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I'd change the to-hit penalties massively in favor of moving vehicles vs stationary ones. Nearly stationary cars should have a very difficult time hitting moving ones - even if their target is headed straight at them, or away, the speed difference should count.


Vehicles moving under 15 mph should suffer the wrath of the dogfighting gods.
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 12:32 am
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Lets implement that into 1
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 3:24 am
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Do you even understand how vectors and speed work? Stationary shooters can achieve more accurate aim. Try running and shooting a gun at the same time. This is about as silly as holding a gun sideways and expecting the same ballistics path.
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 9:22 am Last edited Feb 10, 2014, 9:24 am by Grimm Sykes
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Grimm Sykes said:
Do you even understand how vectors and speed work? Stationary shooters can achieve more accurate aim. Try running and shooting a gun at the same time. This is about as silly as holding a gun sideways and expecting the same ballistics path.


once again you miss the point completely.

Simon is looking to make the game more dynamic and interesting... not to make it more realistic.

try to keep up
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 10:47 am
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goat starer said:
Grimm Sykes said:
Do you even understand how vectors and speed work? Stationary shooters can achieve more accurate aim. Try running and shooting a gun at the same time. This is about as silly as holding a gun sideways and expecting the same ballistics path.


once again you miss the point completely.

Simon is looking to make the game more dynamic and interesting... not to make it more realistic.

try to keep up


It is a lot easier to have a steady aim if you hold still.  So why not have a bonus to hitting stationary vehicles?  You're a much better target if you don't move. 

While on the move it is much more difficult to lay down effective fire.  There are things to consider like bumps on the road, inertia, and how much you should lead your target.  Modern war machines use stable platforms and computers to quickly and accurately calculate the firecontrol solution.  I don't think we have that stuff in DW.

I think the game already take these things into consideration.  There's a to hit penalty for drivers in motion.  Defensive Driver seems to work better when the car is moving.  Ballistics are much more accurate if you hold still. 

If you don't like the defensive line tactic then maybe consider a muscle scout.  Hell you can even move that defensive line into the fray!  That would counter the recoil have high caliber weapons (bonus). 

There are a lot of different ways to play Dark Wind.  This is what makes it so damned addictive.  I don't think we should change it in this regard.             
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 3:13 pm
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Jagged Monkey said:

It is a lot easier to have a steady aim if you hold still.  So why not have a bonus to hitting stationary vehicles?  You're a much better target if you don't move. 

   


there already is one

and im not saying we should change it... just that following what someone is saying is necessary to conduct sensible debate.. if Grimm can't do that he should keep q
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 4:09 pm Last edited Feb 10, 2014, 7:16 pm by goat starer
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no, I got it, the point was to change a fundamental part of the game in some silly and senseless way.
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Not sure how easy this would be to fix, but I think one of the big problems is there are only two types of AI behavior. Engage and dogfight or run. Not sure how hard the coding would be, but if some of the AI's flanked lines and some set up a line of their own and advanced slowly (slower), might be helpful.

Or, you know, the rocket boosted suicide tanker.
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 4:45 pm
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Grimm Sykes said:
no, I got it, the point was to change a fundamental part of the game in some silly and senseless way.


no you didnt.. as your reply shows.. you seem completely unaware that the rest of us can read
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 5:04 pm
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Looks like Bast has been here..........
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 5:22 pm
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goat starer said:
Grimm Sykes said:
no, I got it, the point was to change a fundamental part of the game in some silly and senseless way.


no you didnt.. as your reply shows.. you seem completely unaware that the rest of us can read


Considering how many, especially yourself, go off on only part of whats said and seem to miss most of what I have said, I really have to wonder about your ability to read. I never said it was like a gun being held sideways, I said it was as silly as. Which, if you could read, you would know.

DW 2 will be playing with dw1 players, so any rules change like this would have to be made to both games.

The AI behavior isnt attack or flee. the runners run because they have rear weapons and try to keep targets in arc. They only "flee" when stress gets too high.  Most people who have scouted with me have noticed the AI turn and run at some point. Not for long though, eventually they get brave and engage again.
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 6:14 pm Last edited Feb 10, 2014, 6:17 pm by Grimm Sykes
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Grimm Sykes said:



I never said it was like a gun being held sideways, I said it was as silly as. Which, if you could read, you would know.



erm? nobody said you said that dude... you are imagining stuff again. its getting really worrying.
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 7:15 pm
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Grimm Sykes said:
This is about as silly as holding a gun sideways and expecting the same ballistics path.


