New veichle idea

[Dudeski]

There should be a veichle that is almost like a flying base. It should require a lot of certs to get and maybe be a high command rank. You could spawn there and spawn some veichles then air drop them. You could just drop out as normal infintry by going it a tube and it launches you out and actavates the little blue dealies wich take away falling damage. It couldn't move very fast and can be infultrated by enemy ships. There would problt be landing pads and an open side so you can drop out in vechiles and enemys can get in. I think it could be really cool.:cool:

[diluted]

.... an uber flying ams? :D


sounds kind of cool. seems a bit unbalanced and maybe a little unnecessary, but i dunno it does seem nice.

[1024]

a little unecessary?



PS - Trust me, this isn't the first tiem someone came up with the idea of a flying fortress

[NoSurrender]

wow no offense but that sounds soooo ubalanced and almost a lil stupid (im not trying to offend u

[Eliaas_Demens]

Actually I like that idea. Just make it disgustingly slow, and give it the same HP as an AMS. Most of the time any watchful AA troop will solo kill that kind of unit.

[ThundaHawkPS]

Think of the lag.

[MilitantB0B]

I really don't like the idea as I think it would either be overpowered or underused. However, I could be convinced if it had a yamato cannon and they added a new voice macro that said, "Battle Cruiser Operational" :)

[Sp3ctre]

I would make a new thread for this, but that's spamming the boards, so I have my own vehicle idea...

A Neo-Galleon (Not the actual name). It's like a Galleon (you know, the battle ships with guns on the sides?) but New (hence the 'Neo'). What it would be is an 11 person Tank with 5 cannons on each side (1 driver, 10 gunners). It would drive into the battlefield and take down thousands of infantry troops (slight exaggeration)

Overpowered?

Here's the catch. ALL 11 people must be certified, this would kinda stop EVERYONE using it. So even gunners must spend points on using it. It would also be very slow, so vunerable to enemy AV weapons.

[pauljar1]

...and Star Craft makes a dramatic entrance...

:)

[1024]

I want my Carrier! :D

[MilitantB0B]

Just give me a couple of the the guy in my avatar to command.


[brainstorm]I've got a great idea!!! WORLD OF STARCAFT!!!! :D They must make and I must have!!!! :drools:

[Adun]

my idea:

Id like to see an air carrier that can't land, but comes with galaxy pads near the bottom decks to get things down and a loadstar pad (i can't wait til that thing comes out) and a new air veicle able to launch from the top, which is a big strech on one or more runways.

The new air veicle holds a shitload of weapons, but works like today's planes. It can stall and stuff, but can go pretty fast and drop a one or two shot load of bombs, some rockets from a pod or its chaingun that's slanted down. It would be great for attacking the ground, but can only hold ammo to strike once or twice and can be shot down really easily. The pilot will need to use his speed because a few shots from a skyguard will bring it down.

These new air veicles luanch from one or two little runways and land on either a road or the one landing runway on the carrier. These veicles cant move up or down or hover or anything so thats the only way they can land.

Instead of a complicated system to see if the planes stalling or not, it could just have a minimum speed. The planes are empire-specific and hold different weapons.'

TR: cluster bombs, pod of swarming missles and a minigun.
NC: large bomb, 2 or so large missles and a mini-cannon.
VS: targetable/controllable smart bomb, 2 or so lazer missle topredo things and a lazer.

thats about it

[Adun]

How about a dropship a little smaller than a hart that lands, deployes and works like a amt? Theres enough room for people to spawn inside, get their equipment and then get out.

[Revolver]

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum10/HTML/000432.html This idea has been getting nothing other than positive feedback. And with 4 pages currently, not a single flame is one helluva accomplishment at the official forums!

[Happy lil Elf]

That's exactly the thread I thought of when I saw this. Good ideas in there.

[TheRegurgitator]

we need orbital station!

[Sp3ctre]

Man the official board idea is sweet

[BUGGER]

i think there should be just a cargo plan or helocopter that could take tanks and has a very big trunk.

[MilitantB0B]

:confused: Loadestar?:confused:
Or am I confused?

[BUGGER]

wat tahts the cargo thing? i need updatin......

[Hamma]

Allot of sound and data from teh orbital stations are still in the game :p

[Kaltagesta]

i think [although u could not implement it now at the risk of underpowering the new units with it, unless you changed all the current ones] that the planes should have to land and take off from a runway, or a long stretch of ground. make it more fun and realistic. maybe the mozz would be the only hovering one.

[Kaltagesta]

[sorry hamma, we posted at the same time]

what were the orbital stations?

[Hamma]

They were in way back in the day, they allowed you to spawn in space, it used to be where you went after the HART went up, you chose your drop point from the orbital station.

Not sure what other things they had in mind for them.

[NightWalker XI]

Originally posted by BUGGER33
i think there should be just a cargo plan or helocopter that could take tanks and has a very big trunk.

Its already in the working, called the Lodestar, knowing the devs it will look similar to Gal Reaver and Skeeter just like the Lib did, and also knowing them it will have the new fucked up colour scheme

[Vis Armata]

Here's a crazy idea: A half-sized galaxy; no room for MAXes or vehicles, but slightly stronger weapons and armor (maybe the 25mm cannons from the Liberator). It would be more like a gunship, but used as a faster aerial delivery vehicle (kind like the Deliverer, but for the air - so a compliment of 5 to 6). It might co-opt the Galaxy, but only for those squads that are low on people or don't have the need for a full transport (or don't believe in ANTs).

edit: in the alternative, the design could be empire-specific, as there isn't many empire vehicles to choose from.