Vehicles are far too SQUISHY! - Page 6

kaffis · 2012-06-11, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by CutterJohn

No. The game is a giant troll. They are making aircraft that are impossible to land because they hate gamers and don't actually want anyone to play the game.

Well, they just hate pilots. Unlandable aircraft means that a pilot can never successfully complete his mission and return safely home to his family, which is as it should be.

Craftyatom · 2012-06-11, 04:23 PM

I sure hope so, or else I'm in for rough times

Actually though, there are landing pads, and in the TB "what's it all about?" video as he nears the landing pad landing gear actually comes out of the plane, signifying landing readiness.

Immigrant · 2012-06-11, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by KTNApollo

I think it's more of a problem of people landed too fast at bad angles.

Ths, although we'll have to wait for beta to see what is true... we saw couple of good landings as well (one by TB and one by one of the devs onto the landing platforms).

Knightwyvern · 2012-06-11, 07:07 PM

I think it may have been Higby over twitter.. a dev said at some point during or after E3 that the vehicle collision was buggy and would be toned waaaay down ASAP. They don't want to bumping a rock and exploding, or halving your aircraft's armor when you land.

Hamma · 2012-06-11, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by amblingalong

I think the main issue is just that vehicles are currently super-squishy, and this will be ironed out in beta.

Indeed, when I played it was near impossible to land anything aside from the larger craft. We will certainly be able to land it's just not finalized yet.

Sledgecrushr · 2012-06-11, 08:03 PM

Yes aircraft will be able to land, but Once you touchdown you will automatically explode into a giant fireball.

drennam · 2012-06-11, 09:22 PM

i think the problem isnt just the vehicles health pool, i think collision damage is way overtuned, but its an easy oversight for alpha, and a quick fix

Baneblade · 2012-06-11, 09:27 PM

Man, when they bring the Enforcer into the game it will probably explode just from catching air and landing too fast and at an odd angle.

kaffis · 2012-06-11, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

Man, when they bring the Enforcer into the game it will probably explode just from catching air and landing too fast and at an odd angle.

So, pretty faithful to the PS1 experience!

ParisTeta · 2012-06-11, 10:04 PM

When the Ashtray is full, you discard your aircraft and get a new one. Bad News for Gal Pilots, 10? People only 1 Ashtray, you may need to bail before you reach the target.

Verruna · 2012-06-11, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Sledgecrushr

Yes aircraft will be able to land, but Once you touchdown you will automatically explode into a giant fireball.

I thought when you land you get the option to transform into a BFR?

fod · 2012-06-13, 01:48 AM

after seeing more videos from TB im definitely sure vehicles are way too squishy
almost anything seems to damage them a lot (bullets/rockets/cactii)

Mechzz · 2012-06-13, 02:36 AM

Originally Posted by FrivolousSam

Vehicles don't need to be tougher, pilots need to suck less.

When you fly an aircraft into a solid surface, it's going to cause a lot of damage. The amount I saw on the streams seemed perfectly realistic.

Aircraft aren't so unrealistic perhaps, but on the MMOHut video a Lightning lost 10-20% of its health grazing rocks twice at less than 30 mph. I mean, my car is tougher than that!

And don't start me on the cacti! Those are mean mothers!

GreatMazinkaise · 2012-06-13, 02:41 AM

Planetside flora and geological formations are providing far more Player vs. Environment gameplay than all of WoW's expansions combined.

Furber · 2012-06-13, 02:57 AM

I too hope to see this change during Beta.