Vehicle Explosion Splash Damage

Silentsky · 2012-04-13, 05:57 PM

What do people think of an area of affect splash damage that occurs when a vehicle explodes? One could make use of this by attaching a bunch of C4--boomers--to a vehicle that is then activated by the vehicle explosion damage. It could make for some nice suicide runs. You could also use it as a last ditch attempt to kill that pesky infantryman who has been trolling your tank. Finally, it just makes the game feel more like a real combat environment; put blankly, vehicle explosions contain shrapnel and heat, they hurt. (Also, not sure if this is already in the game).

What do you think?

Alduron · 2012-04-13, 05:59 PM

If something explodes when I'm standing near it, I'd expect to be injured in some way. I'm for it.

Bags · 2012-04-13, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by Silentsky

infantryman who has been trolling your tank. ?

wat

Kran De Loy · 2012-04-13, 06:02 PM

The one guy that keeps jumping onto your secondary gun and dancing without his pants on. That guy.
Deserves hot shrapnel in the nether regions.

Silentsky · 2012-04-13, 06:04 PM

What I mean to say is that an enemy infantryman shouldn't be able to run around your vehicle at pointblank range and expect to not take any damage when it explodes in his face.

Kran De Loy · 2012-04-13, 06:05 PM

Or 'accidentally' runs him over and gets bits of his kabob stuck in the exhaust pipe.

Blackwolf · 2012-04-13, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by Silentsky

What I mean to say is that an enemy infantryman shouldn't be able to run around your vehicle at pointblank range and expect to not take any damage when it explodes in his face.

This couldn't happen. Why? Simply put every single vehicle can quickly out pace a grunt on foot. Meaning running around a tank at point blank will have the driver laugh at you, pull forward 20 feet, and shoot you in the face. Not to mention any weapon a grunt could carry and do significant damage to the tank with would have a sizable splash of it's own, and would hurt. A lot.

TBH vehicle explosions serve no real purpose. Immediate area maybe, but not weapons grade "20 foot radius explosion!!!!" strait out of Hollywood.

Kran De Loy · 2012-04-13, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by Blackwolf

This couldn't happen. Why? Simply put every single vehicle can quickly out pace a grunt on foot. Meaning running around a tank at point blank will have the driver laugh at you, pull forward 20 feet, and shoot you in the face.

TBH vehicle explosions serve no real purpose. Immediate area maybe, but not weapons grade "20 foot radius explosion!!!!" strait out of Hollywood.

Pretty much it's mostly used as a deterrent for a vehicle pilot to bail at the last moment. If you're going to bail make sure you're doing it soon enough that the thing doesn't blow on you while you've just got the door/hatch open. Otherwise yeah, giant assplosions from vehicles isn't necessary.

Blackwolf · 2012-04-13, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Kran De Loy

Pretty much it's mostly used as a deterrent for a vehicle pilot to bail at the last moment. If you're going to bail make sure you're doing it soon enough that the thing doesn't blow on you while you've just got the door/hatch open. Otherwise yeah, giant assplosions from vehicles isn't necessary.

Why deter such a thing in the first place?

Shogun · 2012-04-13, 06:01 PM

it was that way in ps1 and nobody said it was removed (yet).

i expect vehicle explosions to hurt at least in a small radius.

Bittermen · 2012-04-13, 06:41 PM

Def.

Almost every game now does this right? I mean Halo and BF do... I think.

Destroyeron · 2012-04-13, 08:38 PM

They should definitely be in, no questions asked. If I'm about to explode your gonna be damn sure I'm driving towards something blue or purple colored and taking it with me.

Pollo Jack · 2012-04-13, 09:17 PM

Yes, this mechanic was in many games including the original PS. It would be a travesty to not have it return.