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    [Vehicle] Air to ground combat is TERRIBLE!!

    [IMG] Perhaps the game could have been saved as a milsim. Certainly going the ARMA route can't have made for a worse game than what PS2 is now...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Mar 11, 2019 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    [Vehicle] Air to ground combat is TERRIBLE!!

    Doesn't (really) matter if you get hit by a kilo of copper, feathers, or nanites. A kilo of anything going 1,000m/s as an anti-air 40mm...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Mar 11, 2019 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    [Vehicle] Air to ground combat is TERRIBLE!!

    Regardless of whether the projectile is HE or APFSDS (a 40mm weapon can use both interchangeably and the best bet is that the one in Planetside...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Mar 11, 2019 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    [Vehicle] Should the Vanguard be a TR MBT and Prowler NC?

    Like I said, it does bear quite a few similarities to the newer T-14. I agree that it doesn't look much like a T-72 or T-90, largely due to the...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Mar 10, 2019 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    [Vehicle] Air to ground combat is TERRIBLE!!

    Oddly enough the 40mm Skyguard shells do less damage (200 max/150 min) than a 20mm Basilisk round (250 max/167 min), according to the wiki. They...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Mar 9, 2019 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    [Vehicle] Should the Vanguard be a TR MBT and Prowler NC?

    As has been pointed out, the NC are a mix of freedom fighting rebels and professionally-trained mercenaries. That and the fact that the Planetside...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Mar 9, 2019 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    [Suggestion] Buff muzzle velocities for ALL weapons

    Sure, if infantry and vehicles existed in completely different realms and never interacted... But if you have a tank and a rifleman side by...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Nov 15, 2018 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    [Suggestion] Buff muzzle velocities for ALL weapons

    [IMG] Although the image is from 2 years ago where there might have been some tweaks in velocity, I think for the most part it still stands....
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Nov 14, 2018 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    [Suggestion] Encourage more Teamplay

    I think the new Battlefield 5 is (or was) attempting to encourage more teamplay through limiting mechanisms, some of which are similar to what you...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Oct 24, 2018 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    I kind of wish aircraft actually acted like aircraft.

    It is worth pointing out that the flight mechanics (and tank mechanics) of War Thunder are much more popular than what PS2 offers: [IMG] Both...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, May 20, 2018 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    Why is this game declining?

    Well, for sure things are declining. This is data from 2015-2018: [IMG] So apart from a little bit in May 2016 (probably from the...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Apr 29, 2018 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    Let's discuss Combined Arms as a concept.

    I'm just going to quote myself here:
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Apr 29, 2018 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    Let's discuss Combined Arms as a concept.

    Pretty much that sounds as if vehicles should have the following roles: 1) Transport infantry 2) Provide radar coverage for infantry 3) Suppress...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Apr 29, 2018 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    The more I play this game... the more I hate combined arms videogames.

    You're missing the point here. Are there more: HESH Lightnings or... Infantry? I would posit that the greatest farmers in this game are...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Apr 28, 2018 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion
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    Let's discuss Combined Arms as a concept.

    But that "pressure" must be continuous in order for it to produce any tactical effect. Say you have a few tanks that come barging in an clear...
    Post by: ColonelChingles, Apr 28, 2018 in forum: PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion