vehicle drops take out artillery?

[Slugfly]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

so... do you guys consider this cheap?

I saw it for the first time last night also, and it was also Karkand, and I recognize the name Chewy but it may not have been the same game.

What I don't get is that if it takes C4 to blow up these structures (as far as I know ramming it, tank guns, grenades and SRAW does nothing) then how does a vehicle drop blow it up? I get kind of frustrated at commanders using vehicle drops as weapons... the first couple times it happened to me it was funny but it totally destroys the immersion of the game.

I think (and I admit I'm a new player so perhaps my solution isn't a good one) that there should be a limit to the number of vehicle drops. Say... ten for every 100 tickets. Surely, having 10-20 vehicles to give out to people would be enough for most maps, and if the commander wants to waste them all as apparently disposable weapons then the troops will have to walk everywhere.

[chewbacca63]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

Exactly my point, slugfly, it's in the game now and people will use it for all kinds of things that were never intended or even close to realistic.
I realize that it is just a game and all and must keep the fun factor there but this is just plain stupid!
Like you said it takes 2 C4 to blow these items but a silly vehicle will take artillery out/damage a TANK/APC/UAV/SAT trailer???
I could see a vehicle crushing a group of people at a flag as a FLUKE but repeatable and more accurately than artillery which IS a weapon ???

Like I said earlier, TOTAL BS.

I can't wait to see how they intend to FIX this (as stated in the update about the upcoming patch).

[$kelet0r]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

Deviation is all that is needed - shame they never thought of it in the firstplace

[Kurt]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

I can't wait to see how they intend to FIX this (as stated in the update about the upcoming patch).

Yeah, I've been wondering that too. The only way I can see it is to disable the drop when you hover over specific points of the map (arty, etc) and enemy soldiers and vehicles. If they do that then sorted. However, I have a nasty feeling that they'll come up with some half-baked solution that doesn't work. We'll see eh?

[zzDimaxx]

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ROFL!!! What server it was?
I was on KArkand as MEC commander and i drop that vehicles and some poor engineer was repairing it:laugh:
It was so funny he call me a !!! Hacker,Cheater STOP THAT !!! BAN HIM!!

[imported_Bunnyhop]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

I obviously don't know for certain but knowing EA and how they tend to "fix" things...I could see them just increasing the reuse timer as their answer to vehicles being more used than arty for commander attacking/defense.

If we're really lucky, they might put in something to prevent vehicles from being dropped on arty...but I'm not getting my hopes up.

I have no doubt though that the exploits doable do to vehicle drops will still be in game even after this next patch....although honestly as long as server and client stability gets fixed I could care what else they do for the patch lol.

[Eddy01741]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

The way it is doing damage is, technically, it's bouncing up and down on the barrel, basically ramming it till the humvee explodes, if you can get the humvee to stay on, when it explodes, so does the arty cannon.

[zzDimaxx]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

The way it is doing damage is, technically, it's bouncing up and down on the barrel, basically ramming it till the humvee explodes, if you can get the humvee to stay on, when it explodes, so does the arty cannon.

i was trying it with hamwee but no luck so far.
The vodnic and PLA cars work like a charm

[Eddy01741]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

i was trying it with hamwee but no luck so far.
The vodnic and PLA cars work like a charm

Yea, on my first round as commander, did it a couple times with ease, next round, i could never do it with one hit, had to do mltiple humvee drops to destroy. Anyways, US guns have thicker barrels, so it's easier to balance.

[Jay-C_2142]

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Yea, i do that to destract tanks and APCs. Also, on Karkand, i kill roof campers with vehicle drops with EASE. So funny, i crack up at how easy and funny it is to kill em.

commanders like you really **** me off lol, thats not what vechiles drops are for, and as a sniper i find myself moving positions every 30 secs otherwise i die from a vechile drop. However, if i am MEC and die due to vechile drop, i go up to the USMC base and kill the commander x5 how many times he killed me. That usually satisfies me.

Anyway, vechile drop killings will be a thing of the past with the new patch.

[Eddy01741]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

commanders like you really **** me off lol, thats not what vechiles drops are for, and as a sniper i find myself moving positions every 30 secs otherwise i die from a vechile drop. However, if i am MEC and die due to vechile drop, i go up to the USMC base and kill the commander x5 how many times he killed me. That usually satisfies me.

Anyway, vechile drop killings will be a thing of the past with the new patch.

Nobody ever needs vehicle drops at Karkand basically, if somebody requests a vehicle drop, i give it to them, if not, i kill snipers nad commanders on rooftops, and destroy enemy arty.

[venny]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

i love cartillery. :) watch out guys! 1000lbs of pixels falling from the sky!

[KillBilly666]

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I say if it is not stated in the BF2 ROE not to do it and there are no server rules saying not to do it, I am dropping vehicles all over everything. IMO if no one is calling for vehicles than I condiser it a wasted resource that can be used else where. Also on Sharqui Penisula if you drop a car right between the wall and the UAV at the TV Station it will blow the UAV. Now that is sweet.

[venny]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

well, i dont believe the roe states anything about falling cars. so its legit. and cartillery is real fun!

[Eddy01741]

Re: vehicle drops take out artillery?

well, i dont believe the roe states anything about falling cars. so its legit. and cartillery is real fun!

Agreed, best commander asset ever, and it can't be destroyed unlike arty, uav, and scan.