Further to these two fixes, weGÇÖre in the process of updating how collision damage is calculated and addressing vehicles, vehicle modules, turrets and vehicle skills in a rebalance pass that weGÇÖre hoping to complete for Uprising 1.4 or a hot-fix thereafter. This is likely to be a fairly substantial overhaul so once weGÇÖre in a position to do so weGÇÖll make sure you all get a good look at them and weGÇÖll attempt to address any concerns before finalizing the update.

This is only the first step, and a very good one indeed. They already said that is more fixes coming to the LAV's on top of this ones;

Can I get a link to the source please?

Really ? Ok.. then..

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=95372&find=unread

LAV = Light Assault Vehicle

Their description mentions nothing about transportation but instead talks about how they are effective against infantry.

They are nearly identical to / modeled after warthogs from Halo, which are quite effective in combat.

There is absolutely nothing to back up the argument that LAVs are meant as transports. They have always been meant as killing machines and the older versions were so easy to kill I was afraid to hop inside of one even as a transport.

If anything about the LAV needs changing to could trade some impact damage for drastically improved turret performance.

LAV = Light Assault Vehicle

LIGHT... tanks are HEAVY, tanks are killing machines. NOT LAV's ... seriously... i just don't know...

*Facepalm*

Light = Fast & mobile. Any good LAV player uses it for hit & run / harassment.

Heavy = Slow & powerful. HAVs move around slowly destroying everything in their path including LAVs that don't run away fast enough.

The "light" doesn't override the "assault". If it was a transport vehicle it would be called a Light Transport Vehicle.

LAV = Light Assault Vehicle

erm... isn't it Light Armoured Vehicle?

I'd be happy if they stopped cueing the 'death music' every time my dropship is airborne so I don't instantly run into a wall of missiles

Actually I guess we were both wrong, it's Light Attack Vehicle.





The wiki used the same description as the wikia. I'm not sure if either of those are the in-game description but I am 100% sure that like these two blurbs, it directly mentions it's anti infantry role but makes no direct reference to it's use as a transport.

I'm not trolling. I'm giving the facts.

LAV = Light Assault Vehicle

Their description mentions nothing about transportation but instead talks about how they are effective against infantry.

They are nearly identical to / modeled after warthogs from Halo, which are quite effective in combat.

There is absolutely nothing to back up the argument that LAVs are meant as transports. They have always been meant as killing machines and the older versions were so easy to kill I was afraid to hop inside of one even as a transport.

If anything about the LAV needs changing it could trade some impact damage for drastically improved turret performance.

@Jake- I've never argued that an LAVs primary function is ramming people. Just killing people. I'm fine with LAVs that make heavy use of their turrets instead of their bumpers. But at the moment that is not even a semi-viable role for LAVs.

I've quite literally killed more people with plasma cannons than LAV turrets.

The removal of free LAV's is a very good thing ice wanted for ages, it now means that lav's have some value, and it will make speccing into them more valuable. Maple how do you think people would treat tanks if everyone had access to a free fit?

If ppl had free miltia tank fits than it would get alot of players blown up and ppl would get the drift to not use them becuase of how reta rd UP they are. srly, all youl be doing is getting blown up in those whhy use them? miltia lavs are more survivable on the other hand and 1 hit ppl on the ram. So they do anti infaintry like a tank does and still survives to do it again and again in the same battle. Thats the difference, if LAVs were weak back to what they were in chromosome were no one complained about lavs because they were reasonable, then they would continue to be reasonable and no one would bring this up as an issue. Now ppl are gona get cought by the ppl who speced into LLAV wich are getting buffed because they dont have a ride. Feel bad for the new players. If they nerfed them back to what they were new players could at least get away

This is a really great point. If the LAV's had music to let you know where they are, there be no undetectable, invisible, murder taxi issue. Or at lest a much smaller one.

But seriously, getting rid of that drop ship sound? Great idea. Is it music, though? Or is it considered the sound of the engines?

