Idea - Nerf Vehicles

Peacemaker · 2004-08-11, 08:53 PM

When you drive in a harasser or any buggy part of the vehicle always interfears with your view. There is an obstruction. Why then in all other vehicles does this not apply? I propose that all vehicles have limited views. The bigger the vehicle the more limited view.

Reavers should have a cockpit that limits your view down affecting your ability to hit infantry and such. Tanks should have a MAJOR limiting in their view. Think about how much of a viewing area a guy in a tank has. A heavy tank shouldnt beable to see everything around it and a guy in a cockpit shouldnt see whats below him.

Baneblade · 2004-08-11, 08:58 PM

most people drive in third person, so only aircraft would make a difference.

But I like driving my Enforcer in first person heh.

Peacemaker · 2004-08-11, 09:05 PM

Who guns a magrider in 3rd?

Baneblade · 2004-08-11, 09:07 PM

Who guns a Magrider?

Onizuka-GTO · 2004-08-11, 10:02 PM

trigger happy people, with sucidal tendencies?

JetRaiden · 2004-08-11, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by Onizuka-GTO

trigger happy people, with sucidal tendencies?

whoa GTO havent seen you around in a while...

but yea I like this idea. make tank drivers forced to a view similar to bf1942.

Peacemaker · 2004-08-11, 10:38 PM

Exactly. This would make a tank exactly what it is supposed to be. And a driver with TS can eliminate the problem quickly.

Cauldron Borne · 2004-08-11, 11:14 PM

What about the Tank gunners? should they get a boxed in view, too?

And I drive my Prowlers in first person....with a macro that warns others away:

"MOVE, BITCH! GET OUT THE WAY! GET OUT THE WAY, BITCH! GET OUT THE WAY!'

and what about Lightnings?

SIDE NOTE: I hacked a Magrider at a bridge battle once and got like 20+ kills in it before people started realising that it WASN'T friendly fire......

Baneblade · 2004-08-11, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by Onizuka-GTO

trigger happy people, with sucidal tendencies?

I think this is a good idea.

Some people have a problem with driving in first person though...or so they claim. Something about visuals.

Also, I think that the guns on tanks should be changed a bit. Make the turrets track much slower, but increase their destructive power...

Maybe even make the Mag rail an instagib on infantry.

JetRaiden · 2004-08-11, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by Cauldron Borne

SIDE NOTE: I hacked a Magrider at a bridge battle once and got like 20+ kills in it before people started realising that it WASN'T friendly fire......

you probably got lucky and were only fighting the PS players with an IQ of <80

Baneblade · 2004-08-11, 11:27 PM

Isn't that like most of them?

Cauldron Borne · 2004-08-12, 12:00 AM

It took a reaver a mag and four infantry spamming me to get me down, and i STILL took out the 4 infantry.....

Peacemaker · 2004-08-12, 12:54 AM

Basicly I was thinking this change to majorly affect the gunners. Not drivers.

Madcow · 2004-08-12, 11:08 AM

If I didn't have 3rd person view while driving I wouldn't be able to see how much air I catch off hills. In first person it always looks like you're hugging the ground, in 3rd person it looks like you're flying off hills.

MrPaul · 2004-08-12, 01:41 PM

I think (even though Peace's idea was just for Gunners) that doing this to a Tank driver wouldn't be wise:
What about in forest-y areas? Every three seconds a tank would thwack into an indestructable tree, and then have to switch to reverse, then go forward again, by which time (if this is during a proper firefight) they'd be dead.