[Suggestion] Cortium Party Bus

Discussion in 'PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion' started by Baneblade, May 21, 2022.

  1. Baneblade

    The Sunderer is the workhorse of all three empires. It can do it all when configured and manned properly. But there's more it could do:

    Add a cert ladder to the Defense Slot: Cortium Transport

    Cortium Transport would allow you to haul 12000 Cortium with the level 1 unlock. And up to 20000 when maxed out.

    Obviously to load and unload the Cortium, you'd need to equip the WLT-Yellowjacket to the front weapon slot. No driver option available. The Yellowjacket equips automatically when the Cortium System is equipped.

    While the Cortium System is equipped, the Sunderer has a Silo style Red/Orange/Yellow/Green Status light on top.

    The Sunderer would not have a Construction Terminal on it, nor any way to make use of the stored Cortium. All it can do is haul and transfer Cortium. This is not a way to replace the ANT with the Sunderer, but to give us more options for how we move Cortium around.
  2. Amador

    Do know that this would essentially make the Sunderer a "weapon of choice" to follow around a Colossus tank to fuel its nearly never-ending Bombardment Shield.
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  3. Baneblade


    If that was going to be a thing, then it would already be done using ANTs, which have an awesome radar and ammo supply to bring to the party too. Repair Sunderers are what I tend to see around a Colossus... or enemy Light Assaults.
  4. AntDX316

    You are inexperienced. The balance is good the way it is.

    -You can now use the ANT as a Spawn point like a Sunderer with the Deliverer Module in Defense Slot.
    -It can store 10000 Cortium. Well it's 12000 if you pull a Silo from it first.
    -It can't seat Max units, only 6 infantry including the driver.
    -Up to 4,400HP vs up to 6,000HP on the Sunderer.
    -Only 1 gun instead of 2, but still it's what you are looking for.
  5. Baneblade


    Well, the CPB would also only have one gun... and it would be 5000 hp not 6000, plus it wouldn't really be using its passenger capacity for anything. Am I really the one lacking experience here?

    They would still be balanced, the ANT is faster, way more maneuverable, and can get to places a Sunderer cant even dream of. Plus it would load faster, and is technically still more useful in a Base. There would be plenty of reason to continue to use an ANT over the CPB. The CPB is more for those of us who like the idea of being able to use both for different things. Like when we don't really want to build a base, but we want to help other base builders. Plus, as said before, you'd still need the ANT terminal to even start a base.

    So if balance is your concern, there is no concern.
  6. AntDX316

    indeed, we can make anything OP with enough upgrades but then it would destroy the balance of the game
  7. Baneblade

    Yeah, this wouldn't destroy any balance. Just provide another tool for base builders or just another way to support player bases as a non builder.