vehicle warfare mode RIP

[npsxbox]

Oh, Vehicle Warfare mode.

How did we know thee...?



not very well I'm afraid. All servers running Vehicle Warfare mode (or VW - not to be confused with Volkswagen) are empty now. Only found one game filled with people about 8 hours into .9 going live, and already people were flushed with frustration, waiting at the main for days with no tanks spawning. And now, no populated server is running the mode.

Oh, the potential it had, like one guy said, going over a hill with 11 other tanks to find on the other side...11 enemy tanks. But alas, this was not to be.

And to those who say that if you don't want to lose the tank then don't get killed...you know, sometimes the enemy just takes you by surprise, and it really isn't your fault. But also, its not about how rare the tank should be. In normal AAS, yes I understand.

But in skirmish mode (where its just infantry), a soldier is just as valuable as the tank is in VW mode. As soon as it spawns in, you can run into back into the battle to reinforce your team. But if it were played like VW mode, since their just as valuable as each other (since the entire battle is done - only on foot or only in a tank) - imagine if you could spawn in but without a body. And all players are waiting @ the main are waiting for a soldier's body to spawn back in. I mean, its just not gonna work.

There's a reason why PR has such long spawn times when compared to vBF2 or Modern Warfare. And if its ok to reinforce your team in PR once you do spawn back in in skirmish mode, its also ok to reinforce your team as soon as you spawn in VW mode. my 2 cents.

Now there are compromises you can have. Maybe all destroyed tanks spawn in every 8 minutes. Or maybe they all spawn in when a flag is capped. Maybe have longer spawn times for both tank and player. But I digress.

As it stands, I presume I won't play VW mode any time soon. Not because I don't want to give it a second chance, but because the entire community has given up on it.

Until we meet again Vehicle Warfare. Can't say I knew you well. Farewell.

[=Toasted=]

I just read all of that with a shakespeareian accent, curse you.

Anyway I'm sure the player's mindset and playstyle will change eventually.

[Zeppelin35]

I have to admit that the big problem with vehicle warfare is the fact that tanks don't respawn. In any tank engagement someone is going to get taken out. There is nothing more frustrating than being the unlucky one who gets killed early on and then having to spend the rest of the match at main. This also adds the problem that if you're not in the game when it starts then there's no point in joining since you'll just spend all you're time at main taking up space.

This also adds a problem that vehicle warfare becomes boring late in the match. In the one round of it that I played I only encountered 2 tanks during the 20-30 minute match and the last half was basically just flying around trying to find where the hell the last few tanks hid themselves. It feels more like an easter egg hunt rather than a tank battle.

Vehicle warfare is supposed to be like AAS in it's gameplay, just a long and epic struggle for control over the battlefield.

[[R-DEV]Sniperdog]

I think the spawn time should be five minutes. That and the drive back out would be enough of a punishment for dying. The problem is that in other gamemodes if you get killed in a tank you have the option of going on to doing something else like infantry or transpo. In this game mode if you die you have to wait for 20 minutes no matter what. (and lets face the facts someone is going to die; its a battle for christ's sake :P)

[npsxbox]

Originally Posted by Sniper_dog14

In this game mode if you die you have to wait for 20 minutes no matter what. (and lets face the facts someone is going to die; its a battle for christ's sake :P)

exactly. you may as well quit the server. We all had to get used to 40-60 sec spawns. But 20 minutes? Please, fix VW mode!

[Feriluce]

Hmm...Is it time for me to say "I told you so"?

I described just this scenario when the topic first came up on friday.

[ghoststorm11]

THat is really disappointing to hear. I was hoping that VW would be an epic alternative game choice. Alas, it wasnt meant to be. Maybe if the spawn timer was changed. I got on .9 last night and there wasnt one server running VW. I know I wanted to play it, but its sad when the game mode is scrubbed only 2 days after the release. Unless something is done about the spawn time, then Vehicle Warfare = FAIL. Hopefully they will get it fixed so Vehicle Warfare = Amazing

[hiberNative]

so it doesn't have a shorter spawn time for armor, when the battlefield is only composed of armor? that's... silly.

[artwie]

OP describes exactly how I feel about VW, I was really REALLY excited about it, but the VW servers being empty and the tank respawn timers so long... goddamnit.

[Alex6714]

Well they effectively just don´t respawn at all, unless you have the patience to wait 99999 seconds but I am sure by that time you would have given up.