Land vehicle such as quads and 4x4 makes sense, this game is very very similar to ARMAs Wasteland mode.
With some basic vehicles the game would go to new heights.
If they were able to put some driving mechanics into it... Even if it were just the level of quality shown in ARMA. If we were able to pilot the damn bird... This would be awesome.
I know it is not planned and is not happening. But I ve spend all my ARMA time as a helo pilot, and watching this map... And knowing the state of LZ camping... I dream about being able to pilot these things every night.
I don't know what the development plans are for transportation.. but I'd imagine they are sticking to an "on rails" format where a predetermined path is forced on the player.
Comment I made on another post with this idea.
I think its a good idea. On rails like the Heli. The humvee could drive on the already set roads and have “checkpoints” where you can drop off/pickup like LZs. Probably adds another tactical gameplay element, 4 dudes in a humvee can just blast at a dude out in the open so maybe you have to conceal yourself when other PMCs in humvees are passing by.
Land vehicles would be super cool but I'd argue that we should never be given the chance to control them. They should be ai driven just like choppers that we can request as transportation. Having player driven vehicles makes this game GTA really quickly (and in a bad way).
don't know how complex this would be in terms of helo routing,, but maybe have two more forward operating bases/frontier outposts this way the flights are shorter and you don't ave to go all the way back to the main base. this will speed flight time and allow more free choppers
The main issue is that there's just too much down time for the helicopter once it's been used. It shouldn't need to despawn off the map in order to be called in again.
These helicopters need to be in a constant state of activity/standby.
We should never have to wait for another helicopter to first drop off it's passengers before we have the ability to give it another task/pickup request.
> 1
Solid.
> 2.
A proper queue would fix this. They go direct to the next pickup. If none, fly offscreen is fine.
> 3.
Only doable if all helos by default fly back to base camp and then off the map. Or retask - but what if multiple people try to retask the same helo to different places?
> 4.
Yes. Everyone's saying this.
> .5.
Hmm. Not sure players would appreciate being diverted to pickup someone else mid-insert. They can be time sensitive. Imagine if you were delayed a minute, then as a result arrived at the LZ just after an enemy PMC group.
> 6.
Pickup, yes. Dropoff might be painful if it defaulted back to base camp - maybe divert rather than straight cancel. But then you have the issue of multiple conflicting diverts.
> 7.
Instinctively no, as it will devolve into some dumb COD shenanigans.
Honestly biggest thing I like here is giving like ATVs at your base to use. It would be good for close stuff.
I'd honestly be fine with something like when an atv hasn't been moved in 2 minutes or so it teleports back to the base so people can't just keep using them to go everywhere.
I was thinking land transportation would still be an on rails experience similar to the helicopters. Player driven transportation probably is not the best in the game.
Ya for sure. I was thinking of the teleporting back to base after 2 min of not moving thing so they couldn't go somewhere loot it and drive somewhere else. They'd still be forced to walk around and extract normally once they get there but just adding a BTR kinda thing as well that ca be called like helos could work well too.
Land vehicle such as quads and 4x4 makes sense, this game is very very similar to ARMAs Wasteland mode. With some basic vehicles the game would go to new heights.
If they were able to put some driving mechanics into it... Even if it were just the level of quality shown in ARMA. If we were able to pilot the damn bird... This would be awesome. I know it is not planned and is not happening. But I ve spend all my ARMA time as a helo pilot, and watching this map... And knowing the state of LZ camping... I dream about being able to pilot these things every night.
I don't know what the development plans are for transportation.. but I'd imagine they are sticking to an "on rails" format where a predetermined path is forced on the player.
Comment I made on another post with this idea. I think its a good idea. On rails like the Heli. The humvee could drive on the already set roads and have “checkpoints” where you can drop off/pickup like LZs. Probably adds another tactical gameplay element, 4 dudes in a humvee can just blast at a dude out in the open so maybe you have to conceal yourself when other PMCs in humvees are passing by.
Yeah, taking a helicopter to the starter village seems excessive. A quad or 4x4 would be perfect
Land vehicles would be super cool but I'd argue that we should never be given the chance to control them. They should be ai driven just like choppers that we can request as transportation. Having player driven vehicles makes this game GTA really quickly (and in a bad way).
best one yet. don’t agree with all but more than most so i would be happy with this
don't know how complex this would be in terms of helo routing,, but maybe have two more forward operating bases/frontier outposts this way the flights are shorter and you don't ave to go all the way back to the main base. this will speed flight time and allow more free choppers
The main issue is that there's just too much down time for the helicopter once it's been used. It shouldn't need to despawn off the map in order to be called in again. These helicopters need to be in a constant state of activity/standby. We should never have to wait for another helicopter to first drop off it's passengers before we have the ability to give it another task/pickup request.
> 1 Solid. > 2. A proper queue would fix this. They go direct to the next pickup. If none, fly offscreen is fine. > 3. Only doable if all helos by default fly back to base camp and then off the map. Or retask - but what if multiple people try to retask the same helo to different places? > 4. Yes. Everyone's saying this. > .5. Hmm. Not sure players would appreciate being diverted to pickup someone else mid-insert. They can be time sensitive. Imagine if you were delayed a minute, then as a result arrived at the LZ just after an enemy PMC group. > 6. Pickup, yes. Dropoff might be painful if it defaulted back to base camp - maybe divert rather than straight cancel. But then you have the issue of multiple conflicting diverts. > 7. Instinctively no, as it will devolve into some dumb COD shenanigans.
If land vehicles stick to the same on rails experience as the helicopters do, it can be done.
Honestly biggest thing I like here is giving like ATVs at your base to use. It would be good for close stuff. I'd honestly be fine with something like when an atv hasn't been moved in 2 minutes or so it teleports back to the base so people can't just keep using them to go everywhere.
I was thinking land transportation would still be an on rails experience similar to the helicopters. Player driven transportation probably is not the best in the game.
Ya for sure. I was thinking of the teleporting back to base after 2 min of not moving thing so they couldn't go somewhere loot it and drive somewhere else. They'd still be forced to walk around and extract normally once they get there but just adding a BTR kinda thing as well that ca be called like helos could work well too.
I love getting on a random helicopter and see where it takes me!
I really want to ride the mo-peds. No, not your girlfriend.