Kills Through Cockpits

[Steambot]

Any idea if it will be possible to, for example, snipe enemies out of Liberators and such? Or off quads, etc. That kind of thing. Not a big deal, but it'd be cool.

[Gandhi]

I remember this was asked during a Q&A once, it was a "No" with the caveat that it might be possible for open vehicles like ATVs.

[Steambot]

Originally Posted by Gandhi

I remember this was asked during a Q&A once, it was a "No" with the caveat that it might be possible for open vehicles like ATVs.

Okay, sounds good.

[Stardouser]

Definitely needs to be possible for open vehicles like ATVs, but you gotta admit, if you can find yourself next to the window of some other vehicle that has a window where you can fire your weapon 6 inches away from the driver's head, would suck to not be able to get him.

[Seagoon]

Well they make those things out of bullet proof glass for a reason.

[Memeotis]

It's a nice feature, and I like it in games like Battlefield, but simply given the number of players and the relatively slow speed of the Galaxy, it would be detrimental to the gameplay. If this was to be included in the game, it wouldn't be soldiers dropping from the sky, it would be un-piloted Galaxies.

[Sirisian]

[Pepsi]

I'd really only like sniper rifles (preferably bolt-action) to be able to penetrate the glass on air vehicles. I don't want some guy spraying my Galaxy with his chain-gun and end up getting a lucky, random hit on the driver and score 12 kills.

[MasterCalaelen]

I think being able to kill people through vehicle windows would be awesome, especially air vehicles. But I can see why they would not want to add such a system.

[Trafalgar]

It's probably not glass, but some superhard transparent material.

The Vanu don't use forcefield cockpits, do they?

[Bravix]

Originally Posted by Pepsi

I'd really only like sniper rifles (preferably bolt-action) to be able to penetrate the glass on air vehicles. I don't want some guy spraying my Galaxy with his chain-gun and end up getting a lucky, random hit on the driver and score 12 kills.

Ah yes, because bolt action's do more damage....

Yeah I'm pretty sure the cockpit glass or whatever material it is would be strong enough to withstain a bullet.

If not, the stress from taking flak or any other damage would shatter the canopy. You'd be flying around with either no canopy or a shattered one that won't let you see.

[DOUBLEXBAUGH]

To the others mentioning it, Higby has said that with open cockpit vehicles (ATVs and after launch Buggies), you WILL be able to shoot the driver. As others have mentioned, closed in cockpits with windows (any Air vehicle and Sunderers) was a no atm.

[Kezz]

To draw a comparison, a .50cal from a Ma Deuce won't go through a fighter cockpit canopy. So it's not beyond the realms of credibility that vehicle windows will be tough enough to resist the biggest small arms available in PS2. Not, of course, that "realism" should be allowed to get in the way of good game play, but obviously, one-shotting 12-15 people is hardly going to get considered "good game play".

[lolroflroflcake]

Definitely not for Sunders and Airplanes thats for sure, they'll have a hard enough time with all the AV and AA, they don't need to give every sniper and machine gunner in the game the ability to easily take them out, it would just utterly destroy the balance for those aspects of the game.

ATV's have so little going for them to begin with that it would make little difference in their average survival time, they explode when they hit a bump wrong as we all saw.

Also what in the world is a Ma Deuce.

[Soothsayer]

Rock isn't supposed to beat paper. Just like paper's no good against scissor.