Wheres the boats?

[MilitantB0B]

Yeah, they could always claim the boats didn't fit the story line. No reason to not have bombers though

[Deadlock]

where'd u hear the thing about the transport being amphibious?!?!

[mr_luc]

I remember that from a while back. Someone said that there was some ground vehicle that could drive over the top of water. :o

I remember someone saying that too, but I think they said that they thought they heard a dev say it. So I don't know, and we will have to ask Hamma.

Hamma?

[The President]

In a magazine article for PS, they spoke of a Vanu tank as being amphibious, I was told they did away with all vehicles that can travel on water or float above water. Is this true?

The President

[Euroclydon]

I think the devs just didn't want to focus on making boats since a smaller percentage of the game is happening on the coasts than on the inland bases. To me it would make sense for them to focus on parts of the game that can be used anywhere anytime, not just when the attack is at a base near water.

Don't get me wrong, I think it would be very cool to have boats, but I'd prefer they invest that developing energy into stuff that can be used more.

Another issue, is I don't think they want locked down continents to have vehicle access. If boats could travel from continent to continent, just a few transport ships could unload a much stronger force than just with HART drops, making a lockdown not as special.

[Flameseeker]

Vanu Tanks can briefly hover over water. That's it. Other tanks slow down a little when going over a puddle or something.
The reason they don't have boats is because each continent is loaded seperately. They aren't interconnected.
The reason they don't have bombers is because long-range attacks are unfair. The Reaver is the closest thing to a bomber.

[EarlyDawn]

Yeah, Vanu tanks can probably hover for a few moments, then sink like the rest.

I am positive I heard that the lighter APC is anphibious. I'm not sure if it's still anphib, but it defenitly was at one time.

What magizine said Vanu can go over water? I heard that same false information reported from others and I want to see the source that has it wrong.

[Crimson Haven]

We better have Saving Private Ryan's Omaha Beach scene in

[starrider]

from the preveiw on the front of pcgamer:

the thresser's anti-grav pods replace wheels. this allows it to easily cross water or rough terrain during combat.

[EarlyDawn]

There's a beach facing an island to the south of Forassil, looks like it has some kind of fortifications on it from the satelite map. Could be interesting, assuming there's something worth capturing and not just circumvent it. We could have Sunderers swimming across from the island and laying siege to the beach while firing the turrets at the fortified defenders...

[EarlyDawn]

Ah. Well, from everything I've heard, that's incorrect. It can probably cross larger bodies then normal vehicles, but it's definitly not an aquatic hovercraft.

[BUGGER]

if any Destroyers are made later on, they should be main base only. Then also have boats that can transport ground vehicles to land. Then just attack boats. But then also if they add boats they must add a new continent with minimal land so its half and half.

[Hamma]

It is the Deliverer that can cross water.

[Sputty]

Yep, me and Incompetent plan on owning by sea.

[Incompetent]

The Deliverer floats, not the garbage truck impersonator, next person toget confused will DIE