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2011-07-24, 05:29 PM | [Ignore Me] #1 | ||
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Hopefully some of our friendly neighborhood Devs will notice and be able to answer this...
In PlanetSide, everyone could carry some sort of anti-armor weapon, be it empire-specific AV, a Decimator or Rocklet rifle. AP ammo was an option too. In PS2, I find it more and more likely that only the "Engineer" class will have access to a missile/rocket launcher. Multiple ammo types will most likely not be available in PS2, as I think SOE wants to streamline gameplay, rather than keep it complicated. If this is the case, one solution would be to make MAXes more susceptible to small arms fire. However, with all the disadvantages of using a MAX, I can't see why anyone would want to choose being slow, DPS-only and not really that much more resilient in a firefight. I'm kind of hoping that all classes, except Infiltrator, MAX and Light Assault will be able to carry a secondary weapon, like a grenade or rocket launcher. Perhaps the Light Assault class will be able to have a secondary weapon too, at the expense of not being able to wear and use a jetpack. The Engineer could have access to more potent AV weapons, but everyone should have access to something that lets them deal with armored threats, at the expense of having to swap weapons should any infantry pose a threat in the meantime. I think not carrying what might be more useful at the time is downside enough and I hope the AV side of PS2 won't be one of the things inspired by the Battlefield series. |
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2011-07-24, 06:00 PM | [Ignore Me] #6 | |||
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But the other way has proven to be... difficult to balance. A slight tweak ends up in entire loadout changes. Creating hard walls between certain capabilitys you a) improve the indaviduals who do that (because they know you can't stack it) and b) can make more granular changes without impacting so many other parts of the game. Thats my hope anyway. |
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2011-07-24, 06:11 PM | [Ignore Me] #7 | |||
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2011-07-25, 01:57 AM | [Ignore Me] #8 | |||
Major
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What you can't do is add AV to all your other loadouts which imo is kewl (asuming they did it that way). |
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2011-07-27, 10:13 AM | [Ignore Me] #9 | ||
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The reason is teamwork and balance. If everyone has AV it means vehicles and max are very strong and infantry are more or less forced to use them. If they are more limited vehicles and max can be weaker, as well as give those av classes more value. That said, they could still have AP ammo. In ps2 you might even have to use it and (omg!!) make a tradeoff decision.
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2011-07-28, 04:35 PM | [Ignore Me] #10 | |||
Sergeant
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Whew, big words. |
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2011-07-28, 05:25 PM | [Ignore Me] #11 | ||||
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Hell, a full magazine of AP ammo from the Cycler is enough to completely destroy an unshielded mossy.
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2011-07-24, 05:46 PM | [Ignore Me] #12 | ||
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I imagine any true form of rocket launcher will be assault only. However, these heavy weapons guys will probably be completely reliant on medics and engineers for any real efficient healing/repairs. I'm sure there are med-kits, but those are really for emergencies, not for downtime healing.
Finally, I'm going to believe (if there is any) that SA will be fairly generic and be available to nearly every class. It's all still mostly anti-infantry weaponry, not as effective as close range HA, but won't be replacing an assault rifle either. Something akin to the rocklet rifle might be the proper counter against MAXes for none-heavy weapons guys. I say heavy weaons guys because we don't know if heavy armor is actually restricted to all but one class. For all we know, medics and engineers can wear heavy armor too, just that the jump trooper can only wear light armor. |
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2011-07-24, 08:36 PM | [Ignore Me] #13 | ||
First Lieutenant
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I doubt that Anti-Armor weaponry will be common-pool, the same way that I don't think Sniper rifles will be common-pool. Anti-Armor weapons (like Sniper rifles) serve a very specific and very POWERFUL role. I assume that Anti-Armor will be among the trees in Heavy Assault (in fact, Sniping might be, as well).
Additionally, I don't think that Engineering will contain any Anti-Armor projectile weapons (such as Lancers, Decimators, etc). Combat Engineering is about tools and devices; it's only games like Battlefield that arbitrarily decided that engineers also wield gigantic bazookas. The Anti-Armor weapons that Combat Engineers will have will be anti-tank mines, explosives, etc. |
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2011-07-24, 08:45 PM | [Ignore Me] #14 | ||
Colonel
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I would like one of the classes of grenade you can carry(or perhaps, and alternate fire mode for grenades) to be a sticky grenade that sticks to vehicles/maxs and does quite good damage but has little splash, and would be available to all.
There should also at the very least be a light AV weapon available to all infantry. Something like the RPG-7 or M-72. But I also wouldn't mind a dedicated AV class of heavy soldier that gets proper AV and AA but a teeny gun. |
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2011-07-24, 09:25 PM | [Ignore Me] #15 | |||
Major General
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Yea typically in Planetside the egnieer has always been about deployables and repairs...I dont think that would change just because DICE in their infinite wisdom made enginners carry AV. |
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