APC - Fighting Vehicle or Personal Carrier? - Page 2

~~Waaah_Wah~~ · 12-08-2008, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]fuzzhead

APC's will become a much bigger role in troop transport in upcoming v0.85.

Can you elaborate a bit?

Cobhris · 12-08-2008, 05:21 PM

All the "APCs" in PR are really just IFVs, which are meant to take a more offensive role. The stryker is the only pure APC, and even then people just park it on a hill and use it to rape infantry from afar.
Personally, I'd rather be riding in an armored vehicle with a deadly autocannon on top then in a tin can with wheels. I think the big problem is getting the APC driver to let the infantry in, because in many games, I have begged an APC sitting in the main to let my squad ride with them, and they just say no, or something along those lines. APCs refusing to transport squads from the main (not asking to roll into the enemy base, just to carry us to the objective and support us) is as bad an offense as soloing armor or TKing.

gclark03 · 12-08-2008, 05:25 PM

Is it realistic to have an unarmed APC?

~~sakils2~~ · 12-08-2008, 05:43 PM

Armoured personnel carrier

McBumLuv · 12-08-2008, 06:11 PM

Maybe only give the APC crew a sizable amount of points if they carry extra troops? That might encourage some people, if only a little, when they think: "Omgz0rz! how c4n teh puny 1nf4ntry wit n0 killz has m0ar points than me?"

Not that I think it shouldn't be used as a mini battle tank if there are only 5 people on the server, just if a squad is requesting a pickup, go for it, and kill enemies later, depending on their threat level (ie, don't try chasing after fleeing riflemen, but go ahead and take out that cobra before returning to give infantry an evac).

I also think that if any infantry squad is pinned down by something, you need to go there and pick them up ASAP.

CodeRedFox · 12-08-2008, 06:15 PM

APC - Fighting Vehicle or Personal Carrier?

Well a fighting vehicle would be a AFV not a APC

hx.bjoffe · 12-08-2008, 06:25 PM

nvm

McBumLuv · 12-08-2008, 06:28 PM

To CRF and Sakils, I think the OP is asking why APCs are often used as IFVs in pr, instead of a true mechanized infantry role. Although, truth be told, the title is as misleading as a Fox "news" headline.

Or, for those outside of America, Here.

~~sakils2~~ · 12-08-2008, 06:35 PM

I was replying to gclark03.

McBumLuv · 12-08-2008, 06:37 PM

Oh, well it didn't make much sense, or maybe its just me.

Oh wait, nvm, you must have thought he siad unarmoured APC, which would have indeed been stupid :P

12-08-2008, 05:21 PM	#12
Cobhris Join Date: Jun 2008 United States of America Location: Houston, TX Posts: 577	Re: APC - Fighting Vehicle or Personal Carrier? All the "APCs" in PR are really just IFVs, which are meant to take a more offensive role. The stryker is the only pure APC, and even then people just park it on a hill and use it to rape infantry from afar. Personally, I'd rather be riding in an armored vehicle with a deadly autocannon on top then in a tin can with wheels. I think the big problem is getting the APC driver to let the infantry in, because in many games, I have begged an APC sitting in the main to let my squad ride with them, and they just say no, or something along those lines. APCs refusing to transport squads from the main (not asking to roll into the enemy base, just to carry us to the objective and support us) is as bad an offense as soloing armor or TKing.

12-08-2008, 05:25 PM	#13
gclark03 Join Date: Nov 2007 United States of America Location: You can't get here from there Posts: 1,602	Re: APC - Fighting Vehicle or Personal Carrier? Is it realistic to have an unarmed APC?

12-08-2008, 05:43 PM	#14
~~sakils2~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Latvia Location: Riga, Latvia\| Northern Europe Posts: 1,382	Re: APC - Fighting Vehicle or Personal Carrier? Armoured personnel carrier

12-08-2008, 06:11 PM	#15
McBumLuv Join Date: Aug 2008 Canada Location: St. Catharines, ON Posts: 3,575	Re: APC - Fighting Vehicle or Personal Carrier? Maybe only give the APC crew a sizable amount of points if they carry extra troops? That might encourage some people, if only a little, when they think: "Omgz0rz! how c4n teh puny 1nf4ntry wit n0 killz has m0ar points than me?" Not that I think it shouldn't be used as a mini battle tank if there are only 5 people on the server, just if a squad is requesting a pickup, go for it, and kill enemies later, depending on their threat level (ie, don't try chasing after fleeing riflemen, but go ahead and take out that cobra before returning to give infantry an evac). I also think that if any infantry squad is pinned down by something, you need to go there and pick them up ASAP.
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12-08-2008, 06:25 PM	#17
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12-08-2008, 06:28 PM	#18
McBumLuv Join Date: Aug 2008 Canada Location: St. Catharines, ON Posts: 3,575	Re: APC - Fighting Vehicle or Personal Carrier? To CRF and Sakils, I think the OP is asking why APCs are often used as IFVs in pr, instead of a true mechanized infantry role. Although, truth be told, the title is as misleading as a Fox "news" headline. Or, for those outside of America, Here.
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12-08-2008, 06:37 PM	#20
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