Armour columns getting you down?

[LoliLoveFart]

So we were getting our shit kicked in by tank spam on indar and one guy in our outfit just comes up with this idea of dropping out of a gal with tank mines and rocket launchers. Then the madness started. 2 drops to decimate an entire armour column. It was madness people were calling us mad in the warpgate, but we knew better, by god did we know better. :D

The purpose of this thread though is to discuss how you,your outfit or how you've seen people deal with tank spam. Also another GAB video :D

Planetside 2: Operation GAB drop [GAB] - YouTube

[Bags]

I deal with Tank spam by pulling a tank myself.

[bpostal]

Given enough people I prefer to fill the air between us and the magriders (it's always magriders) with rockets.

[LoliLoveFart]

Given enough people I prefer to fill the air between us and the magriders (it's always magriders) with rockets.

I hope you mean HA rockets not damned pods of rockets :mad:

[RobUK]

This absolutely epitomises Planetside for me. Doing crazy things and having fun doing them was always the most satisfying thing for me.

It's all the more sweeter when those crazy things actually work. I wish more people would try the more off the wall stuff instead of bemoaning balance all the time.

[EVILoHOMER]

I think Mines are so broken atm but I wanna know what server you're on because that never happens with me. If I drop in anywhere I instantly die as that drop pod is a massive arrow saying kill me to anything around.

Really SOE need to make MBT a multi person vehicle like the Lib or how they were in Planetside. They need to redesign the bases so it isn't vehicles camping spawns and doorways. They need to create more infantry areas.

Sorted.

[LoliLoveFart]

I think Mines are so broken atm but I wanna know what server you're on because that never happens with me. If I drop in anywhere I instantly die as that drop pod is a massive arrow saying kill me to anything around.

Really SOE need to make MBT a multi person vehicle like the Lib or how they were in Planetside. They need to redesign the bases so it isn't vehicles camping spawns and doorways. They need to create more infantry areas.

Sorted.

I play on Briggs, i think mines are in a decent place, 100 certs for the ability to instagib a mbt without mineguard (with a mbt can eat two mines and live with it maxed a mbt can eat all 3 mines you can place and a 4th) Most of the time we drop in no one pays us much attention for fuck knows what reason but we usually just waddle up to a tank drop our mines and run. Some times however someone with half a braincell sees us drop and puts two and two together and starts railing on us.

[Canaris]

glad to see you take a different approach to tank zergs than just rolling with the magriders, this is what makes PS fun :D

[Whiteagle]

I hope you mean HA rockets not damned pods of rockets :mad:
Dude, we're the Terran Republic and everything BESIDES you is invincible...

WE SHALL USE ALL THE EXPLOSIVES!!!

This absolutely epitomises Planetside for me. Doing crazy things and having fun doing them was always the most satisfying thing for me.

It's all the more sweeter when those crazy things actually work. I wish more people would try the more off the wall stuff instead of bemoaning balance all the time.
"Alright, everyone in formation?"

"FORM SUPER BATTLE FRAME ROBOT, GO!!!"
Saikyo_Yuusha_Robo_Gundan - YouTube

[Qwan]

I play on Briggs, i think mines are in a decent place, 100 certs for the ability to instagib a mbt without mineguard (with a mbt can eat two mines and live with it maxed a mbt can eat all 3 mines you can place and a 4th) Most of the time we drop in no one pays us much attention for fuck knows what reason but we usually just waddle up to a tank drop our mines and run. Some times however someone with half a braincell sees us drop and puts two and two together and starts railing on us.

Cool vid I have to agree with Canaris on this one man, ideas and crazy tactics like this is what makes PS the fun game that it is. Throw K/D ratio to the side (it has no rewards anyway) and just have fun with the game. Thinking of new ways to put it to the enemy, its what makes Planetside the game it is today.

P.S. And mines are not broken, ANTI TANK MINE, its what they do. But if it makes you feel beter you can add a anti mine kit to your tank.

[Suitepee]

Good video, this inspires me to try this tactic out sometime.

[Whiteagle]

I'd post some of my crazy ideas, but then you people in the other Factions would just steal them...

...And NO, it has nothing to do with Deploying an S-AMS on top of a Galaxy... <.< >.> <.<

[HiroshiChugi]

...And NO, it has nothing to do with Deploying an S-AMS on top of a Galaxy... <.< >.> <.<

how would one even accomplish that? o-O

[Whiteagle]

how would one even accomplish that? o-O

...Not telling... :X

[Captain1nsaneo]

Well done you guys, this really is the back bone of Planetside.

[Arm]

...And NO, it has nothing to do with Deploying an S-AMS on top of a Galaxy... <.< >.> <.<

I saw a Galaxy with a tank on it yesterday landing on the airpad of a bio-dome. Shit blew up before the tank could get off of the galaxy.

Can people spawn on top of the galaxy like that?

[Nolerhn]

Cool video man. Makes me wonder if vehicles are really too numerous/OP, or if the playerbase itself has not adapted to the current battle situation and taken appropriate actions.

