Do Rangers and Air Raiders unlock vehicles from the same pool?

[Gracey Face]

I am curious how the vehicle unlocks work.


I have been primarily playing Air Raider as I like the idea of airstrikes however I noticed that the tanks the Air Raider has unlocked have been fairly bad whereas the few tanks I unlocked with the Ranger have been good. Additionally I unlocked a lvl 11 N9 Heli with both characters but for some reason the Ranger's version of it only has 390 HP while the Air Raiders version has 780.


Any idea what is going on?


Also do your vehicle's stats ever upgrade like your weapons do? Vehicles seem to have wierdly low stats to the point where all I am using is the Grape APC as a fast item collection device.

[Grimm]

Air Raiders intentionally have better vehicles than Ranger, this was so Ranger didn't completely replace Air Raider's job.
The bikes are great as they can help you traverse the map quickly, or some of the support modules Ranger can get like the Perfect Liquid Armor.
I'd honestly just focus on speed and durability for Ranger rather than a reliance on vehicles.

[sirlyon333]

from 4.1 ive noticed my playstyle there is a steap drop in vehicle usage, thing is the 150mm cannons and lasers are just far more effective than any vehicle, i still use the neagling for spread out air targets and the caliban as im a support medic when there is no hp around on late game levels, other than that ive seen one other ranger use a mech and i really just thought if he got out and used his spritefalls and other weapons to kill he be done a lot faster, though each to there own fun as long as it isnt a detriment to others.

[Sir Duckyweather]

If you're interested in the full list of vehicles, you can find it here:
http://weapon.edf.jpn.com/5_eng/

[Zeddy]

The pools are different. Ranger and Air Raider get the same low level Eros and Blacker, although they need to be gained seperately. Those are the only Eros and Blacker that Ranger gets, all the other vehicles are things that Air Raider doesn't get.

[hellatze]

Ranger latest railgun can fire 15k damage

[Wolffkran]

Originally posted by Sir Duckyweather:

If you're interested in the full list of vehicles, you can find it here:
http://weapon.edf.jpn.com/5_eng/

Wait, do rangers not have a laser gun anymore?

[Zeddy]

Originally posted by Wolffkran:

Wait, do rangers not have a laser gun anymore?

He does, but they don't pointlessly have a dedicated category anymore.

Check under "Support Equipment" where they belonged all along.

[Sir Duckyweather]

Originally posted by Zeddy:

Originally posted by Wolffkran:

Wait, do rangers not have a laser gun anymore?

He does, but they don't pointlessly have a dedicated category anymore.

Check under "Support Equipment" where they belonged all along.

I think he meant the Fusion Blasters, the powerful ones that can't be reloaded (Though Omega Team somehow had special infinite ammo ones I guess?). What got me curious is that there is an NPC in EDF 5 who mentions something about a personal laser gun that's more powerful than an EMC, but I'm not sure what he was referring to.

[Zeddy]

Oh I read air raider for no reason!

Yeah Fusion Blaster is technically gone. I think the EMC tank is supposed to replace it, making it a Fusion Blaster with 7000 ammo and the ability to be reloaded with (a freaking ton of) credits.

The sarge is taking about Blazer (he explicitly names it), which later in the story his team gets equipped with. When DLC2 comes out you can get it dropped from missions there. It's a 700m range laser gun that's nearly as strong as fusion and needs 8 seconds to reload.

[Sir Duckyweather]

Originally posted by Zeddy:

The sarge is taking about Blazer (he explicitly names it), which later in the story his team gets equipped with. When DLC2 comes out you can get it dropped from missions there. It's a 700m range laser gun that's nearly as strong as fusion and needs 8 seconds to reload.

Oh neat! Thanks for the clarification.