Opinions on armed vehicles?

[khaenz 93]

I'm not talking about APC's like BMPs or LAVs but vehicles like armed technicals (With DSHKm behind) and UAZ with DSHKm or Military off-road with M2. Of course, these would have to be incredibly rare to make sure there won't be too often some retard driving around the coast firing at people.

 

I think it would be a really nice addition. They wouldn't really be overpowered, considering how easy it is to take out a gunner on one (Unless you're stuck somewhere and pinned down) and that finding ammunition would probably be hard. It would also make the vehicle more intimidating, which would make more survivors avoid you. Or maybe having a BRDM-2 but without ammunition (The BRDM-2 doesn't have thick armour, and can be penetrated by 7.62 so I don't think it would be overpowered)?

 

Whats your opinion about these kind of things? Would they be overpowered, and if yes, how?

 

Oh, also, opinions of being able to fire while in a vehicle? I think that would be pretty nice, if you could for example on a pickup truck stand in the back and fire from there using some sort of machinegun with a bipod (You'll fly off if you get shot/the car crashes though, and most likely die).

Edited July 21, 2013 by dollon

[wild_man 4442]

yes please more car like this :beans:

[plexico 386]

I think having the BRDM-2 would be pretty OP, even without ammo. Having a UAZ with a mounted gun might work, if they were just about as rare as a heli. Limited ammo and can only be reloaded by rare machine gun belts.

[ratiasu@hotmail.co.jp 122]

I would like to see this as a crafting option on certain vehicles tbh. It should probably take two passenger seat and/or cargo slots in order to not make it a straight upgrade. EG: The blue van would lose the two back seats in order to fit a SAW/another weapon you can find in-game. (Would love an MG42 mounted on a reinforced blue soccer mom van. This obviously shouldn't work with a GAZ or something similar. 

 

I would also love a turret-less T-34 ...

[Wazza 274]

These vehicles you want are already on some maps dude..

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

For standalone, I don't want to see these vehicles just 'spawn in'.  I would like to see it if we can 'craft' the cars that spawn in.  As someone said above, make your own technical out of a hatchback or something, you would of course need a gun and some other parts to make it work, as well as have to stock it with ammo (could be a simple as an AKM mounted to the top of a hatchback with a hole cut in the roof.  Think that it should be made so that you cant just mount a m240 on a car, then jump from the driver seat to the gunner's seat via a menu, you should have to jump out of the car, then get back in through the gunner's door.  To even mounting an actual heavy machine gun on a UAZ or something).  I also think we should be able to 'armor' up vehicles a little bit, mount a steel plate/sheet of plywood over the windows for extra protection.  Its been said that when they do add vehicles one of the things they want to do is let us 'mad max' em up a bit (wrap the car in razor wire, mount tank traps on the front as a battering ram, tie a naked femboy to the rear bumper...wait what?  DAMNIT STEAK get out of my head!)

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

For standalone, I don't want to see these vehicles just 'spawn in'.  I would like to see it if we can 'craft' the cars that spawn in. 

That is the plan.  It won't be implemented to start with but further down the line vehicles and the way they work will be overhauled.

[-Se7eN- 874]

i think having one armed vehicle would be interesting, because then you can highway rob people, and that is alot of fun, aslong as they keep them nice and rare, hard to maintain and low on ammo, im cool with it.

[Devon206 (DayZ) 77]

I think they should have some sort of system where you HAVE to find ammo for the guns, maybe in military barracks or ATC's. It should only be available in UAZ's.