I know that melee:able ammo boxes have been suggested in the past. I would like your opinions about taking it one step further and acctually make grenades set ammo boxes off in a medium-sized explosion. This would not only remove the problem of ammo boxes being used to block in a semi-ridiculous fashion (such as setting one to block a ladder or a ref point), but it would also make nadespamming or sticking by the ammo box more dangerous in general. Furthermore it might give engineers an interesting tactical weapon. Naturally one would have to make "fixed" ammo boxes on maps such as district and ammo boxes in armories immune to this effect, perhaps marking place ammo boxes in a tinted hue.
This was actually suggested before meleeable ammo boxes, but it wasn't that liked. If it did teammate damage, it would be abused to hell and back. And tbh, I'd be pretty damn scared to even use an ammo box in the open if it could explode on me, not exactly teamwork-enhancing :p Just have them meleeable, but they shouldn't explode or do damage to anyone
If only the enemy can blow up your ammobox, it's not that abusable, and maybe it takes 2-3 nades but can't be "repaired".
"FUCKING NOOB DON'T FUCKING PLACE THAT FUCKING AMMOBOX NEXT TO MY CAMPING SPOT YO FUCKING IDIOT!" But yes, I would like them to be treated like cameras and have one of Empties particle effects when they blast off. Kind of like how they explode in Far Cry 2.
I wonder why everyone is so deathly afraid of friendly fire in Empires. I mean, sure, matches would become different, but would it be that bad? Exploding ammo box, or friendly fire from arty isn't that much of a big deal, as long as you think ahead, watch the minimap, and not drop ammo boxes in the enemy line of fire.
Yes, after all .. hiding behind a big box of bullet and grenades must be the perfect cover in any battle, right?
You really expect people who can't drop ammoboxes to suddenly begin to think of where they are shooting when they can't even pick the arty feedback skill?
actually this might balance the ammo boxes. 1) NF ammo box has bigger hitbox, so it provides more cover 2) since NF ammo box has bigger hitbox, its more susceptible to damage which results in BOOM. 3) prevent nade spam on maps like district because risk of blowing up from enemy nades.
I propose a that Empires stops being a game of spam, and becomes more a game of strategy and communication. Exploding ammoboxes, guns and arty that damage teammates, all that would make for a game with less spam and HLDJ.
