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With that said, I agree that it would be beneficial to just have the two miniguns, but I can't honestly imagine if the gun stays in the game, it being much less effective. It hardly did any damage to vehicles either.
It's probably more accurate to call them gunships rather than transports.
I love the idea of a gunship since they combine a couple of things that make Battlefield great: teamwork + vehicles. We've seen them a few times in the past Battlefield games:
AC-130 player piloted (Desert Combat)
AC-130 AI piloted (BF4)
Zeppelin (BF1)
I don't recall any of those being particularly problematic so I think gunships can be made to work. The biggest difference between those past gunships and the 2042 versions is the manuverability plus smaller hitbox.
I'd hope that DICE can take a look at those past examples to try and figure out what works and what doesn't work for gunship design.
- BR-DuaneDibbley4 years agoSeasoned Ace
@AngrySquid270 wrote:It's probably more accurate to call them gunships rather than transports.
I love the idea of a gunship since they combine a couple of things that make Battlefield great: teamwork + vehicles. We've seen them a few times in the past Battlefield games:
AC-130 player piloted (Desert Combat)
AC-130 AI piloted (BF4)
Zeppelin (BF1)
I don't recall any of those being particularly problematic so I think gunships can be made to work. The biggest difference between those past gunships and the 2042 versions is the manuverability plus smaller hitbox.
I'd hope that DICE can take a look at those past examples to try and figure out what works and what doesn't work for gunship design.
If you honestly think the AC-130 in BF4 was NOT a problem, then you have a VERY bad memory. For BF1, the Zeppelin was not as bad after infantry weapons were made more effective against it, but it was still a bad idea to have anything like that in the game (but for other reasons I don't want to go into as this has nothing to do with 50mm cannons on the Condor or Hind).
- 4 years ago
@DuaneDibbley wrote:If you honestly think the AC-130 in BF4 was NOT a problem, then you have a VERY bad memory.
Perhaps my memory is off. It's been at least six years and the BF4 AC-130 only had a limited appearance on a few maps.
It may also be due to different experiences with PC vs Console. I played both platforms on BF4, but mostly console. The added challenge of stick aiming probably made the AC-130 less effective on console.
Even in 2042 where I play on last gen I haven't found the transports to be too much of a problem. Maybe 1 in 10 matches have a good transport crew. Even those good crews only manage 20-30 kills in a round. I don't believe I've ever seen a transport crew get over 35kills in a match. I understand PC is a different story which I suspect may be due to KBM aiming.
- S3SSioN_SoL4 years agoSeasoned Ace@AngrySquid270 It was indeed quite "average" and was more or less a target for air vehicles to farm each time the commander deployed it.
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