Originally Posted by burble

welcome to the real world.

there is no 'damage' associated with anti-tank weapons- either the rocket pierces the armor and immolates everyone inside, or it doesn't. i'm willing to accept that one-shot kills would be unfair ingame, but 2-3 hits should do it, not 5 or more (very rarely do you have a shot at the back of a tank when defending a CP).

if the only counter for armor is other armor, the game is seriously flawed. it's rock-paper-scissors, not rock-rock-rock. :P



the only problem i have with this, from my experience, is that they've ruined the AT class. don't want me to fight infantry? fine. the military doesn't want pilots fighting infantry, either, but they still give them sidearms. 4 AT rockets and 3 worthless SMG mags is pathetic. if i don't have room for a pistol or a stockpile of magazines, then i should be carrying at least 8-10 AT rounds. imo. i was playing last night, and was drained of all ammo from about two minutes of flag defense, and had to resort to running around knifing people. not very 'tactical.'

Hence the need for a support in your squad to re-arm. Again, increasing the necessity for teamwork. Armor isn't overpowered at all. You CAN kill it in 2-3 hits. Have you noticed all the tall grass in the maps? Try going prone in that and wait for a side/rear shot on the tank. Don't spazz out and start firing rockets as soon as you see it. You can take all the time you need. The armor doesn't get a warning buzzer like in vanilla telling him theres an AT around. I really just think you need to play the game more and stop thinking of your strategies in terms of vanilla. Things feel the same, but work somewhat differently.

If the flag you are attacking gets attacked by say 2 or 3 pieces of armor, yes your squad should loose it. Even if you have 3 AT guys. In this case you need to spawn in the back to pull up the armor (which drives faster and doesn't take as long to move around a map) or call in a helo which can obliterate the armor.