Lancer will rule all!

[Zumthor]

I have a feeling that the lancer i going to dominate against all vehicle/MAX type things. Its a giant laser gun!!! How could it ot rule!:twisted:

[�io]

Right you are. :)

http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies/contrib/sarge/Laser_anim.gif

[Lexington_Steele]

I am all for Vanu and all, but I am more worried about the devastating effects of the Terran Republic Striker.

Long range missiles that lock on to their target. If you look at the weapons picture, it looks like it has a clip (so it will be able to fire multiple shots).

Imagine a Gallaxy trying to land and being shot out of the sky by just a handful of soldiers with one of these equipped. Skeeters dropping like flies because you can not dodge these missiles.

Oh man, it seems like the Terran Republic has premier anti-vehicle weapon. I could easily see the Striker being carried by each and every TR soldier as their secondary weapon. Now that is a scarry thought.

(I might have to reconsider my faction choice to avoid fighting against this weapon)

[Mtx]

You can't drop flares to avoid being struck down?

:confused:

[Lexington_Steele]

Are there flares? (and can I equip them on my mosquito?)

[Monsoon]

is this tribes?
:eek: :)

[�io]

It's a launcher. Yes it locks on but lock does not = hit. You can still outrun and outmaneuver it. As for it's clip i doubt they'll include more than a max of 5-10 ammo, anything else would make it very powerful indeed. Either way i'll be sneaking up on you TRs (if i'M not one myself) and feeding you some plasma up close and personal. :)

[Hamma]

I'm sure the other 2 empires have some sweet anti vehicle weapons we havent seen yet. As for flares they really havent been mentioned. We shall see ;)

[War Mongrel]

My guess is the Lancer won't do as much damage directly as the Striker or Pheonix. Plus the Striker and Pheonix will likely have splash damage.

[Enkidu]

Refire Rate: Slow

Make your first shot count, because you don't get a second one if you are aiming at me. :D :D

[War Mongrel]

BTW, I say the Punisher will rule all.

[Tobias]

Lancer will have like a clip kinda two, and rember its an energy weapon so though its not a lock i think it will be a lot fast then the others getting to its target.

[Hamma]

oh well, I will just run you down with my mosquito/reaver :D

[Tobias]

And i will shoot down your skeeter with the AMP i wont carry, what now brown cow?!

[NapalmEnima]

Each empire has an advantage in the anti-vehicle weapon department.

TR: It can track it's target. Pretty Schweet

NC: Can be fired out of site, come around a corner, and then smack into it's target. Not Being Seen is Pretty Schweet.

VS: Insta-hit weapon. Outrun that. Pretty Schweet.

Common Pool: Hits the hardest, and is smaller than the rest... dumbfire only.

Different, but balanced.

I wouldn't worry about one side having an advantage over the others.


Same deal with lots of other weapons. Assault rifles for example:

VS: Very little recoil, means more shots on target at all ranges... but this won't matter as much up close.
NC: More damage from the same ammo. Hardest hitting assault rifle?
TR: Best rate of fire + big ammo capacity. SCOPE. ROF won't mean much at long range, where recoil will spray stuff everywhere. And THIS one gets the scope. Just remember the phrase "short, controlled bursts".

Basically, the TR guys don't need a mag implant to snipe with their assault rifle.

I wouldn't be suprised to find that the damage/sec is pretty even across all weapons, at medium range (20 50m?)... where recoil becomes an issue. I think the TR are going to be best up close (more bullets on target, scatter will be less of a concern), and the Vanu will have an advantage at longe range... while CS comes in as average across the board.

And the punisher will be comparable across the board, if slightly inferior. But the punisher has a Big Fricket Rocket. Boom.

I'm expecting the punisher and NC rifles to use the same ammo. The TR rifle will use the same bullets, but use different clips (a drum in this case). Same kinds of bullets too. From what was said in various places, I'm expecting there to be different ammo types... armor piercing, anti-personel, maybe a few others.

Vanu aren't going to care about ammo types, I'm expecting consistent performance against all targets. That means no reloading when you switch target types. I also wouldn't be suprised to find that they can fire the longest on a reload. TR may have the most shots per reload, but they'll spew rounds so fast that they'll run out of ammo just as fast as the other empires, if not faster.


Verant has worked hard (and is no doubt still working hard) on keeping things different but balanced. I Expect Great Things.

[Zumthor]

So what your saying is Vanu win right?

[�io]

Originally posted by NapalmEnima
Each empire has an advantage in the anti-vehicle weapon department.

TR: It can track it's target. Pretty Schweet

NC: Can be fired out of site, come around a corner, and then smack into it's target. Not Being Seen is Pretty Schweet.

VS: Insta-hit weapon. Outrun that. Pretty Schweet.

Common Pool: Hits the hardest, and is smaller than the rest... dumbfire only.

Different, but balanced.

I wouldn't worry about one side having an advantage over the others.



That's what i was gonna say, glad to see someone else looked past their empire racism. :D

I like you !
*Hugs Napalm in a very non gay way*

Also i'm guessing the Vanu anti-vehicle wep will have more ammo(very likely) and do more damage on a direct hit since there's no splash damage.

[NapalmEnima]

Don't get me wrong, TR is definitely superior to alla ya'll rebs. I'm just trying to sound impartial to lul the fools into a false sense of security.

The better to crush you with, my dear.

[Tobias]

Of course the Vanu will win.

[Lexington_Steele]

I think it might work like this:

The TR one will be fire and forget making it pretty damn sweet.

The NC one will be able to be fired from protected locations which is also nice butt you will have to take a significant amount of time directing each shot..

The Vanu one will probably be the least damaging, but will have the largest clip (battery) and have the quickest refire rate.

[�io]

Well they will have pretty much the same damage (all high) and the NC can only fire one round so as stated before there really isn't a clear winner, they all have a certain advantage.

[Tobias]

I think the lancer will be the best because the Vanu have it....

[jamikey]

Vanu blows and so does the lancer..j/k..lol

[Tobias]

jamikey, I do believe your a hater.

[Flashingfish]

I think when they said the Striker will "lock on" they didn't mean if it missed the target it would turn around and hit the target.

Neither do I think that missles can turn very much, so if you lock on, you would have to be nearly on target for it to hit. This is similar to unnreal tournament, where if you were already pretty much on target, you would hit. But if the target moved horizontally a long way, you would miss.

[�io]

:stupid:

[Tobias]

I conqure....and misspell many words.