Dev QA Part 4 Discussion

[Sandtaco]

Like the shield will really help The Vanu MAX could easily outmaneuver the NC MAX and wear down the shield, then kill it

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Just wondering... If Vanu MAX was equipped with surge and he started running at full speed and did a jump jet... how far do you think he could fly?

[Hamma]

beats me.. I dont see why not

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Wish a dev could test it out and tell me Hamma you should have played as a Vanu so you could tell me all these things!

[Sandtaco]

The gamespot people played as the Vanu, you can see em in the scrrenshots

[Hamma]

Well maybe SmokeJumper will drop by and see this thread

[�io]

Originally posted by Airlift
Don't fall into the balance-by-concept trap, Dio. You said yourself (in another thread) that there is no way to know without playing it.

True, hence why i said "seems to me". I agree nothing is proven but it just "seems to me" that the limited jumpjet does not = shileding or 2xRoF. And yeah we have better mobility jumpjet aside but for that extra mobility NC and TR get armor and firepower. The only way i see right now that the VS is equal to other MAXs is either it's much much more agile and quick(unlikely) or the weapons are almost as powerful as NC and TRs(again unlikely).

Anyway, only time will tell i guess.




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[m0rphiu5]

did u see the vanu max in the new vids. it was seriously owning, got in trouble, jump jetted up and fired down, looked like it was a force to reckon with,

i think Vanu maxes withh be good in attacks of bases, if nothing else a few maxes juping over a wall would cause the defenders to bring troops up to deal with them, making defense in other areas more stretched....

as with anything we discuss, we will have to wait to play to know for sure.... I WANT IT NOW

[m4yh3m]

what I want to know is, do the MAX armors come up as vehicles if ur using an anti-vehicle weapon, so will that weapon lock onto them, or are u stuck with trying to kill them using anti-infantry weapons?

[m0rphiu5]

that is also a question i would like to know about....

however even if anti vehicular weapons can't lock-on as such, there will be still 'dumb-fire' modes on most of them anyway and the Phoenix would be able to fire at it and have a form of guidance. So whatever happens a properly prepared squad should be able to deal with a max, if more than one of them appear however then you might have a problem......

edit:so basically what im sayin is that you wont be stuck with anti-personelle weapons against maxes, unless your unprepared.

[zMessiahz]

Looks like the VS MAX will have the edge outdoors, but be at a distinct disadvantage indoors. The NC MAX definitely has the best special ability, but I'll still probably go with the Vanu! Guided shots... thats gotta kick some tail.

[Sandtaco]

NC MAX best special ability? I'd say the abilites all have great advantages and disadvantages.

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Don't want to oversay this but the MAXs are better at different things. They are situational armors. No one MAX is better than the other at everything. There may be a better MAX for the type of situations that you (yourself) might encounter the most, like if you played defense (NC, or TR would be your best bets) If you were an offensive base storming type of person Vanu would be the way to go. Completely depends on how you plan to use it.

[Mold]

*mold wonders if you can use hacking while you are in a max....*

if the vanu max is the ONLY thing that can hop a wall, aside from a large aircraft, i think they would be the best suited for hacking a base. Sure they are plainly viasable but, unlike stealths, they can defend themselves much beter. I supose a good tactic to hack an enemy base would be to sneak in with a stealth, and then as soon as he starts hacking, jump the back wall with a small squad of anti personel vanu max's to hold the room, meanwhile the rest of the army would be making a standard assult on the front gate to keep the preasure on, and defending from reinforcments.

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Or you could have the MAXs go in first and clear the people out and then have the stealth run in close behind so he's still more or less guarded by the MAXs. Then he can hack and they can hold the room.