Can the galaxies....

[Dharkbayne]

carry ANTs in their docking bay, and, can you drop it in mid flight?

[Peacemaker]

Yes to both. U can drop stuff outa Gals but if u drop an ANT and it hits a wall it will explode! I mean like KAAAAABOOOOOOOM (LoL carpet bombing!)

[zenthor]

actaully they wont explode the dampers som eon automaticly same thing for humans so you could do paratrooping or drop and ant from a warpgate to a place that needs supplies makes it alot faster

[1024]

Originally posted by zenthor
actaully they wont explode the dampers som eon automaticly same thing for humans so you could do paratrooping or drop and ant from a warpgate to a place that needs supplies makes it alot faster

actually even if you drop is high enough up the momentum of it being dropped while moving might carry it into a wall

[TRscpd]

or you can do this drop it out of the drop ship.. jump out of ANT ANT falls and its a nice bomb

[Timormi]

or after you drop it you could have a followin reaver shoot it with a couple of missles...


big KABOOM

[Warborn]

I think you're over estimating just how big the ANT explosion will be.

[BUGGER]

Wat, there only comes like a spec of steam from the ANT?

[Warborn]

Originally posted by BUGGER33
Wat, there only comes like a spec of steam from the ANT?

No, but you people are acting like you'll be able to kill dozens of people with an ANT. The PS team obviously isn't a fan of indirect, no-real-risk kills (as bombers and artillery would lend itself toward) so ANT-bombing obviously isn't going to be very viable. Sure, there's a chance it could work, but unless you're a terrible player, you'd do far more damage if you ejected as a soldier and used your weapon to kill instead of a vehicle's explosion.

[Camping Carl]

No, but you people are acting like you'll be able to kill dozens of people with an ANT.

Nobody said that, but think of other uses for a powerfull explosion like that. Park it next to a generator, and boom! It probably wouldn't destroy it, but it should help quite a bit.

[Fire_Monkey]

There's a pic of one exploding here:

http://planetside.station.sony.com/media.jsp

not that it really matters. And I agree with warborn.

[Warborn]

Originally posted by Camping Carl
Nobody said that, but think of other uses for a powerfull explosion like that. Park it next to a generator, and boom! It probably wouldn't destroy it, but it should help quite a bit.

A generator? Pretty sure that the generator isn't going to be outside. Generators are usually located in the basement of buildings, which as we both know is completely off limits to vehicles. Also, as for bombing, vehicles show up on radar. You'd be able to see and hear the Galaxy coming well before it gets within dropping range. And obviously if you see an ANT coming down, you'd move back before you blow it away. At most, I'd only expect one or two guys to ever die to an ANT blast, and that'd be because they're AFK or simply not paying attention.

[SpartonX]

[BUGGER]

2 guys would die atleast. The driver, and the dude defending its ass.

And if your lucky (I mean REALLY lucky), you could shoot it out of the galxy when the rear opens......then you would probly kill everybody inside as well as the galaxy itself!

Tho as I said, if your lucky...and if the blast is strong enough...

[Camping Carl]

Forget infantry. What about tanks? Or a group of max armors? Just use your imagination. You send a galaxy in with reaver(s) for escort, it drops the ANT on/near the target. If the target moves, the ANT stays with it. Meanwhile the reavers make it and the target go boom. This'd take some team coordination, but it's doable.
And what are they MAX armors/tanks gonna do? Blow it up? That's what the ANT driver wants anyways. I'd attempt to move away, but that's just me.

Although I don't claim to know how much damage an ANT does when it explodes, so you could always make it two or three ANTs.

I'd consider an ANT or two a to eliminate a pesky group of Max armors gaurding a base entrance a decent trade.

Don't disregard this idea so easily. Be creative guys, surely someone else can think of a good way to use ANT's explosions.

::sigh::
There's just no love here for kamakazi tactics...