Advance vehicles requireing Tech? - Page 2

mintyc · 2012-07-21, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by QFAN

Isn't lightning more an AA vehicle, at least with its default payload?

nope the standard gun is AI/AV if you want AA you need to put on the sky-guard turret.

Landtank · 2012-07-21, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by mintyc

nope the standard gun is AI/AV if you want AA you need to put on the sky-guard turret.

And if you reeeallllyyyy want AV, then go tank hunter option, which we are yet to see!

Night · 2012-07-21, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by Landtank

And if you reeeallllyyyy want AV, then go tank hunter option, which we are yet to see!

Tank hunter? What are you talking about?

Landtank · 2012-07-21, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by Night

Tank hunter? What are you talking about?

Read up good sir, there are three turrets available for the lightning: the Skyguard AA, the 100mm Anti-Personnel Turret (which is what we have seen so far), and the lightning tank hunter turret.

http://wiki.planetside-universe.com/ps/Lightning

Night · 2012-07-21, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by Landtank

Read up good sir, there are three turrets available for the lightning: the Skyguard AA, the 100mm Anti-Personnel Turret (which is what we have seen so far), and the lightning tank hunter turret.

http://wiki.planetside-universe.com/ps/Lightning

Ohh, I actually did not know that. Thought here were only two. Thanks.

Landtank · 2012-07-21, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Night

Ohh, I actually did not know that. Thought here were only two. Thanks.

It's going to be awesome!

evansra · 2012-07-21, 10:19 AM

from the e3 footage the biggest differene is vanguards take a different resource... van is the red one lightening is the green one i think. i would asume the red one is less comon/ may only get it from bases

Klockan · 2012-07-21, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by evansra

from the e3 footage the biggest differene is vanguards take a different resource... van is the red one lightening is the green one i think. i would asume the red one is less comon/ may only get it from bases

Nah, one is for light vehicles, one is for heavy vehicles and one is for transports. Light vehicles are the lightning and the aircav while heavy are mbt's and liberators. From what we have seen there are no rare resources, however the MBT and the Liberator costs 50% more of their resource than the aircav and lightning so on average you will get fewer of them anyway.

Landtank · 2012-07-21, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by Klockan

Nah, one is for light vehicles, one is for heavy vehicles and one is for transports. Light vehicles are the lightning and the aircav while heavy are mbt's and liberators. From what we have seen there are no rare resources, however the MBT and the Liberator costs 50% more of their resource than the aircav and lightning so on average you will get fewer of them anyway.

I believe there are resources that are only generated by bases, which is what you can use to unlock in game items, Auraxium methinks.

Otherwise yeah this is spot on.

lolroflroflcake · 2012-07-21, 12:00 PM

I really hope they do require tech, and I hope the rest of the bases are built for a purpose like they were in the old Planetside eg: vehicle shields, faster respawn times etc.

It would be nice having a reason to take a specific base rather then taking it simply because its the next in line or the mission system offers more XP for that base.

Fenrys · 2012-07-21, 05:02 PM

It will be interesting to see how the scale of different kinds of battles and skirmishes will favor lightnings or mixed groups of lightnings and driver-only tanks v. solid ranks of fully gunned tanks.

My guess is that during times or areas of low population, lightnings will be effective and the extra armor of MBTs will be a force multiplier. If one side does not have tanks, several extra lightnings can compensate. Lightnings are probably going to be cheaper to run, and faster getting to the fight.

During larger battles, I think we are going to favor firepower density from fully gunned tanks. If there are many vehicles on the field, some will have their shots blocked by friendlies in front of them. Ideally, vehicles that do have a clear line of sight will be able to throw the maximum DPS downrange.

AA will probably need to be omnipresent, so skyguard lightnings will likely see use all the time.

I really hope we can pull gal's from FH™*.

*: Foot Hold.

Having no mobile spawn points seems like it could be such a huge disadvantage. In PS1, you could not take a tech plant without them (AMS).

Blackwolf · 2012-07-21, 05:23 PM

Yeah I'd rather see MBTs be limited to tech plants then Galaxies. Galaxies are probably going to be rare enough without requiring tech plants for their spawn points.

That depends of course on whether or not one can be pulled from the foot holds. If they can then the point becomes... well pointless. Not much point in going for the Tech Plant for the sake of Galaxies if you can pull one from a safe foot hold location and fly it to where you need it.