Vehicle Balance and Role Suggestions

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@LoneSomeW0lf wrote:

Totally agree with you.

You haven't mentioned the Transport vehicles tho, since they aren't being recogniced at all at the current stage. Imo the MAV and the Transporthelis should get their own category. Just move the nightbird to attack air, with the jet and attack chopper, and move the mav to the Transporthelis.

At the current stage everyone is using the nightbird over the transporters and the mav is downright broken and useless anyway. I don't see why the nightbird is in the same category as the Transporters anyway.

For the MAV i'd suggest at least 2 passengers seats with no weapons attached to it, so people actually leave the oversized toaster for others to spawn.

Buff the 30 mm since it hits like a wet noodle.

Buff and fix the missile array so it actually becomes the "anti-air missile Array" it is supposed to be.

Buff the health or armor so it actually is an armored troop transport. It doesnt have to be armored like a tank, but at least let it be better armored like the bolte.

The Transporthelis work fine imo they fit their needs.

Tl;dr: move MAV and Transporthelicopters to their own category, nightbird to attack air.

Fix the god damn MAV

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I only just unlocked the MAV, but from my limited experience what you say makes sense.  The 30mm on it is useless the way it is.  Give the MAV the Bolte 30mm and add 2 more passenger seats.  I also agree the Nightbird shouldn't be a "transport" just because it holds 4 people.  Putting them in the same category as jets and attack helis also means there will be fewer of them total, which will further justify buffing their weapons.

Other notes from my more recent experience:

• Buff the 50mm cannon projectile velocity on all vehicles
• The Wildcat 40mm rounds should get proximity fuses against aircraft.  The Bofors 40mm in BF1 had airburst shells, so a 130 year more advanced version shouldn't be lacking them.
• The Hokum pilot 30mm cannon upgrade is completely useless.  Combined with my reduction to the number of helis and the improving the effectiveness of AA, the direct and splash damage of all 30mm's and the Nightbird 20mm's should be increased back to their original values.  I'm fine with keeping the dispersion values and blast radii the same for now, as lowering the heli altitude ceiling to 600m will reduce long-range spamming anyway.
• Jet flight models need improvement.  Lower the minimum/stall speed to 180kph so pilots can actually get good strafing runs without falling out of the sky at 280 like they do currently.  This will also help the Su-57 in dogfights against the F-35, especially if the F-35 tries to use hover mode to force an overshoot.  Combined with my missile range, cannon damage, and projectile velocity increases, dogfights won't be a battle of who can spam flares and repair tools the most.
• Some fine-tuning of the brakes for scout cars would be nice.  Just tapping them while in a turn makes you do a fishtail 180.