Kills Through Cockpits

[Neurotoxin]

An alloy stronger than ALON with micro-tubules that feed reserve nanite repair goo into its damaged areas... the glass may be tougher to destroy than the metal armor.

Dunno if that's how the lore will say it works, but I'm sure we will have stronger glass in the future, its probably just going to be really heavy too. Maybe 6" thick synthetic diamond, that seems like it should be able to stop a bit of firepower.

[Rico Suave]

Ma Deuce is the nickname for the M2 .50 cal machine gun. M2 = Ma Deuce.

It would be a fun perk to be able to unlock AP rounds for snipers. I do understand the concern though of pilots getting shot out (BF3 choppers), but there are those (rare) situations where you get that one chance, and I wan't to be ready for that.

At the end of the day though, I don't really care...unless I'm on the receiving end.

[The noob]

While it might work in games like BF3 given the lower player numbers, and the fact that vehicles such as jets only contain one person, I'm rather uncomfortable with the idea of snipers being able to essentially one shot 12 people because he managed to shoot the driver through the window. Also, galaxies are slower moving, making them easy targets as well, so it wouldn't be hard to do repeatedly if you have decent aim.

[Maniox]

It would be stupid, it sucked hard in BC2 where you could pew players out of their apaches with a secondary, it ruined the game balance with players vs vehicles until it was patched, noone used helicopters except for newbies that soon would realize they were worthless.

[Azren]

People, seriously? You want to take out the heavily armored vehicles with the lightest class in game?

If you want to fight off vehicles, deploy mines or get AV. Plenty of options for both.

This is a stupid options in any game, the above posted video just shows how ridiculous it is.

Besides, the only vehicle in game with no bullet proof windows is the Flash, you think the devs should waste time on this feature just for that?

Also, once we get buggies, I would really hate to get my driver shot by one of the 100 snipers on the hill in the middle of a deadzone and so would you.

[RSphil]

loved this in other games. mainly battlefield. if it was to be implemented the only thing i would say is it should only be high powered heavy cal weapons. i.e a 50 cal sniper rifle. i am a bit of a git for shooting pilots out of choppers in battlefield. well any vehicle i can tbh lol. i love seeing the vehicle go out of control when the passenger is wondering what the hell is going on lol.

[proxy]

While enjoyable, I don't think it's a great idea. Pilots should not be able to be shot out of closed cockpits.

Open air would be fine for me.

[bpostal]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning

And while very very impressive it's not something I want to see in Planetside.

[ChipMHazard]

Originally Posted by Neurotoxin

An alloy stronger than ALON with micro-tubules that feed reserve nanite repair goo into its damaged areas... the glass may be tougher to destroy than the metal armor.

Dunno if that's how the lore will say it works, but I'm sure we will have stronger glass in the future, its probably just going to be really heavy too. Maybe 6" thick synthetic diamond, that seems like it should be able to stop a bit of firepower.

Aye I think the lore makes it perfectly reasonable for cockpits to be bulletproof.

It makes sense to be able to snipe pilots in a game like BF3 as a single helicopter is able to make more of a difference than a single attack aircraft in PS2. So unless it's for poops and giggles I don't see any reason to allow it.

[Kezz]

Originally Posted by bpostal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning

And while very very impressive it's not something I want to see in Planetside.

Curious: why not? They dynamics of setting up a tripod-mounted weapon firebase and maneuvering from that could be interesting, just for starters.