If it is music, I bet the title is "kill the dropship" as music it stinks. It should be like "kill the wabbit" from the old bugs bunny cartoon.

What would happen is that people would be like "why spec into them and pay isk when you get loads of free ones?" any kind of free vehicles instantly devalue any one who decides to specialising into them. Making infantry have to actually pay isk and sp for their vehicles will hopefully make them more aware of the issues vehicles face and will help them understand how vehicles work more. This is quite simply one of the best moves CCP could have made.

I almost agree. I wont say that this is a "bad" fix but this also opens up more promblems. The sagas are getting buffed with built in hardners and a fearsome natural recharge rate that is greater than a tanks (wich a tank should have -_-) so their becoming more hardy than they are. Plus, the veteran players are pretty gone and this game is populated by open beta, low SP noobs who dont know how to play. Their not going to be able to comprehend or afford to buy milita lavs their gona walk. So, those who speced into lavs already are gona come out with buffs and run everyone over even harder. Noobs are going to see this and spec into this because they cant win the conventional methods of warfare (i.e. shoooting ppl) and continue to run ppl over. The promblem will arise again.


Like i said in the OP. We asked for a fix because Lavs are too powerful, they are harder to kill than tanks and kill everyone they touch, a very easy feat as we all know. So, free lavs are removed and the exsisting, powerful lavs gets buffed. That is the oppisite of what we asked for, now ppl are going to spec into lavs and kill everyone with even more impossible to kill Lavs

I have to agree that it doesn't solve the murder taxi issue, though it gone some way to reducing the amount you see. Well probably have to wait untill 1.4 for it to be fixed but at least they're working on it. And I think your getting the saga co feed with the sage 2, which is a tier 2 vehicle. Think of it this way, if a tier 2 LAV is better than a tier 1 tank, what must the tier 2 tanks be like?

In chrosome, we had weak lavs that was able to get 2 hit by standard AV nades and easily moped up by miltia AV. it got its owner around as intended and the lavs you speced into was reasonably durable and versitile, it was great. Then in the regression to Uprising, the milita lavs do not die, get ppl were they need to be and kills everyone. Also, the Speced lavs are more dangerous, survivable and mobility. So, we asked for the lavs to go back to their most perfect state and only be reliable transports again. A logical solution right?

Instead, no one can have lavs because their blue print is being removed. Also, lavs are being added with a higher shield recharge rate than tanks, built in resistance mods to continue them being more durable, and a missle launcher to look cute as ppl get ran over. Wtf? that is the exact opposite of what we wanted. Weve been cringing and QQing to get these things nerfed but instead ppl have to walk and those who do use lavs get batter lavs. Thats how we fix the current lav promblem, yes.

We want shield tanks buffed to be on par with armor tanks and tanks to suck a whole lot less against AV. AV isentreally OP, our tanks suck balls so its OP to us. We also want dropships to become usefull, these things are useless.


So, im anticipating the armor tanks to get nerfed to be on par with shield tanks so all tanks will be worthless in all senarios while AV grenades 2 shot everything but lavs instead of 3 shotting them like they do now. And dropships will remain untouched and forget about, as usually.

^ considering CCPs history on grasping vehicals, this is prolly accurate. Do the opposite of what they want!

@maple I was talking about survivability, not firepower. Tanks will always be the king in that regard. The lav's being such good killers right now is down to the murder taxi issue, but that said back in chromosome I knew of a couple of methana fits thT could give a tank a run for it's money in kill count, provided it had a good crew that is.

And unfortunately I wasn't, I first got into the closed beta around September but for various reasons didn't start playing u til January.

@Jake- I've never argued that an LAVs primary function is ramming people. Just killing people. I'm fine with LAVs that make heavy use of their turrets instead of their bumpers. But at the moment that is not even a semi-viable role for LAVs.

I've quite literally killed more people with plasma cannons than LAV turrets.

