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akiadan · 2012-01-13, 04:01 PM

No longer is the liberator a bomber, now it is gunship. Hmmm I will miss bombs but I'm okay with this :P

SKYeXile · 2012-01-13, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Vash02

Huh, would of thought the article would of at least noted the tail gun.

it said that the driver operates the forward facing gun, it mentions nothing about the gunners gun been on the front, if that thing is to mount a 150mm, the back seems like the most logical place.

T MAN · 2012-01-13, 04:24 PM

Looks to much like NC, 45 deg angle and 90 deg angle.

Can't really picture it being purple either and fitting in with the VS.

Firefly · 2012-01-13, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by akiadan

No longer is the liberator a bomber, now it is gunship. Hmmm I will miss bombs but I'm okay with this :P

WTB bomber. Strategic and tactical implementation was awesome when done properly. I hope that, at the very least, they allow a vehicle customisation package for bombs. And rockets.

Coreldan · 2012-01-13, 04:45 PM

I guess in theory Lib could still be customized to be a bomber? Here's for hoping. I liked the idea, although really rarely saw it used efficiently.

Raymac · 2012-01-13, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Firefly

WTB bomber. Strategic and tactical implementation was awesome when done properly. I hope that, at the very least, they allow a vehicle customisation package for bombs. And rockets.

I actually just asked DanB if they were going to have air-to-ground bombs in PS2, and he said

"The current plan is to have air-to-ground Rockets and/or Missiles. Bombs may come after launch."

So no bombs to start, but I'm sure it is an eventuality, just like PS1. I guess we gotta save some things for the patches apart from bug fixes.

Talek Krell · 2012-01-13, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

it said that the driver operates the forward facing gun, it mentions nothing about the gunners gun been on the front, if that thing is to mount a 150mm, the back seems like the most logical place.

You can see what appears to be the end of a (very small) gun in the back though, and there's no way that thing is a 150mm. They also mention combining the firepower of the main and pilot gun, and that wouldn't work with the weapon like that.

I'm honestly kind of nonplussed by this. They don't mention a tailgun, but they don't seem to rule it out either.

Originally Posted by Raymac

So no bombs to start.

Well, boo. Oh well I suppose, but I hope they get added back in as a customization. There was nothing quite as delicious as noticing that enemy assault troops where running in a straight line from the AMS to the back door.

Tapman · 2012-01-13, 05:38 PM

Did you guys read what weapon you could mount on there? 150mm cannon. That's the same as the Vanguard primary turret. Now you have one that flies that you can probably fit multiples on each side. I don't see the problem with delaying bombs and other things for a bit, you will all do plenty of damage in the meantime.

Shogun · 2012-01-13, 06:23 PM

dear higby, pretty pretty please with sugar on top, could you enlighten us and tell if the liberator still has a tailgun?

Whalenator · 2012-01-13, 06:34 PM

No bombs on the liberator? Gunships more like bullship

Aaron · 2012-01-13, 06:43 PM

Man, those things look very heavy for those wings. Nanites are amazing

NewSith · 2012-01-13, 06:45 PM

Lib is a confirmed 2-seater, cba to find where I saw that, though.
Also it's my new vocation. I relly hope they don't ruin it like dice did with choppers in BF3. Those were my favourite until the recent patch. But on the other hand, Lib Gunship in PlanetSide is a fucking hell of a balance problem.

Captain1nsaneo · 2012-01-13, 07:21 PM

Incorrect, the 2 seat info was wrong. Newer info from Higby said it was a 3 man.

Talek Krell · 2012-01-13, 07:25 PM

Technically both are true. We never got any clarification of which was correct, or if it was just in flux, but the "3 seat gunship" confirmation is more recent.

I did wonder though if maybe they weren't showing the Lib from the back because they've decided it should be 2 man and haven't gotten the tailgun taken off yet. If it's still there I'd love to hear how it's going to not be an anti-hood ornament this time.

Captain1nsaneo · 2012-01-13, 07:28 PM

The tail gun was a beast on the lib, just required the pilot to give the tail gunner good shots. I've come out of 5v1 situations alive thanks to my tail gunner.

I don't think we're seeing the passenger weapons on the lib. They're probably similar to how the tanks have secondary guns on them of which we've only seen the Mag's. That means the minigun on the front is the pilot's weapon.