nerf the lawnmowers?

[d0rian]

whats with the annoying lawnmowers lately.
seems like people are using tanks and planes more as rolling pins than with thier intended roles.


you are happily shooting the guts out of an NC in a pretty big battle and then splurt....you are dead as a vanguard zips by at warp speed like a streak of blue lightning. as your ghost flutters around your smushed corpse you notice this wakky vanguard running around in circles like it is a shark eating minnows. mowing down all the infantry who cant jump out of the way because of the lag friendlier lack of physics.

so. nerf the lawnmower tactic (not the vehicles but the obvious runover exploit)

[Jarlo]

LMAO I love running over people! In alot of tanks that is all the driver can do for dmg. Magriders have their own little gun but honestly its hella fun to splat infantry.


Zooming along--- MISSLE LOCK--- SPLAT dead TR crouching and holding his missle launcher is his flat hands 8)

THis happened 3x to me so far tonight.



I love that missle lock, nice warning!

edit: Spelling

[Streamline]

Running down a max with an ant?!?!?! Whats wrong with that? I only run ppl down when that my last resort or im just out of rockets. Hell with all the jacked up AA goin on, sometimes you cant stop or slow down at all. So i'll run my reaver full throttle and only inchs from the ground. Nobody expects to get their head punched in by a reaver bumper. And ya know what else? Ima keep doin it too.

[TekDragon]

I vote to nerf it somehow without lowering the usability of vehicles for their actual purposes.

I can just imagine how much this tactic will get out of hand when flood gates open at release. If they leave it in they should make a funny *squish* sound when you run someone over. I bet thats the only sound youll hear in the game.

[afex]

so what you telling us is that a tank SHOULDN'T be able to run someone over?

wtf are you talking about.

get out of the way if you dont want to be run over.

[Stregone]

The problem is that its impossible to get out of the way. Even when you think you got out of the way, you actualy aren't, and still get smooshed.

[Tankboy!]

I dont think its cheap to run folks over. You pay for your vehicle cert same as you pay for your weapon cert. Exactly the same. If infantry isnt bright enough to get outta the way, and stay off the roads, well then..... they do make dandy hood ornaments. And getting hit by a vehicle isnt an instant death sentence, heck, I've survived tank love taps. Its all about the skill of the driver vs. the amount of spec assault and AV weapons in the area. Seriously folks, if you keep gettin run over then change your tactics, move thru trees and along hills that vehicles cant access, when inside a bases walls either be IN the base or on the walls (gleefully potting those stupid vehicles with nades and rockets). Tactics people, tactics. This isnt Counter-Strike, this isnt your average FPS deathmatch, this isnt even Tribes. To me, this game is a superior test of 'twitch' abilities combined with actual tactical thought. All the weapons are availiable to everyone, everyone has the same health,stamina and access to the same armors.

[d0rian]

well i would jump out of the way if the jump physics where good enough. but the physics are not that complex for dexterious moves like dodging a tank especially for a max. there needs to be just as much damage hiting a max as there is hitting a tree.
and there needs to be some stop power like a tree.

[LesserShade]

Originally posted by afex
so what you telling us is that a tank SHOULDN'T be able to run someone over?

wtf are you talking about.

get out of the way if you dont want to be run over.

^yes

The only issue I had with vehicles running people over was fixed when they made it so wraiths and basilisks take massive damage if they run into people.

[Jarlo]

When I hit a max, it acts JUST like hitting a tree and I suffer alot of damage. Did this about 4 times last night, nearly flipped my magrider on one.

[Streamline]

Yeah, running down 2 maxs with an ant will kill the ant.

There should be an animation that plays right before you get hit by your own empires vehicles. Basicly your avatar should jump outa the way, Yell, "Hey buddy! Watch where you're goin'!!!, then gives them the finger.

[Omicron]

Would be silly if you couldn't run people over.... Although as said above would be even worse if you ran peopele over without taking any damage....

[BeerJedi]

Sunderer - Champ of the mower tactics! Last night, I managed to actually plow an ant of a cliff on Cery. My gunners were apparently asleep as i kept off a bit for them to pound the ant. when they just sat and did nothing, i floored it and tboned the thing right over the edge.

poor ant driver.

[MilitantB0B]

I used to have a problem with lawnmower men. But not anymore! Stick close to trees, they provide great cover, and most of the time, vehichles won't try to run you over for fear that they will hit the tree and mess up their lovely paint job . I just put the tree between me and them, wait till they pass, and hit them from behind. When they make another pass, I do it all over again.

[LesserShade]

Originally posted by BeerJedi
Sunderer - Champ of the mower tactics! Last night, I managed to actually plow an ant of a cliff on Cery. My gunners were apparently asleep as i kept off a bit for them to pound the ant. when they just sat and did nothing, i floored it and tboned the thing right over the edge.

poor ant driver.

After accidentally TKing like 2 ants i found that the deliverer is great for squashing them. Instead of ramming them it just drives over top and they blow up