Gameplay: Spawning vehicles while wearing the wrong armor

[Xyntech]

Restricting which armor you can wear while driving certain vehicles is good for balance, but it can be inconvenient when you need to switch to the appropriate armor before running all the way over to the vehicle pad.

If you gave the vehicle pad the ability to remove a players current armor and replace it with armor more appropriate to driving the selected vehicle, it would streamline the process of getting into a vehicle and allow for a lot more balancing options.

You could have basic armor be the only armor (or one of a limited number) that can pilot a vehicle, yet still allow even someone in a MAX suit to be able to spawn the vehicle.

When that MAX got up to that terminal and spawned the vehicle, they would just get a pop up saying something like:

"The armor you are wearing is unable to drive/pilot the vehicle you have requested. Would you like to spawn the vehicle anyways and lose the current armor you are wearing?"

With little "Yes" or "Cancel" options.

Then they either get their armor replaced with a default driving loadout, or they get the option to choose one of their own loadouts as long as that loadout is compatible with the vehicle they wish to drive.

[Crator]

I like it. This should have been in PS1 imo.

[DviddLeff]

Would work perfectly, if not this then slap an equipment terminal right next to the vehicle bay.

[Crator]

Originally Posted by DviddLeff

Would work perfectly, if not this then slap an equipment terminal right next to the vehicle bay.

I thought about that, the only issue with doing that is it gives easy access to enemies so they can hack it. At least before you had to do more work to get to a terminal to hack to change gear.

[Traak]

Originally Posted by Crator

I thought about that, the only issue with doing that is it gives easy access to enemies so they can hack it. At least before you had to do more work to get to a terminal to hack to change gear.

Then make it work like this: It doesn't work that way for enemy hackers. They have to have the appropriate outfit on or they can't get a vehicle.

Done.

[Brusi]

Could be something high up the skill tree of enemy hacking, to allow the equipment term functionality at the same time.

Great idea for speeding up gameplay though. Would be the coolest ever for this to already be in PS!