15 replies to this topic

[Novakaine]

PGI don't you think it's time.
Who doesn't like tanks?
Discuss.

[Glaive-]

The Demolisher would be amazing and I want it

[Nameless King]

I dont like tanks.

[Naglinator]

This should suit HHoD just fine.

[Novakaine]

Still a bit salty I see.
Apologies.

Edited by Novakaine, 05 July 2018 - 05:55 PM.

[WrathOfDeadguy]

Where else are you gonna get a stock 130kph AC20?




Lulz aside, I could see some of the tanks being quite viable in MWO. The AC and PPC carriers, especially- they carry about the same amount of weaponry as a 'Mech of the same tonnage, but run much cooler. A Partisan or Schrek firing from a hull-down position could be a seriously dangerous piece of hardware, if properly up-armored.

[Skrapheap]

Actual footage of what it looks like from our side.

[Angm4r]

Way past time Nova.

#free kurlon

[Naglinator]

I tease but combat vehicles would be neat. Never going to happen though.

[Bombast]

[Novakaine]

Skrapheap, on 05 July 2018 - 06:01 PM, said:

Actual footage of what it looks like from our side.

I'm the one in the middle.

[Juodas Varnas]

Quads before tanks.

[Asym]

Unfortunately, they have little value under player control because they have limited weapons and are so much smaller than the mechs....

Putting AI tanks back into the game as a consumable is a good idea: a platoon of AI tanks you can place and they fight in that limited area......to defend a domination circle. A cap point. A base point. etc,...

Edited by Asym, 06 July 2018 - 05:34 AM.

[Tetatae Squawkins]

Asym, on 06 July 2018 - 05:33 AM, said:

Unfortunately, they have little value under player control because they have limited weapons and are so much smaller than the mechs....

There are plenty of cases where vehicles can actually have more weapons than equivalent mechs. They don't need to have heatsinks for non-energy weapons in TT so they can stack a buttload of missiles/ballistics.Try putting 10 SRM6s on a 60 ton mech and see how that works out.

They are also not that much smaller than mechs. That's a misconception driven by video game developers scaling mechs up to make them cooler.

[Bombast]

Asym, on 06 July 2018 - 05:33 AM, said:

Unfortunately, they have little value under player control because they have limited weapons and are so much smaller than the mechs....

That's not true. Vehicles can have just as much weaponry as a battlemech, and small size is a boon, not a negative.

The issue with vehicles in battletech is...

-They have fewer armor component locations, which means they can't spread damage as well
-Pretty much any armor rupture is death, since it doesn't have side torsos, legs or arms
-There are several 'auto-death' mechanics that apply to vehicles but not mechs

[Nema Nabojiv]

sooo... Would you like to buy a tankpack ?