[Suggestion] Max AA needs to be removed from PS2 game.

Discussion in 'PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion' started by user101, Mar 13, 2015.

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  1. user101

    AA Anti-Air is way over powered in PS2 Max's have way to much AA and do way to much damage. They have way to much ammo for AA.

    We have more than enough AA from sunners & skyguards & rocket launchers we don't need a bunch of Max's shooting down aircraft. AA from Max's has ruined a lot of PS2 that would have more air use if the Max's was not over used so much. The Max has put the Air game way out of balance in PS2.
  2. Jamuro

    Well this will be interesting

    Hope i brought enough popcorn

    [IMG]
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  3. Rayzr

    This will be dealt with.
  4. Onhil


    Umm.... you have no idea what you're talking about. Killing AA Maxes is quite easy to do in an air veichle as anything else. As with everything in this game you can take out an entire AA nest alone in an ESF. Persnally I say buff Max AA, but only against bigger targets like Liibs and Gals
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  5. user101

    No you are wrong -- I have played over 2 years in PS2 and Max AA by far changes bad battles to good battles with low risk.

    Way to much defense use of AA .. Every newbe wants to be a max....
  6. MonnyMoony

    Perhaps there needs to be two AA options for maxes. One that is effective against the larger Armour targets - but less so against ESFs and one that is more effective against ESFs - but less so against Gals and Libs

    Perhaps keep the current AA burst weapon pretty much as it is (perhaps even buff gals and libs against it) - but then create a new weapon that has lower spread, shorter burst range and less burst damage - but deals higher damage for direct AA hits.

    Such a gun would be largely ineffective for dealing with ESFs as they are fast, small targets and you very much rely on the burst aspect of the AA weapon - but a direct hit AA weapon could effectively deal with Libs and Gals - especially up close.
  7. SanPelicano

    yepp.... ESF AtoG secondaries also need to be removed b/c there are libs and gals
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  8. Nody

    No; you are wrong and the proof is only to see how the game was before the AA buffs to bring ESFs/Libs back to at least a semblance of normality and allow you to actually use vehicles.
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  9. Haquim

    The MAX has done what now?
    Come on dude, yesterday I flew around in my Mosquito and killed 4 burster MAXes before a duo of Scythes took me down.
    One of them died to a direct hornet hits,
    Two survived the hornets but died to my nosegun
    and the last one..... was driven over.

    Seriously, if you're not engaging the MAX directly (but smartly) then simply **** off and leave him alone or deal with the explosive annoyance he sends your way.
    Dual walker sundys are really annoying since ESFs can do nothing about them, I'll give you that. But the only thing wrong with the Burster MAX is that half a dozen of them still can't prevent a galdrop.
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  10. user101

    I will agree that Lib and ESF have had tooooo many Nerfs... needs to be back the way it was. But the Max AA still needs to be taken out.

    We have way to many defense standoffs in the game now. Mostly caused by gobs of Max's
  11. user101


    Have your ever played on emerald and watched the whole top of a mountain range be covered with max's ... were not talking about a couple max's or a nest. Half the VS last night were max's next to sunners.

    If max's AA were not able to defend sunners the game would change in how it played. More resources would be used.
  12. DK22

    An engineers job is to keep MAX ammo up, so I don't see the 'too much ammo' side of it.
    Lone MAX's are rare, actually pretty weak without an engineer nearby somewhere.
  13. FateJH

    Since I can't check your profile and can't check any of your characters, I can't hazard a guess as to when you started playing the game.

    I started in December 2012. Ground based anti-Air was relatively useless at tickling aircraft back then and less than half a salvo of anything from aircraft completely demolished anything on the ground. A single enemy ESF was all that was necessary to bring any group who didn't have the same number of ESF escort with them to their knees; and, basically, once the allied ESFs were dead, so followed everything else. You could turn around and when you look back everything you once saw could be a corpse or flaming wreckage and you would be following shortly. That's how bad it really was and I only wish I could feel like I am using hyperbole. This is where the bitter "Air is the only hard counter to Air" comes from.

    Unless pilots begin respecting the same sensibilities as perople on the Ground - "you have absolutely no expectations of survival, no matter how good you are" - AA stays as-is and you get to keep your expectations of survival as long as you're good enough.

    That's actually a different sort of issue. There are still people who hold out for hope that MAXes will eventually not be available from S-AMS terminals.
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  14. Caydn

    Sure nerf the AA maxs as long as fighter aircraft can no longer kill infantry :p
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  15. MahouFairy

    HAHAHA nice humour. Why don't you treat MAXes as MBTs? Because they cost as much as one. If you engage it without the proper weapons, then you would obviously die.
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  16. HadesR

    Yup Remove MAX AA when ESF A2G is removed ..

    Then we might not need the MAX AA to deal with Libs / Gals .. Cus God forbid the ESF's might be doing it instead of derp lolpodding spawn rooms ( The minority of A2A pilots excluded )
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  17. CJLogan

    ^^^ THIS.
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  18. DrPapaPenguin

    [IMG]
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  19. \m/SLAYER\m/

    why don't just remove aircraft?
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  20. Pelojian

    sooooo.... ESF can kill MBT in less then 6 seconds, ditto for lib tankbuster is balanced.

    But something that tickles an expert pilot(who immediately ether torches your max or LOS escapes) is overpowered?

    Play from the AA's side for a while and you'll be disabused of such notion that AA is more powerful then air.
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