cloaked as well. The smart ones, anyway.

Camping would ensue

When that time comes, those snipers will be cloaked as well. The smart ones, anyway.

Never quite understood complaining about camping in an FPS where you respawn in a few seconds....

In Counter Strike camping literally halted rounds for 3-4 minutes at a time while a CT refused to rescue hostages, or a T refused to plant a bomb. The dead players were stuck spectating.

In a game like Dust... if someone is camping, and they kill you while doing it, you now know exactly where they are going to be and you could deal with them ridiculously easily with that information.

I just don't get it.

The thing is; what is an object?
Seen from the games point of view.

We all understand what we perceive is fair, but thatGÇÖs not necessary true for the game to understand

If itGÇÖs something thatGÇÖs build into the player movement, then a lot of values needs to be determined:
Is a wall an object? Is it vaultable from every side?
How low, high, short or long must it be for one to be or not be able to vault over it?
Does it need a clearing?
Will it commit to a vault if itGÇÖs a drop on the other side?

If itGÇÖs build into the map, then thatGÇÖs a lot of extra work for whoever designs the map.
This is what I believe they went with in the shooter game Brink, and recalling even then they had plenty of issues with it.

I really don't see how mercenaries of the future in these high tech, high damage resisting suits could be going to prone position. It just doesn't seem right.

accuracy. There should be a disadvantage against a close range target though.

Just thought about this but what if you jump your character would interact with a LAV and run on the top of it to avoid getting hit. So you can just jump and your guy will not get hit and preform a cool animation..

Prone probably won't happen, because non-snipers already cry endlessly about not being able to kill snipers with their short-to-mid range weapons. Sure, it's about as stupid as someone complaining that they can't talk to someone in another country by yelling, but someone with a telephone can, but logic isn't the AR Ram-bro's strong suit.

I disagree.

If you used a two-stage feature (like pressing the crouch button twice) to go from standing to prone, it might make it easier to kill a sniper.

The game should make it a longer time to go from prone to standing than from crouch to standing. A longer time gives more risk when you are trying to run away or dodge.

This would give a better chance of a running player with shorter range weapons to nail us. It would make it easier for other snipers to nail us also.

This would be the tradeoff: smaller profile for increased risk when someone rushes you.


Munch

+1 for Prone - makes sense that a soldier would have enough brains to not only reduce the risk of shot but allow him to gain an advantage in battle.

+1 for Vaulting - makes sense that a soldier would take a 1 foot step over a block of cement instead of standing there like an idiot and not moving.

+100 for jumping over LAVs like jackie chan!

Make going prone a slow process and standing back up a slow process. That way people won't abuse it in the middle of a gun fight.

Much as I love the idea of all of you laying down waiting for my dropship to fly over and drop missiles on you, I feel like going prone might not work in a high-health shooter like DUST. Just killing one person might take forever, because they'll be able to pop up, shoot, and then hide again when their health gets low.

I'd be up for experimenting with the idea, but there are a lot of other things I'd rather see implemented first.