Anyone have a pic of the new lightining?

Jaged · 2003-07-20, 03:00 AM

I can't log on right now and I am curious how it lools. Got any pics?

Cyber · 2003-07-20, 03:17 AM

Resized to save space, but still shows you how it looks now. I think it looks real good and I was rather impressed with the fact that they didn't just slap a sunderer turret on it's roof.

Jaged · 2003-07-20, 03:18 AM

Biohazzard56 · 2003-07-20, 10:53 AM

It looks awesome but their is still one big problem its still the lightning that no one uses cause it costs 3 cert points that NC could use on vangaurd or VS could use on the magmower and i guess the prowler has its uses. It looks awesome but does it perform that way in combat?

Indecisive · 2003-07-20, 12:48 PM

yeah, it looks nice, but why should i get that thing instead of a magmower which i can be effeciant with without a gunner and i ussually have gunnners lined up trying to get in...

Lonehunter · 2003-07-20, 01:13 PM

Originally posted by Biohazzard56
It looks awesome but their is still one big problem its still the lightning that no one uses cause it costs 3 cert points that NC could use on vangaurd or VS could use on the magmower and i guess the prowler has its uses. It looks awesome but does it perform that way in combat?

I agree, it should only cost two. The light buggy costs two, why can't the light tank?

Bandit · 2003-07-20, 04:00 PM

deffinetly should be 2 certs, cool pic though

Biohazzard56 · 2003-07-20, 05:44 PM

its probably got to much armor to be 2 cert points its gonna become one of those certs that hardly ever get used (IE: Skyguard)

Hertston · 2003-07-20, 05:54 PM

It should stay at 3 IMHO. The improved version is an awful lot easier to gun (and the gun is more powerful and longer ranged). It would be a lot of firepower for only 2 points.

One thing you folks are ignoring is that it's pretty fast too.. you might use it as a rapid cross-island transit in the way you would would use a buggy now. Rather than a Mag alternative it will be a Basilisk/Harrasser/Thresher alternative, with the advantage in the case of the last two that you don't need to find a gunner.

MrVulcan · 2003-07-20, 07:58 PM

IMO it should be 3 as well, but give it a +20% to its armor so that it can semi-compete with the other tanks.
I am using the lighting right now since it is quite hard to get a gunner some times, and thus it lets you jsut hop in and go w/o worrying aobut getting a gunner, and you get the pts for the kills

I find that I can take a couple of maxs before I die now, so it works for me.