[Zakuak]

good vid, looks like it was a blast...err no pun intended,

[LoliLoveFart]

I saw a Galaxy with a tank on it yesterday landing on the airpad of a bio-dome. Shit blew up before the tank could get off of the galaxy.

Can people spawn on top of the galaxy like that?

Yes but when we tried the randoms who spawned from it just ran forward assuming it was on the ground and ran off the gal, dying horribly.

Cool video man. Makes me wonder if vehicles are really too numerous/OP, or if the playerbase itself has not adapted to the current battle situation and taken appropriate actions.

I think the only vehicle that gets spammed too hard from the ground vehicles are sunderers. Tanks and such have so many things that can kill them and with tank mines getting more and more popular, tanks really have it hard. :(

[Whiteagle]

Yes but when we tried the randoms who spawned from it just ran forward assuming it was on the ground and ran off the gal, dying horribly.
...So it is possible?

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j65/Whiteagle/GendoJustAsPlannedAwesomeshades.jpg

Thank you for confirming this.

[LoliLoveFart]

...So it is possible?


Thank you for confirming this.

You are going to want the airframe for your galaxy that improves VTOL, otherwise you are going to take 12 years to get to about 100 metres in the air.
Also you can do it in the warpgate.
Set the gal up near one of the beams of the centre part so you can drive straight down it in the sundy and turn near the end to drive stright onto the gal.
In the air if you wana move the sundy driver has to counterbalance the gal otherwise it will flip and you will both die horribly.

[Whiteagle]

You are going to want the airframe for your galaxy that improves VTOL, otherwise you are going to take 12 years to get to about 100 metres in the air.
Also you can do it in the warpgate.
Set the gal up near one of the beams of the centre part so you can drive straight down it in the sundy and turn near the end to drive stright onto the gal.
In the air if you wana move the sundy driver has to counterbalance the gal otherwise it will flip and you will both die horribly.
Well I figured it'd be rather impractical for actual combat, but since The Mobile Infantry are suppose to be a Light Assault Outfit I figure it'd be great for HALF training.

[Rivenshield]

I still wish they had some kind of low-power all-purpose mine so we could lay actual minefields like we did ten years ago.

/grumps

[Sunrock]

Tank spam gets my liberator hard...

[Captain1nsaneo]

You are going to want the airframe for your galaxy that improves VTOL, otherwise you are going to take 12 years to get to about 100 metres in the air.
Also you can do it in the warpgate.
Set the gal up near one of the beams of the centre part so you can drive straight down it in the sundy and turn near the end to drive stright onto the gal.
In the air if you wana move the sundy driver has to counterbalance the gal otherwise it will flip and you will both die horribly.

Makes senses, makes sense. But I would encourage you to do the following tests:
See if a scythe can lift a sundy
See how tanks respond to being on a gal's back
Do infantry/MAXs respond well to being on a Gal's back? (can they shoot effectively)
Can you repair mid air?
Do AA lock on missiles work correctly when fired from mid air?
Do the physics of a deployed sundy work differently than one that's mobile?
Where in a biolab is a sundy best deployed?
Where on a biolab is a sundy best deployed? Can you fit it under cover when on the roof?

Hmm... I need to revisit the tech plant.

[LoliLoveFart]

Makes senses, makes sense. But I would encourage you to do the following tests:
See if a scythe can lift a sundy
See how tanks respond to being on a gal's back
Do infantry/MAXs respond well to being on a Gal's back? (can they shoot effectively)
Can you repair mid air?
Do AA lock on missiles work correctly when fired from mid air?
Do the physics of a deployed sundy work differently than one that's mobile?
Where in a biolab is a sundy best deployed?
Where on a biolab is a sundy best deployed? Can you fit it under cover when on the roof?

Hmm... I need to revisit the tech plant.

Haha ill answer what I know.
Scythes cant lift sundies.
Tanks need to move all the time to keep the gal centered otherwise it flips back and you both die.
MAXs and Infatry can ride on a gals back, you can fire AA missles effectively and repair it mid air. Hardest part is the fact the gals hitbox around the wings and tail is HUGE.
The only physics difference with a deployed sundy is it wont move at all so if the gal tips it wont roll but they do slide a little bit iirc.
Best place to deploy them is just inside the doors so they cant be libbed/rocket podded and have a team of engies keep it up.
Never tried to put one on the roof but from my expereince beig a dick ass LA on the roof there wouldn't be enough room.

[HiroshiChugi]

...Not telling... :X

aw come on, you can't even private message me about it? :\

[Forsaken One]

Dude, we're the Terran Republic and everything BESIDES you is invincible...
"Alright, everyone in formation?"

"FORM SUPER BATTLE FRAME ROBOT, GO!!!"


There's a Smurf!!!! They are bringing out their air and tanks. Hurry, summon the prototype BFR Impact!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRj7XVFd3Ic

[LoliLoveFart]

There's a Smurf!!!! They are bringing out their air and tanks. Hurry, summon the prototype BFR Impact!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRj7XVFd3Ic

Oh you went there.
Mother
Fucking
BFRS
:mad::fu::fu::fu::fu::fu:

[Graywolves]

That's awesome :lol:

Seriously gonna do this now.