Sunderers are pretty workable as mobile spawns, far better than the Galaxy ever was or could be.
However, I believe that there are a number of possible upgrades for the AMSunderer that should be explored and made into added AMS Tiers:
Tier 1: Current AMS Cert and resulting functionality.
Tier 2: Adds a shield bubble that absorbs a fixed amount of damage. The shield works like the infantry shield in that it takes a set amount of damage and only recharges after an amount of time out of combat. Small arms fire does not affect the shield state (to keep snipers from exploiting by keeping them in combat).
Tier 3: Physical Barriers are setup just outside the Shield bubble, they are not destructible, but are 'destroyed' when the Sunderer undeploys or is destroyed. These barriers act as infantry cover.
Tier 4: Point Defense Radar is basically the Scout Radar built into the deployed AMSunderer with a range of no more than 100 yards (exact range is up to balance requirements).
Tier 5: Dampening Field is an area effect inhibitor with a range of no more than 100 yards (exact range is up to balance requirements). Stops enemy weapons from locking on while in the DF, stops enemy utility tools (example: the engineer repair tool) from functioning while inside the DF, and doubles the rate at which enemy special abilities deplete their 'charge'.
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2013-01-24, 05:36 PM
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