Reaver a two seater now?

[Was_Ash_Emerald]

Who wants to sit behind me?

I promise not to play Highway to the Dangerzone.

Seriously, any conjectures yet on how it might work?

[SKYeXile]

I beleive they stated that originally the reaver was 2 seater, but the design of that has since changed and its now 1 seater. (cant copy BF entierly)

[Hamma]

The screenshot we got here on PSU appears to have 2 seats, but I asked during the Q&A and it was stated there was one.. so there is some confusion.

[ShowNoMercy]

so lame, should have been a 2 seater, would have reduced reaver whoring

[Bags]

Originally Posted by ShowNoMercy

so lame, should have been a 2 seater, would have reduced reaver whoring

You know what else reduces "Reaver whoring"? Actually balancing the damn thing.

[BorisBlade]

It was balanced, but still too powerful for a one man vehicle. The prob is, its hard to make a one man attack chopper thats worth using but keepin it balanced for one man. In theory it should be as good as a lightning, but if that were the case they wouldnt get used much.

Sadly they are catering to the casual guys with the reversal to 1 man. It should be back to 2man. Let the pilot have a weapon to fire but give him a gunner to handle the heavy firepower. Keep the armor light and speed good so its not a mini gunship but still works like a reaver but balanced better manpower wise.

Let the skeeter be the one man vehicle. Far less firepower and armor sacrificed for higher speed and maneuverability. Has a light machine gun but its only good versus infantry, near useless vs armor or other air. The reaver would be the faster heavy burst firepower hit and run platform. Anti armor guns and rockets, slower than a skeeter but more armor, and needs two people.

[CutterJohn]

Reaver, as it was in PS, should have been 2 man. Well, not quite, it was more at man and a half power. Still, when looked at as a whole, it was rather OP.

I admit I will be disappointed, as I've many fond memories of helos in BF2. Granted those were OP as fuck, but a 2 man close air support vehicle would be much fun imo.

SOE! Keep it 2 man! Have certs for mossie that make it a balanced 1 man attack aircraft.

[Was_Ash_Emerald]

Originally Posted by Hamma

The screenshot we got here on PSU appears to have 2 seats, but I asked during the Q&A and it was stated there was one.. so there is some confusion.

Ah well, I never played well with others anyway.

http://myplanetside.station.sony.com...&charId=273559

[Hezzy]

I think that the mossie should be the one seater aircraft - using two seats for reaver seems like a better idea.

[SKYeXile]

2 pilot reaver:
pilot controls:
2x straightfiring 20mms - shared 200 round clip.
2x Air - ground anti armour rocket - shared 16 round clip.

Gunner controls:
2x Air - Air missiles 2 round shared clip
1x rotarry Auroa cannon, 12 round clip capable of single shot or 6 round salvo fire.

Sounds about the right balance.

[Tool]

I wonder what role the developers are going to have the reaver perform. Something more akin to gunships like the Apache and give it VTOL capabilities? Or more of a jet fighter, high speed A2A and A2G capabilities?

In PS1 it could be both because of the way aircraft handled, new flight model may lead to an entirely different Reaver.

[Baneblade]

The Reaver always should have been a 2 seat PS rendition of the Cobra and Apache.

[SKYeXile]

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

The Reaver always should have been a 2 seat PS rendition of the Cobra and Apache.

basicly, yea it should be an anti armour and anti infantry gunship.

[Tool]

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

basicly, yea it should be an anti armour and anti infantry gunship.

Unless the Wasp makes a return, there would probably have to be another aircraft or variant to the Mossie to perform a strong A2A role to curb an aircraft which would be for AA and AI. In my eyes at least; it would be fairly boring with no strong A2A elements for those crack ace pilots to partake of.

[SKYeXile]

Originally Posted by Tool

Unless the Wasp makes a return, there would probably have to be another aircraft or variant to the Mossie to perform a strong A2A role to curb an aircraft which would be for AA and AI. In my eyes at least; it would be fairly boring with no strong A2A elements for those crack ace pilots to partake of.

Aerial aces dont use wasps.