Add an AA-platform

[黒人]

Eagle air-to-air missiles and an automaton gunship are coming soon.

Why not add an Anti-air-platform to go along with them? I imagine it functioning like the HMG emplacement but focused solely on taking out aerial targets.

What do yall guys think?

[gachi is manly]

It would be a weird one to balance I think. For the most part when you need an AA weapon you need it ASAP and hopefully don't have to sit stationary too long to use it.

Calling down an emplacement just to take out a gunship doesn't seem all that practical in most situations. Maybe if it's mounted on a vehicle.

[Death a Barbar]

They just need to bring down the dropship health so weapons can down it in a reasonable time, currently you are not going to down 2 dropships that came in at the same time.

[Cloud Kicker]

Originally posted by 黒人:

Anti-air-platform

Like the SEAF SAM Sites we see from time to time?

[Paper Rival]

Can't the HMG emplacement already function like an AA emplacement anyway?

[黒人]

Originally posted by gachi is manly:

It would be a weird one to balance I think. For the most part when you need an AA weapon you need it ASAP and hopefully don't have to sit stationary too long to use it.

Calling down an emplacement just to take out a gunship doesn't seem all that practical in most situations. Maybe if it's mounted on a vehicle.

Valid point.

The exact same critique can be applied to the HMG emplacement. And oddly enough, it's in the game despite all of its shortcomings.

Although, a Halo warthog with an AA-platform attached to it sounds... enticing.

[黒人]

Originally posted by Cloud Kicker:

Originally posted by 黒人:

Anti-air-platform

Like the SEAF SAM Sites we see from time to time?

Those shoot rockets.

I meant something that shoots bullets, or better yet, 30 mm shells.

Something that can take out those pesky dropships and soon to be released gunships!

RGGHHH!

[黒人]

Originally posted by Disaster Tourist:

Can't the HMG emplacement already function like an AA emplacement anyway?

Against shriekers, kinda, yeah. Against dropships, no.

And you can't turn it towards the sky. I think it's like 45 degrees, which isn't enough.

[黒人]

Originally posted by Death a Barbar:

They just need to bring down the dropship health so weapons can down it in a reasonable time, currently you are not going to down 2 dropships that came in at the same time.

Well, actually you can. And it's with teamwork.

You can drastically shorten the time it takes to reload the weapon if your buddy equips the backpack and reloads it for you. The reload will take like 0.5-1 seconds this way.

With such a short reload time you can in theory, and in practice, shoot down every dropship that comes your way.

[Key]

Originally posted by gachi is manly:

It would be a weird one to balance I think. For the most part when you need an AA weapon you need it ASAP and hopefully don't have to sit stationary too long to use it.

Calling down an emplacement just to take out a gunship doesn't seem all that practical in most situations. Maybe if it's mounted on a vehicle.

This, you can barely charge the Quasar in time in order to shoot down a dropship, by the time an emplacement drop arrives the ship would've already left.

[spliff]

i like the idea.

[Spendlove]

Originally posted by 黒人:

Eagle air-to-air missiles and an automaton gunship are coming soon.

Why not add an Anti-air-platform to go along with them? I imagine it functioning like the HMG emplacement but focused solely on taking out aerial targets.

What do yall guys think?

It is a great idea!

Anti-air weapons need to be a thing now :-)

[Baelog]

Originally posted by 黒人:

Eagle air-to-air missiles and an automaton gunship are coming soon.

Why not add an Anti-air-platform to go along with them? I imagine it functioning like the HMG emplacement but focused solely on taking out aerial targets.

What do yall guys think?

We're getting MANPADS (Man-portable air defense system, think Stinger missile) with the Eagle AA Missiles and Bot Gunships.

Also I'm pretty sure the current twin-HMG emplacement can index upward decently far.

[Death a Barbar]

Originally posted by 黒人:

With such a short reload time you can in theory

And this is the issue with the team reload, if your mate is 50m away holding back a patrol or kiting a hulk, it's not going to work. 2 people carrying AT would work way better, but then you also have 50% of the team not really doing anything, like with team reload. I'm not asking for a primary to bring it down, but the AC should bring it down at least.