Armor plates needs 5 seconds of non-attacks to be repaired.

Title.
Idea:
Tank is attacked on a plate, so it can't be repaired at that side. Make the plate healing bar look red or something. or Pink. Pink is good.
Of course, only weapons that dealt damage to the tank would affect this.
Aids damage over time should not affect this.
Pros:
Stops engineers from repairing their tanks in the middle of the battle
Stops rage from seeing said engineer repair everything you just did
Dubee is happy

Cons:
Engineers can't repair anymore in battle

Alternatives:
Let aids or plasma damage stop plates from being repaired.

 

No, its a retarded idea fixing something that isn't broken.

 

i'd use mines.

a 5 second delay before being able to repair doesn't read to players unless you explicitly state it ingame and that is just weird.

 

make it 3 seconds and you got a deal. 5 just seems way to long.

 

if an engineer is repairing a side of a tank, you shoot the opposite side or you turn around the tank and shoot at him.

 

I had an idea awhile ago about just making engineers not be able to repair there own tanks. Which I dunno if it could work, but it is an issue.

I think ounin is saying drive around to the weak side he is repairing to hit it but by the time you get over there its already repaired. Or hit the side thats facing you. Thats going to be his strongest side so your just wasting ammo since he can turn around and do the same thing again. And this is even more so if your on foot as a gren. I hate when I am in a tank fight as a gren(armor detect) agianst an engineer and we both get over heated and I see him hop out and repair almost completley before I can fire another shot. Engineers are the best tank class. They also diffuse mines better than grens this way.

The main issue here is that engineers basically go rambo with tanks successfully all the time I would much rather see them need help to take out bases and ect.

 

you shoot at the engineer.

 

He faces the side that needs repairs away from you and gets out and repairs that side so hes has cover behind the tank and the instant he takes a tiny bit of damage or even has bullets coming near him he just hops back in. Come man you should know that.

I'm not saying this suggestion is the best idea but its an issue that should be addressed.

 

grenadiers are immune from mines. engineers can repair in battle. it just seems naturally fair.

 

Engineers can outrepair du.
If you're in a du apc, gl killing a situationally aware engineer as he's repairing his tank.

 

Except it's not fair to grens on foot fighting tanks at all.

 

That's just the mine aspect, the issue is so much more than that.

And it's even more than just grens vs engy tanks. They can do too much alone with great results. But yeah if a gren is good enough to do enough damage to kill a lone wolf tank he should be rewarded with the kill. This doesn't mean that grens will now all of the sudden pwn them. They can still kill the gren 1v1 or with team work or if worse comes to worse he can just drive away before he dies.

 

Research HE CN, that'll get the little bastard...

 

Srsly, why mess with the engineer?
Gren is way more better in tank combat.
And i've never seen any one do it in real game and be succesfull. If you hop out of the tank, you are most probably dead.

 

i think there is a bug with repairing and the bio effect, so you would be waiting until 5 seconds after that time :/

 

Maybe have shots that impact one side push the tank to the other side, so an engineer that isn't careful gets waltzed over by his own tank.

 

I guess I am the odd ball here....I think it should be easier for them to fix tanks.I think if an engineer is in the passenger seat they should be able to repair the vehicle they are in and others in range.To me that would be fair.Grenadiers can drop mines and shoot rockets from the passenger seats.

 

Just a note, try not to bump old threads, generally it's best to make a new thread if you need to discuss something.

 

Agree 100%... get off your fucking lame lazy ass and go shoot at him...

(I always get flamed for saying go kill the engie...)