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[D20Face]

Right now one of the things I enjoy most about Hawken is shooting trucks and watching them fly. Then for no reason after a few hits they blow up.

Please make them indestructible so I can continue having fun. Dodging into them has the same effect, but I don't get to watch it happen.

This isn't a balance issue, this isn't a realism issue, this is a fun issue. That makes it tip-top priority.

Wouldn't you love some mech beachball using a minivan as the ball_ If the answer is no then you lack a soul.

[Sylhiri]

I spent a whole match one time blowing up trucks in Alleys just for the hell of it. Even if they arn't indestructible they should at least respawn/ respawn faster, lol.

[Immie]

Indestructible trucks bouncing around randomly, blocking bullets/missiles... do not want. Maybe make walking into them could do no damage, but weapons should destroy them easily.

Edited by Immie, November 28 2012 - 11:52 AM.

[ReachH]

D20Face, on November 28 2012 - 11:00 AM, said:

This isn't a balance issue, this isn't a realism issue, this is a fun issue. That makes it tip-top priority.

D20 for president.

[DarkPulse]

It's fun to do that but, uh, indestructable_ No. Shoot a truck enough in real life and the thing explodes, plus if you shoved it off somewhere high, I don't expect it to just bounce away.

I'd expect an achievement for killing an enemy with one though.

[D20Face]

DarkPulse, on November 29 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:

Shoot a truck enough in real life and the thing explodes

I can tell you from experience that they don't.

DarkPulse, on November 29 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:

plus if you shoved it off somewhere high, I don't expect it to just bounce away.

You'd be surprised how high that first bounce is though.

And I'll say this again. It's not a realism issue. It's fun.

Edited by D20Face, November 29 2012 - 08:05 AM.

[AsianJoyKiller]

Immie, on November 28 2012 - 11:52 AM, said:

Indestructible trucks bouncing around randomly, blocking bullets/missiles... do not want. Maybe make walking into them could do no damage, but weapons should destroy them easily.

You obviously hate fun.
You are a fun hater.

[Karaipantsu]

DarkPulse, on November 29 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:

I'd expect an achievement for killing an enemy with one though.

Trucxection: propel a vehicle with a TOW and kill an enemy with it.  I like it.

[Culex]

I was actually thinking have a 'soccer mode' would be a fun diversion from the main game where you'd have 1-3 indestructible trucks, and players would be on an actual mech-style soccer field where the objective was to use your weapons and blast the trucks into the opposing team's goal.

Slower, hard-hitting weapons like the tow-missile would blast the truck harder and faster across the field, whereas faster, weaker weapons like the SMG would have more of a small continuous push effect and be more control-oriented. The trucks or vehicles could have different weights and point values associated with them.

Of course in this mode you probably shouldn't be able to kill enemy mechs. If this mode doesn't appeal to anyone, maybe I'd advocate for a special Hawken created sport (similar to how Final Fantasy X had blitzball, Harry Potter had Quidditch).

Edited by Culex, November 29 2012 - 10:22 AM.

[Karaipantsu]

Add in red/yellow cards for direct hits from rockets/bullets, and I'd call that an awesome idea.

[DarkPulse]

I wanna be a hooligan in the stands, lobbing grenades at the enemy goalie!

[Karaipantsu]

Ooohh.. that's an interesting idea for a gametype: dodgerocket.  Open field, 2 teams of 4 TOW equipped mechs, and it plays like Dodgeball.  Get hit once, and you get sent to the back of the court.  Catch a teammate's rocket, and you can fire at them from behind for the chance to get back into play.

[Necro]

I thought i was the only one who knocked these things off high places and shot them to death.

I want more things to destroy actually

It's very easy to have destructible walls/objects in UDK...GET TO IT!

[D20Face]

Ladies and not ladies, one step at a time.

Let's get normal truck volleyballs in game before we make a mode out of it. I'm totally for the soccer mode though.

[Sicarius_X]

Why is this not a thing already_

[DarkPulse]

Well, there's always this...



Ah... I'm revealing my age, aren't I_