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Halador Osiris
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Posted - 2013.08.01 14:16:00 -
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HAVs and Dropships have a problem. If you want to survive an entire match, you'll need to pay well over the revenue that any single match can generate. On top of that, if a vehicle can be destroyed in any one match, it can theoretically be destroyed in every match. Somebody start up a shark loan corporation and we're golden.
So, how do we fix this? I have no idea, but if no changes are made to the entire system then there are two ways to go:
Vehicles remain as they are, vehicle operators either need funding from outside sources (like their corp) or they need to run around on the ground for a few matches every time they lose their vehicle.
Vehicles are buffed to a point where they are immortal.
As you can see, neither of these is favorable. The only close solution I can think up is to buff vehicles to the point where they are near immortal, but that still poses the problem that a vehicle which can be destroyed in any one match can be destroyed in every match.
What other systems can you guys think up? |
Halador Osiris
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Posted - 2013.08.01 14:48:00 -
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Scheneighnay McBob wrote:Easy- make them significantly cheaper.
We'll also see more vehicles that way, and AV will actually be a viable role for WP gain. The cool thing about this approach is that it would turn DUST into the battles that the trailers show, where vehicles are EVERYWHERE. I'd love to have columns of tanks with dropships overhead.
Secondly, to the point of FGs being able to cover the entire battlefield from one spot, a larger battlefield would bring down that risk considerably. I've been advocating larger maps since I started this game, and I can't wait to see them happen. |
Halador Osiris
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Posted - 2013.08.01 15:13:00 -
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I find it funny that a frigate in EVE can cost a couple hundred thousand ISK, but a vehicle in DUST can cost a million. I'd like to add on that a frigate is roughly the length of a 747.
EDIT: I'd like to note, only the cheapest of frigates will be several hundred thousand ISK, and only the most expensive DUST vehicles will cost over a million ISK, but the point still stands. |
Halador Osiris
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Posted - 2013.08.01 15:21:00 -
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I'd like to add on an M-1 Abrams compared to a Rifter compared to a 747:
http://i.imm.io/1emX1.jpeg
BTW, M-1 Abrams has a hull length of 7m. Rifter currently costs 420K ISK on the market. |
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