Originally Posted by Figment
Alright Kaffis, please show us how to drive a Lightning in PS1 without third person. Make a nifty little video showing what it's like and then get back to us.
Avoiding friendly fire has what to do with strafing? >___>
If you mean ramming... uhm. You don't need to strafe to ram someone...
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Well, you know -- I'm also firmly entrenched on the "I don't like driver-gunned vehicles, and think multi-crew should be much more powerful/useful if we have to leave driver-gunned in.
No 3rd person cam nicely dovetails with that perspective, doesn't it? You want to drive effectively? Dedicate yourself to it, let your gunner(s) gun. Yes, that goes for a Lightning, too. In fact, the Lightning can be less of a "gimped version of a MBT" from an armor/gun strenght perspective if we don't have 3rd person, since the visibility will help balance that out.
Finally, if you'll note, I said tanks ought to have good visibility to the front, and probably should have good reverse visibility options. In other words, you can see where you're pointed. This means that whenever you hit the gas, you can see where you're going (assuming a dedicated driver, rather than a driver with a turret-cam). Thus, it's quite easy to not run over friendlies without 3rd person.
Magriders would be the exception, of course, since they can strafe -- and thus go in a direction they can't see directly. I'm okay with this, as it's counterbalanced by the greater ease of Magmowing enemies -- it's hard to dodge a tank that can strafe if it misses you. The Magrider can maneuver without strafing when friendlies are nearby, and in the thick of things, the Vanu infantry can be just as wary as their enemies' infantry.
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