Do vehicles ever get fast?

[Auts Dog]

Every class has incredibly powerful weapons they can carry around and shoot endlessly while moving quickly. Why are the vehicles so much more pathetic? Some of them got good fire power but the strong ones always move so slowly. I would love a mech that could actually move quickly but I have to stick with small tanks/grape so I can actually pick up loot during the game.

I played 4.1 and they gave ranger the bike and railgun tanks in 5? Why? Railgun tank was my favorite tank and now to use it I have to play a completely different class.

Do vehicles, other than the generic tanks get better? Like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the mechs are only getting slower.

[Honorable_D]

Haven't really played Air Raider but I've seen them Armored Grapes cruising around. Some Nyxs are way faster/jumpier than others—there is one Nyx on a DLC 2 mission that moves real good and got some serious jumps.

[Jork]

the "red" series of nix mechs are fast and still have a collection ring.

try them out if you have any. i don't know if the low level ones are fast enough but they're definitely very quick in mid/late game, especially if you spam jump.

also, like honorable d says, the dlc2 "nix assault" mech is extremely quick and comes with dual machine guns and a shoulder-mounted stampede. if you don't have the dlc, the nix red guard is roughly just as fast as the dlc2 mech is.

[Cop Unit 12]

From what I have read.... No vehicles don't come anywhere close to 4.1 speed (except helicopters and bikes, which bikes are faster). Now for some simple not in depth observations the Railgun is now worthless in EDF 5. It's damage compared to rangers Shotguns is pathetic. In fact 90% of the vehicles for ranger in EDF 5 are worthless due to the special armors you can get along with ranger being the CQC king. The only vehicles that are only for ranger I have seen put to good use are the Bike and EF31 Nereid. Every other vehicle for ranger is a write off since they lack his CQC firepower along with his running speed.

Now Air raider vehicles are different. Blackers are slow compared to E551 Gigantus but have slightly better accuracy, damage and traction. If you want speed as AR you either need N9 Eros, or Armored Vehicle Grape. Now Grape has loss some speed from 4.1 but gained much more powerful weapons along with much better traction. Grape I belive has the largest collection radius for a vehicle. In terms of speed mechs what the post above me said is correct from my playtime. The red line of mechs are the Flame thrower variants. Fast and CQC oriented. Now they say they have lower armor but they seem to keep up with the base (blue) vairents. If you hopscotch around in the Red mechs you'll be about as fast as a Fencer (which are quite fast in EDF 5.

Now to answer your comment:

Originally posted by Auts Dog:

snip Like holy ♥♥♥♥ the mechs are only getting slower.

You're probably using Green versions of mechs. Now I can't say what the artillery versions of mechs color is due to lack of play time but Dark green is Anti Air variants. They can swivel on a dime but are slow in every other way. I would assume the Artillery versions are just like 4.1. Slow heavy armor but so much explosive power that they rival MOABS.

[Klipwc]

Originally posted by Auts Dog:

Every class has incredibly powerful weapons they can carry around and shoot endlessly while moving quickly. Why are the vehicles so much more pathetic? Some of them got good fire power but the strong ones always move so slowly. I would love a mech that could actually move quickly but I have to stick with small tanks/grape so I can actually pick up loot during the game.

I played 4.1 and they gave ranger the bike and railgun tanks in 5? Why? Railgun tank was my favorite tank and now to use it I have to play a completely different class.

Do vehicles, other than the generic tanks get better? Like holy ♥♥♥♥ the mechs are only getting slower.

Red mechs (as mentioned earlier) are the fastest available for non-DLC. There is a way to move faster as a mech and it involves using the jet pack on the mech

MMB to jump,
Hold down MMB to use your jets just before landing
MMB to jump again immediatly after landing

The mech will brace its legs if it falls too hard and that prevents you from chain jumping. The key idea is to reduce the falling speed when landing, if you time it right you can chain jumps and move very fast.

Also, DLC 2 mech has the fastest movement of any class (except maybe fencer chaining jumps and dashes with twin spear) when you chain jump


P.S not saying you cant chain jump without using the jets, you can do it even without with proper timing, but this lets you change your mech facing direction in mid-air (thats pretty much a game changer in inferno)