Good morning or evening to everyone, This topic is inspired by people who wanted artillery and vehicles on AoS, Now if we think of it, Here is what kind of Artillery we will need:
Cannons: This Artillery piece should be operated by 3 players, 1 of them will fire the cannon, The other one will navigate, While the other one will reload the cannon, Since cannons are heavy (Which is a realistic fact) Cannons should be placed by a map editor, Now here are my ideas:
An Automatic Cannon: This is a light artillery piece, Since it is automatic people would say that it would be overpowered, Well this can be balanced by overheating and weakness (Weaknesses are 1 Rocket, 50 SMG Shots, 35 Rifle Shots) and this cannon has a capacity of 15 or 20 rounds. The explosion range will damage 5 blocks.
A 125mm Cannon: This is a medium-heavy cannon, It would be operated by 3 players (The gunner, navigator and the one that reloads it), It can be destroyed by an RPG (Which is gonna be on AoS 1.0) with 1-2 rockets. The explosion range will damage 10 blocks.
A 150mm Cannon: This is a heavy cannon, It would be operated by 4 players, (The navigator, gunner, and the 2 players that would reload the gun) The explosion range will damage 15-20 blocks. It's weakness are 3 rockets.
A 200mm Costal Cannon: I Know what you people are gonna think and you are gonna say that it is overpowered, Well 7 players will operate the cannon. Its weakness are 5 Rocket shots, Its explosion range will damage 25-30 blocks.
Anti Aircraft Guns: Since helicopters will be on AoS 1.0, We need a big gun that would take em off instead of letting them fly by and dont give a f*ck. Here are my ideas:
A Fully Auto Anti Aircraft Gun: This Anti-aircraft gun will take down aircraft with 6-12 shots, Easy to move and easy to aim.
A Semi Auto Anti Aircraft Gun: This Anti-Aircraft gun will take down an aircraft with 3-5 shots, Kinda Hard to move, Easy to aim
A Heavy Caliber Anti Aircraft Gun: This Anti-Aircraft gun will take down an aircraft with one shot, Hard to move and hard to aim due to its heavy weight.
Motars: This gun was requested by many AoS players on the forum, It would be operated by 2 players.
If you guys have any better ideas, New variants of cannons, And better balancing of these, You may share it. And now lets go to the vehicles (They can be placed by map editors)
New helicopter variants (I Had an idea about this after i watched the AoS 1.0 Helicopter demonstration by lastofspades,):
Attack Helicopter (Like an AH-64 Apache etc etc): This type of helicopter will have 2 Miniguns and 2 Rocket launchers.
Rescue (Medic) Helicopter: This helicopter will have a Red Cross sign to indicate that it is a rescue helicopter, A Player must send a signal by pressing a button to indicate that he/she needs help (Just like on one of my favorite games called Team Fortress 2 where if you press the call Medic button, It will have a signal that indicates that he needs a medic) and the player piloting it might go to your area where you are.
Tanks: Comes in different variants and here they are:
A Main Battle Tank (MBT): Usually equipped with a 120mm or a 125mm cannon.
A Light Tank: Usually equipped with 50mm, 75mm Semi Auto cannons, It is fast and it's cannon is very easy to move due to it's light weight. It can be destroyed with 1 Rocket.
A Heavy Tank: Usually equipped with a 150mm, 160mm, 175mm cannons, It is very slow and it's main gun (The Cannon) is hard to move due to its weight.
Boats: This vehicle will scare off water campers away and if you want to cross an area with water fast. This is what we will need:
Rubber Boats: Equipped with nothing, It can be took down with 3-5 Rifle shots, 8-10 SMG shots, 1 Shotgun shot and 1 roket. It is very fast but it offers less protection. 3 players can ride.
A PT Boat: Equipped with a Machine Gun, And it is fast, Can be taken down with 1 RPG Shot. Offers normal protection. 5 players can ride:
Small Battleships: Equipped with a Machine Gun and a Mounted Missile Launcher, Can me taken down by 3 rocket shots. Normal Speed, Offers great protection and normal speed
Battleships: Equipped with Heavy Cannons, Mounted Rocket Launchers, Mounted Missile Launchers, Machine Gun's and others. Many players can ride here, Offers excellent protection and slow speed.
Armored Personel Carriers: Can transport players, 15 players can ride
Jeeps: Mounted with a Machine Gun, 3 Players can ride this.
And feel free to improve this topic, Give new ideas, And new variants of Artillery and Vehicles, Thank you.