I'm not sure if I quite understand the system the way it functions today. Why is there a person-specific timer on top of the server timer for a vehicle to become ready again? The way I see it the vehicles in BF sets it apart from other FPS titles, why make it so hard to pilot a chopper or a tank?
Worst in the series.
Being able to spawn vehicles in wherever you are on the map without cost or effort to obtain them removes a massive chunk of objective based gameplay. Where you would have fought over particular objectives to give your team an extra tank or artillery or being able to grab some light transport after successfully taking over an objective to continue your momentum to the next objective. There is now no relevance to what objective you decide to fight over, no value to any ground your team holds. You can just get a vehicle anywhere at any time.
Then there's the terrible categorisation. Jeeps and light armour sharing the same spawn pool. Having to choose between APC, MBT and AA, all very different class of vehicles all put under heavy armour. Jets and Attack helicopter being in the same category. Littlebird being in the transport category despite the team not being able to spawn on them and due to it's obscene offensive capabilities, overshadows the actual transport aircraft that actually benefits the team by providing a mobile spawn point.
Whole vehicle spawn system could do with a complete rework.
I thought I would hate it and not get to grab a tank as much as previous games but that's not been the case at all and I really like calling in a tank when I'm deep in enemy territory and can then make a significant difference to the situation.
Having a flag spawn an extra top tier vehicle is a good concept however it can also lead to a winning team gaining even more of an advantage.
I also really like the fact that you can choose what vehicle you want which they introduced in BF1.
I can see the argument for moving nightbirds and boltes into the offensive vehicle categories.
set spawns at flag locations and starter bases is still the best to me.
I remember when a map would start the only vehicles on the map where in the starter base, and it was a rush to get to those other flags to spawn in stuff you want/like. there would be big battles at some locations over the extra chopper bf2 or walkers 2142.
now you can hide in a bush and just use magic to have a tank land on you.
It's an overly punishing mechanic in an environment that has more then enough ways to kill you. Either that kill coming from another player, or the game deciding you now get to free fall through the map because -reasons-.
You get punished for dying, so it's either play perfectly and don't die, or simply die wait 2 mins to spawn another vehicle of that class ontop of your own personal lock out timer which oops, someone else got that vehicle and used it to move to another flag point and abandoned it, guess it's the enemies now and that is -1 vehicle type of that class. But it's ok, just play infantry, they can do everything anyways c:
I think calling in a tank that lands on top of a 100 story building is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen in a BF game....I mean really!?!?!? Vehicle's should only be obtained at your home base or possibly at a captured Flag that is controlled for a set period of time.