Um
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 7:20 pm
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Jagged Monkey said:
Um


http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/66883-why-does-holding-a-pistol-sideways-like-in-the-movies-not-really-work/
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Suffice to say that holding a gun sideways is a billboard that says, "I'm an idiot!" to anyone who has even a small amount of weapons training. 
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Posted Feb 10, 2014, 8:33 pm Last edited Feb 10, 2014, 8:34 pm by Grimm Sykes
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simonmaxhill said:
I'd change the to-hit penalties massively in favor of moving vehicles vs stationary ones.


I get the concept, but I would lean differently towards a different way to implement your idea. Eliminate the penalty aspect. What should really be rewarded is for game play that is more difficult and dangerous.

Muscle scouts should get a better bonus and/or increase to their gunnery skills. Driving around at 40 to 70 mph and shooting a weapon is hard and deserves better rewards. Line fighting is easy. It doesn't take a lot of skill to put on the Ebrake and shoot, so skill training should be at a minimum.

Anytime you go over your starting speed (30 mph), you would should get an increase in skill training. Now, that does mean after 50 turns of line fighting you start to drive and get 2 shots in over 30 mph before the scout ends that you should get a bonus. The bonus should apply only if more than half of the turns in your encounter were at + 30mph.

Implementing ways to reward players who choose to play with higher difficulty and higher risk should always be made available. That being said, Flame Thrower Ram scouts should probably get a triple bonus!
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Posted Feb 11, 2014, 12:37 am
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goat starer said:
Grimm Sykes said:
Do you even understand how vectors and speed work? Stationary shooters can achieve more accurate aim. Try running and shooting a gun at the same time. This is about as silly as holding a gun sideways and expecting the same ballistics path.


once again you miss the point completely.

Simon is looking to make the game more dynamic and interesting... not to make it more realistic.
try to keep up


So we want it to be LESS realistic and more unbelievable?

Personally I prefer believability
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Posted Feb 11, 2014, 12:55 am
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goat starer said:
Grimm Sykes said:
no, I got it, the point was to change a fundamental part of the game in some silly and senseless way.

no you didnt.. as your reply shows.. you seem completely unaware that the rest of us can read


I hate to say this...  But Grimm's reply made more sense than Goat's

If anything, a stationary vehicle should TAKE more damage from multi-projectile weapons like LMG, MG, MMG, HMG due to more steel on target rather than the few hits they catch while the cone of fire is on them.  OR as an alternative, multi-projectile weapons should do reduced damage to moving cars.  However, single projectile weapons would be unchanged in thier effect.  This is realisticly plausable.
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Posted Feb 11, 2014, 1:03 am Last edited Feb 11, 2014, 1:18 am by StCrispin
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*The X Man* said:
Anytime you go over your starting speed (30 mph), you would should get an increase in skill training. Now, that does mean after 50 turns of line fighting you start to drive and get 2 shots in over 30 mph before the scout ends that you should get a bonus. The bonus should apply only if more than half of the turns in your encounter were at + 30mph.


gee that would make it very easy and rewarding to use rear guns and just kite them along. Sure get this implimented so i can get better gains with mortars, 3 or 4 points a scout isnt enough for SS.  :rolleyes:
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Posted Feb 11, 2014, 1:21 am
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StCrispin said:
multi-projectile weapons should do reduced damage to moving cars.  However, single projectile weapons would be unchanged in thier effect.  This is realisticly plausable.


One problem with this crisp... armor is a vague idea as far as applying damage. as all the shots aren't going to hit the exact same spot. one could hit the rear quarter panel, one could hit the door, and if it had weird hit boxes like the BPU, one could hit the back window. I had always thought of it as a relative value and assumed that's why metal fatigue didn't weigh in by the second. In the long term scheme, that's what perma damage amounts to.

OOPS Crisp, I misread that... but there's still a problem.. 5 human targets spaced in a 20 foot wide area, and your standing there with a machine gun at 20 feet away. you can empty the whole clip and odds are you will only hit 1 target. automatic fire is anything but accurate. It was designed so unskilled soldiers could throw a lot of lead and maybe get lucky. A skilled marksman could use single shot, and take down all 5 targets  with 1 shot each in under 7 seconds. There's actually a video of this exact scenario.
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Posted Feb 11, 2014, 1:36 am Last edited Feb 11, 2014, 1:48 am by Grimm Sykes
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That is sort of what I mean.  Except for cargo vehicles, they all attack the same way.  Sam wrote a paper on teaching the AI to drive better based on player pathing actions.  It would be nice if he was able to teach the AI to fight better based on player weapons use and strategies.  For the most part, all the AI vehicles follow the same attack pattern: charge!

Grimm Sykes said:

The AI behavior isnt attack or flee. the runners run because they have rear weapons and try to keep targets in arc. They only "flee" when stress gets too high.  Most people who have scouted with me have noticed the AI turn and run at some point. Not for long though, eventually they get brave and engage again.
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