Make the current dropship be able to carry certain heavy vehicles as well
#Vehicle dropship
white needle
kindred shadow
it does present an interesting question of what kinds of vehicles a Dropship body should be capable of carrying
white needle
up to a railtank imo
rain tulip
I still just don't see the justification for that short range vehicle shuttling.
white needle
I still just don't see the justification for that short range vehicle shuttling.
Why not? Vehicles are slow af and would dramatically change it for the better for humans
Giving humans an option to deploy tanks to important locations is something I want to see being given for humans
rain tulip
Make ground vehicles faster > ferry a tank platoon 1000m by air.
I think humans in general would benefit greatly from a general performance increase on the ground. Torque has been an issue since day 1, and the only vehicle that feels satisfying in its intended role is LQ.
white needle
ground units in general are supposed to be slower on ground compared lol
rain tulip
I don't think they should be slow enough to warrant air mobility for movements that are basically within eyesight.
white needle
It's a game, the scale is really really not comparable to real life here.
It's really not hard to see how viable air ferry for vehicles would be. Especially on very rough terrain like naraka
rain tulip
I bet even minor buffs to ground vehicle mobility would absolutely shutter any interest in airborne tank lifters.
white needle
it would have a huge buff to the movement speed for both hover and rail tanks
rain tulip
I feel like the boost feature could be reworked into a 'cruise' mode.
Substantially boosts forward movement, kills maneuverability. Tweak recharge time as necessary.
Now that I think about this, I really don't want to see tank lifters until ground mobility has at least been given a brief revisit. Vehicles are almost as bad as FPS aliens. If they didn't have ranged weapons they'd be worse.
white needle
Right, cool, this suggestion is targeted to heavier vehicles like hovertank and railtank but other vehicles could probably be used for it.
It's an idea which could compensate SOL overall sluggish ground army. But if you would like to give a more concrete revision of the current ground vehicles then kindly do it in another post.
kindred shadow
There is a challenge, imo,balancing the idea of vehicle teleporters and vehicle air transports
Cause both have been suggested
But neither have made significant forward progress due to the need to focus development elsewhere
white needle
Obviously if you are going to change the identity of the current faction from having a slow ground army to a fast ground army. This vehicle won't make sense for other than getting the vehicle off certain rough terrain.
But that's another idea by itself. This idea is from the standpoint of the current build with the current identity in mind.
kindred shadow
Also the Sol vs Centauri split. Does Sol use more teleport tech for vehicles?
white needle
There is a challenge, imo,balancing the idea of vehicle teleporters and vehicle ...
The vehicle itself would also come in kind of handy if both factions goes from sprawling cities meta to more concentrated factories or whatever dram had in mind
white needle
Also the Sol vs Centauri split. Does Sol use more teleport tech for vehicles?
The cent could probably have this for their roster.
I think it's an interesting take for gameplay purposes
kindred shadow
I think we need to catch Dram on the next dev talk and ask him about what is vision is