In chrosome, we had weak lavs that was able to get 2 hit by standard AV nades and easily moped up by miltia AV. it got its owner around as intended and the lavs you speced into was reasonably durable and versitile, it was great. Then in the regression to Uprising, the milita lavs do not die, get ppl were they need to be and kills everyone. Also, the Speced lavs are more dangerous, survivable and mobile. So, we asked for the lavs to go back to their most perfect state and only be reliable transports again. A logical solution right?

Instead, no one can have lavs because their blue print is being removed. Also, lavs are being added with a higher shield recharge rate than tanks, built in resistance mods to continue them being more durable, and a missle launcher to look cute as ppl get ran over. Wtf? that is the exact opposite of what we wanted. Weve been cringing and QQing to get these things nerfed but instead ppl have to walk and those who do use lavs get batter lavs. Thats how we fix the current lav promblem, yes.

We want shield tanks buffed to be on par with armor tanks and tanks to suck a whole lot less against AV. AV isentreally OP, our tanks suck balls so its OP to us. We also want dropships to become usefull, these things are useless.


So, im anticipating the armor tanks to get nerfed to be on par with shield tanks so all tanks will be worthless in all senarios while AV grenades 2 shot everything but lavs instead of 3 shotting them like they do now. And dropships will remain untouched and forget about, as usually.

^ considering CCPs history on grasping vehicals, this is prolly accurate. Do the opposite of what they want!

The LAV situation will never truly be fixed until CCP wakes up and gets rid of road kills.

Removing free LAVs just leaves fewer more powerful LAVs zooming around running people down. If LAV users actually had to work together and drive in a manner where they were dependent on turret kills for their WP they wouldn't be zooming around at top speed every single minute and even LLAVs would be easier targets.



About 99% sure they only come in the packs. As if this game needed more examples of p2w.

But seriously, getting rid of that drop ship sound? Great idea. Is it music, though? Or is it considered the sound of the engines?

If it is music, I bet the title is "kill the dropship" as music it stinks. It should be like "kill the wabbit" from the old bugs bunny cartoon.

But seriously, getting rid of that drop ship sound? Great idea. Is it music, though? Or is it considered the sound of the engines?

If it is music, I bet the title is "kill the dropship" as music it stinks. It should be like "kill the wabbit" from the old bugs bunny cartoon.

In chrosome, we had weak lavs that was able to get 2 hit by standard AV nades and easily moped up by miltia AV. it got its owner around as intended and the lavs you speced into was reasonably durable and versitile, it was great. Then in the regression to Uprising, the milita lavs do not die, get ppl were they need to be and kills everyone. Also, the Speced lavs are more dangerous, survivable and mobile. So, we asked for the lavs to go back to their most perfect state and only be reliable transports again. A logical solution right?

Instead, no one can have lavs because their blue print is being removed. Also, lavs are being added with a higher shield recharge rate than tanks, built in resistance mods to continue them being more durable, and a missle launcher to look cute as ppl get ran over. Wtf? that is the exact opposite of what we wanted. Weve been cringing and QQing to get these things nerfed but instead ppl have to walk and those who do use lavs get batter lavs. Thats how we fix the current lav promblem, yes.

We want shield tanks buffed to be on par with armor tanks and tanks to suck a whole lot less against AV. AV isentreally OP, our tanks suck balls so its OP to us. We also want dropships to become usefull, these things are useless.


So, im anticipating the armor tanks to get nerfed to be on par with shield tanks so all tanks will be worthless in all senarios while AV grenades 2 shot everything but lavs instead of 3 shotting them like they do now. And dropships will remain untouched and forget about, as usually.

^ considering CCPs history on grasping vehicals, this is prolly accurate. Do the opposite of what they want!

LAV = Light Assault Vehicle

Their description mentions nothing about transportation but instead talks about how they are effective against infantry.

They are nearly identical to / modeled after warthogs from Halo, which are quite effective in combat.

There is absolutely nothing to back up the argument that LAVs are meant as transports. They have always been meant as killing machines and the older versions were so easy to kill I was afraid to hop inside of one even as a transport.

If anything about the LAV needs changing it could trade some impact damage for drastically improved turret performance.