reload vehicle?

michaelsuave · 2003-04-25, 05:45 AM

what does everybody think about them adding a supply access option while your enroute to battle, as in a supply truck or something. I know you can reload for the port-a-spawn but what about ammo for maxes and reavers and stuff, if your jumping from base to base or tower attack to tower attack, sooner or later your going to have to suicide or spend the time heading back to sanctuary to reload. Especially if your a max. what do people think on this one?

Salazar · 2003-04-25, 06:42 AM

I am pretty sure you can reload your veichles, just land at a facility, get out, go to an equipment terminal, their is an tab for veichle ammo, just put your rockets in your inventory, and load them in the trunk. I am not sure if it works, but I heard from somewhere else that this is the way you reload, can anyone confirm this?

Gerico · 2003-04-25, 07:29 AM

There isn't that much space between bases, it would be just as easy to move to the nearest friendly base, AMS or tower.

JonnyK · 2003-04-25, 07:32 AM

yes, salazar you can reload that way but it takes too long, yo8u have to take 2 trips inside the base to the eq. terminal to fill up your ammo (when wearing agile armor) for the reaver. and then you have to go back in and get your regular load out. they really need to have it auto refill your ammo when you land on a vehicle landing pad, or make new refueling/ammo stations

Hawklans · 2003-04-25, 07:36 AM

i found this a pain too

what you need is when you get to an equipment terminal there is an option to send the stuff straight to the boot of your vehicle... rather than into your own inventory. so it still requires some thought and effort but its not as painful as carrying bit by bit up to the vehicle and then returning to get your normal load out ready.

Nitsch · 2003-04-25, 10:19 AM

I prefer to use AMS's for reloading... you can park your vehicle next to it and just have short runs. It sounds like they are adding vehicle reloading from dropship bases soon (or shortly after release) according to the latest patch notes.

- Dropship Center will eventually activate all repair/rearm pads at various facilities so vehicles can repair and access inventory at those pads. That feature may be post-release.

But for now, to do a field reloading, i find AMS's the best option.

I am kinda concerned about dropship facilities repairing vehicles.... what good will being an engineer be then? (other than just the prereq for the most uber cert in the game)

Hamma · 2003-04-25, 10:28 AM

I cant wait for the re-arming/repairing pads. Its such a pain in the ass to reload a reaver, I just deconstruct it and get another.

Nitsch · 2003-04-25, 10:45 AM

If they do have repairing pads.... i hope they are at the Dropship base only. Takes out some of the tactical advantages of having an engineer in your group if every base can repair a vehicle.

I think every pad should be able to reload though.... It's just clumsy gameplay how you have to reload your plane now.

I kinda feel the same about medical terminals.... they really take the medic outa the equation. Any hacker can hack a medic terminal and replace the need for a medic. You really don't see many medics around do you?

BlackdragonZ · 2003-04-25, 11:19 AM

can you load ammo for your vehicle at a Advanced Mobile Station ?

Chryse · 2003-04-25, 11:48 AM

Originally posted by Nitsch
If they do have repairing pads.... i hope they are at the Dropship base only. Takes out some of the tactical advantages of having an engineer in your group if every base can repair a vehicle.

I think every pad should be able to reload though.... It's just clumsy gameplay how you have to reload your plane now.

I kinda feel the same about medical terminals.... they really take the medic outa the equation. Any hacker can hack a medic terminal and replace the need for a medic. You really don't see many medics around do you?

I don't know about your outfit, but we have a dedicated combat medic and having him around allows us to sustain assaults without interrupting them with respawning at AMS'es or at towers and having to run back into the fight. Hacked med terminals are useless when they are placed out of the way from capture objectives and when generators are blown up (by other squads, which they always seem to be when our outfit is attempting a capture).

Back to the subject, though, I love the idea of rearming/repair pads. They mean I am less prone to be sniper bait as I run from my pad inside to an equipment terminal or repairing my own Reaver.

AztecWarrior · 2003-04-25, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by BlackdragonZ
can you load ammo for your vehicle at a Advanced Mobile Station ?

Anywhere you can get equipment. Not sure if that includes AMSes.

Nitsch · 2003-04-25, 12:05 PM

You can get ammo at AMS's. There is a terminal in the back of the AMS.

Vis Armata · 2003-04-25, 12:22 PM

I know that this is off the subject, but did the developers ever figure out what to do with the air tower pads, or are they just convenient flat spots? I could see rearm-repair there...

EarlyDawn · 2003-04-25, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Hamma
I cant wait for the re-arming/repairing pads. Its such a pain in the ass to reload a reaver, I just deconstruct it and get another.

Sing it to me

Will that be all of the upper catwalk pads on bases, or only the specific tower ones?

Hellsfire123 · 2003-04-25, 01:28 PM

Those pads are actually really useful as is. To bad they are on the top floor and the terminals for ammo and such are in the basement.