Vehicle Surfing

Zulthus · 2012-07-17, 07:18 PM

A bit of a less serious question... do you like Vehicle Surfing or not?

I personally like it, you should be able to stand on a vehicle while it's moving slowly. I just think that once it starts speeding up you should fly off. It'd just be too goofy to be standing on an ATV or a Galaxy while it's going 80kph+.

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/planetside-2/1225448p1.html

EisenKreutzer · 2012-07-17, 07:20 PM

StumpyTheOzzie · 2012-07-17, 07:51 PM

load up a gal with a bunch of TR MAXes in lockdown.

Hell yeah!

Wahooo · 2012-07-17, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by StumpyTheOzzie

load up a gal with a bunch of TR MAXes in lockdown.

Hell yeah!

Always wanted put a couple bursters locked down on a phantasm.

Baneblade · 2012-07-17, 07:53 PM

This was removed from PS1 for obvious reasons. Carrying a squad on a Vanguard was patently ridiculous.

haticK · 2012-07-17, 08:20 PM

im sure theyll fix it so you cant do that

Drakkonan · 2012-07-17, 08:33 PM

Provided that it's difficult enough to stay on the vehicle, I don't see why It would have to be fixed. If you, and 12 friends can hop on top of a galaxy and go afk while it flies to a base, it's obviously a problem, but it doesn't sound like it's that bad.

I just don't think it's worth getting rid of all that it adds to the game, just for the sake of the few people that might put fourth all that effort to exploit it.

Carnage · 2012-07-17, 09:37 PM

... wing rider attachment for Galaxy... for jump troops...
else Vehicle Surfing should be difficult but not impossible, like needing to adjust yourself as the vehicle moves while still needing to hold forward to even stop falling off the back.

Tehroth · 2012-07-17, 10:43 PM

I think it would be pretty cool. For low speeds you can stand, middle speeds you need to crouch to stay on and higher speeds you'll be flung off.

Baneblade · 2012-07-17, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by Tehroth

I think it would be pretty cool. For low speeds you can stand, middle speeds you need to crouch to stay on and higher speeds you'll be flung off.

Damn the friendlies! Full speed ahead!

Tehroth · 2012-07-18, 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by Baneblade

Damn the friendlies! Full speed ahead!

Imagine a whole tank filled with people on it riding and you hit it with rockets or a mortar shell or something. Haha like 15 kills.

PlaceboCyanide · 2012-07-18, 08:21 AM

I'm not against the idea of vehicle surfing, only against the complete abuse of it as would be the case with:

- land vehicles ontop of air vehicles
- maxes locked down ontop of vehicles
- turrets deployed ontop of vehicles
- 12 AA HA ontop of a galaxy

That said, one thing I wouldn't mind seeing is a LA using jumpjets to land ontop of a vehicle and catch a short ride, maybe deploy some C4 (assuming he gets some) then ditching. If that same LA were to jump onto a friendly vehicle, the vehicle should have to slow down to some degree for him to enter. I think the best, and simplest thing to do would simply make people slide off the vehicle as it moves. If for no other reason than to prevent the many things that shouldn't happen.

Stardouser · 2012-07-18, 08:23 AM

Surfing on vehicles is a bit ridiculous but this is not the realism sim some are asking for so it's OK. Certainly RIDING on vehicles, as in locked into a seated position on top of a tank as has been seen before, would be OK even if surfing isn't.

Originally Posted by Tehroth

I think it would be pretty cool. For low speeds you can stand, middle speeds you need to crouch to stay on and higher speeds you'll be flung off.

Pretty much this.

Also, and this is more of a collision detection thing, it really needs to be possible to land your light assault on an enemy tank that's either not moving or moving slowly, and not instantly die. Or jump on one with your engineer/medic/HA if you can get that close and the secondary gunner doesn't see you.

Vanath · 2012-07-18, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by Carnage

That is one hell of a multi-kill waiting to happen.

VaderShake · 2012-07-18, 08:29 AM

Vehicle Surfing is one of those things I feel needs to be in a true sandbox style game. It's not pratical for many siutuations but it's one of those little things that keeps you thinking and emotionally involved because of that one time it worked great or was a MAJOR FAIL and it was awesome either way you will talk about it for years.