LAV-25 or AAV AMTRAC

[intelligenttrees 45]

So I've been playing the ARMA II campaign, and I'm on the 4th mission (Manhattan) In this mission, you get a bunch of transport vehicles at your disposal, including a LAV-25 and an AAV. Pretty much, the mission objective is to go around the northeast side of Chernarus and find these terrorist camps. Then you roll in with your big scary tanks and fuck bishes up.

for those of you who don't know, the LAV is the one that resembles a light tank with a smaller cannon and it rolls around on 8 wheels. The AAV is a big steel box on treads with a little turret on top. Both of these are heavily armored, can knock down trees with ease, and can carry a large amount of people

So I thought that it could be a pretty good addition to the game, but only if it was insanely hard to repair and always spawned completely broken.

to fully repair a LAV, you would need:

2 Engine Parts

30 Scrap metal

8 Wheels

3 fuel tank parts

30 Jerry cans

It would also only spawn at one location, and it would not be a garunteed spawn

To fully repair an AAV, you would need:

4 engine parts

50 Scrap metal

2 treads (new item, would be as rare as engines)

12 Wheels

1 Fuel tank parts

40 Jerry cans

same as above, one spawn, not garunteed

Also, Both vehicles would be Amphibious

In terms of ammo, the explosive ammo would be found as barracks loot, take up 3 spaces, and be as rare as a DMR

The machine gun ammo would just be M240 mags

Attached are pictures of a LAV and an AAV

[Sam.B 18]

They would be pretty overpowered though. If they were added, then maybe up the spawn rate of the m136 so players can't just roll into Cherno and kill everything that moves. It would be pretty sweet to see an LAV tear up snipers on Sniper hill near Elektro.

[Xucphra 453]

I'd really like to see a lot of the vehicles that don't appear in DayZ, but the real issue is it would be just plain unfair. Explosives in DayZ are rare and anyone with an armored vehicle could just roam around running over people and destroying everything with little to no resistance. It would take a lot of AS50 rounds to destroy one of those things, and chances are you won't have enough ordinance to stop them.

I'd like to see maybe one of the medevac variants appear, as they have no weaponry and would only serve as an armored vehicle.

Down one step further, I'd even be happy to see Humvees with armor and/or a machine gun as those are vulnerable to small arms fire and it wouldn't be overpowered.

Edited September 9, 2012 by Xucphra

[KrisdaChilla 3]

The Idea itself is good, but how do you want to destroy these vehicles? You would need a M132 launcher. In addition you could just roll around and kill everything in your line of sight. if they add more anti tank weapons in the game it would be worth thinking of.

[Stevenzoon (DayZ) 0]

During a Zombieapocalypse i would definitely prefer an armored vehicle.

BUT

i'm against this kind of armor in this game because they will simply be overpowered. Expect one Clan with that thing. They will definitely kill everyone they see everywhere and you wouldn't have any chance to outrun or hide from them because they will simply blow up the whole building.

Yes, there are Bazookas in the game but literally nobody uses them because you will loose the Backpack and.... lets be serious, how big is the chance that you'll encounter those Armour and not being killed by an AS50 kiddy.

[intelligenttrees 45]

They would be pretty overpowered though. If they were added, then maybe up the spawn rate of the m136 so players can't just roll into Cherno and kill everything that moves. It would be pretty sweet to see an LAV tear up snipers on Sniper hill near Elektro.

Right, it would give a use to the stupid M136. That sonovabitch has been the only barracks specific weapon I've ever found. And I've found it 4 times.

Also, I see it as a good way to taxi players without the vulnerabliity of a bus or the skill needed to fly a helicopter. Plus, it's not a bad endgame vehicle

[intelligenttrees 45]

I'd really like to see a lot of the vehicles that don't appear in DayZ, but the real issue is it would be just plain unfair. Explosives in DayZ are rare and anyone with an armored vehicle could just roam around running over people and destroying everything with little to no resistance. It would take a lot of AS50 rounds to destroy one of those things, and chances are you won't have enough ordinance to stop them.

I'd like to see maybe one of the medevac variants appear, as they have no weaponry and would only serve as an armored vehicle.

Down one step further, I'd even be happy to see Humvees with armor and/or a machine gun as those are vulnerable to small arms fire and it wouldn't be overpowered.

Maybe there could be Anti Tank mines, IEDs, and more launchers, such as an M47 or a FGM-148 Javelin

[tsandrey 379]

No. Far too advanced for DayZ. Misses the whole point. DayZ is about survival not warfare with tanks and etc.

And about the M136- yes, it's useless, but it should get a damage buff and should only require 10 spaces!

[Zeppa 562]

By this thread it sounds like you want to turn this back to arma2 with zombies?

tanks, javelins, mines, more tanks... no thanks.

And ammo rare as dmr ammo, lol... you could demolish the whole damn map with that thing then.

Sounds like someone would like to troll roll around the map just blasting everythin and everyone to shreds for lulz...

Unarmed, armored vehicle would be ok.. amtrac without the turret.

ps. fist thing that came to my mind from the tittle was bf3...try that :P

Edited September 10, 2012 by Zeppa

[schrapple 119]

They should definitely add those vehicles, if there is one thing this game needs desperately it is to be further unbalanced, I'm sick of there being even the slightest possibility that I might actually get killed by a zombie in this game.