Is vehicle research balance really that bad?

Thanks dude. I didn't realise reflec was buffed, when was the last patch? I've kinda been offline for a couple of weeks :/

Do you think it'd be doable to have regen work on a percentage of overall health? That way if a side had 8 plates of armour or 4, it would still regenerate as quickly as it always did. I guess that's something candles could clarify. If it's already like that, then there shouldn't be a problem, should there? :confused:

 

The scripts are misleading. It says in the comments that the value means "regenerates this amount of HP per second". But given Composite has a regen rate of like 0.03 or something, or even 0.3 (I forget), that means it'd take several minutes to regenerate a single plate, so I don't believe that's how it works.

 

It's the percentage of a plate per-second.

 

So realistically speaking, in terms of raw HP regenerated per second, Composite regenerates 2.4 HP per second, whereas Regen regenerates 5.5 per second.

 

Uh-huh.

 

That could be interesting, it could simply be like a second tier armor that teams would get after getting any first armor.

As right now it seems like an ultimate armor that you can just get at any time, which makes others useless.

I like.

Maybe something similar for engines?

But would still be nice to have some more of those second tier stuff then, so it doesnt get single sided too much, but thats another thing.

 

What about charging resources for end game research like arty,nukes,rails, and compo. Make it so it would take alot of resources to get them. Or lock the research for them until time clock reaches a set time.

Another random idea allow commanders to agree to terms before the round starts.
So both teams could agree no arty or compo and that research would be blocked.
Or a random research blocker would be interesting. - every map a few random research items are blocked.

 

My thoughts on the above...

 

That's kinda cool. I haven't looked at the research scripts in detail, but I bet you could do that.

What's everyone else think?

 

Are you looking at the same scripts I am, because those aren't the regen rates or HP that I have.

I have Composite at 80/0.03, and Regen at 55/0.1.

 

I'm not at my pc, but I'm about 90% sure the scripts in 2.5 changed to what lazybum described.

I remember it as a modest hp nerf for compo and a regen nerf for both armors, though I can't recall the exact values. Perhaps the changes were reversed later on?

 

I'm on my laptop and only have SVN on here. It says it's all up to date, but when I try to update it just errors. I guess it's bugged or something.

 

bioml idea
make it one slot and nerf it against infantry a little

that way you can carry another ML and not gimp yourself in a tank battle.

 

lol, I had a chance to experience exactly that.
Got security pissed, had to cancel research and do bio ml
Just saying

 

Security is not always right, you don't need to listen to somebody having an autistic fit for not getting his favorite load-out.

 

When I am still typing, I am not raging at all.

I use strong words when the situation is tough and I have to emphasize the urge.