Do you think an AT that uses vehicles could ever come about?

I know it'd take a crapload of work to do, but do you think it could be possible/awesome? I mean an AT that uses various vehicles for their powers? Drive a small tank/motorcycle/etc. Maybe your powers would add on bits and pieces to the item used. A swarm missile type attack would add on a visible missile rack to the vehicle for example.

On the other hand, that means vehicles could be added to the game for various reasons such as for travel powers, and maybe even things like pilotable mechs. Maybe you'd be able to enter and exit the vehicle, allowing any AT to use it?

I'm picturing a team line up.

Cat Girl, Guy in Black Trenchcoat Black Outfit, Skullface Guy With Spikes, and a giant tank at the end.

Well if it's good enough for comic books then it's good enough for me.

Given there's the new temporary powers tray that works in a personal story, for a temp power to get into Night Ward and for the new Panther Stealth power; pilotable vehicles might be a reality sooner rather than later.

Maybe when the Coming Storm gets here we'll be able to pilot a Vanguard mech or two during the battles.

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This reminds me of something from years ago... I don't remember if it was a PC, or a NPC, but someone asked "how the hell did they get those skyskiffs throug the doors?".


How the [censored] did that tank fit through that tiny midget door?

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

By the time you get to Vanguard's Heavies, much less a Lambda, one's suspension of disbelief has already been totally shattered.

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

What would a vehicle AT bring to gameplay?



If they bothered to make vehicles I would expect them to be their own powers that any character could use, not an AT. Probably a power pool added after power pool customization is possible like:


1 Missile - You use a remote control to have your vehicle fire a missile and strike your target! Ground targetted AoE with low max targets, like 3. 2min timer. (Vehicle not visible if not toggled on, effect just happens 'comes from somewhere else'.)

2 Swarm Missile - You use a remote control to have your vehicle fire a small group of homing missiles that fly to you and orbit you for up to Xseconds until they acquire a target, fly to it, and detonate. (Seekers style attack.) 4min timer. (Vehicle not visible if not toggled on, effect just happens 'comes from somewhere else'.)

3 Ground Vehicle - Choice of ground vehicle in powers customization, move speed increase, jump alteration (Lowered height, unaffected speed so you get the arc you'd expect from a vehicle jump) and can't use your offensive powers (just run your defensive toggles). Can use powers 1 and 2 from this set, and the timers are reduced to 6 and 12 seconds.

4 V-TEC JUST KICKED IN YO - Afterburner type power to cap all travel speeds except jump, and add a Repel aura so you can hit things and send them flying! ^^

5 Flying Vehicle - Choice of air vehicle, see #3, but it flies.

Did someone say Nemesis ponies?

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We got a Thug Mastermind Pet, that gets off of a Motor Cycle, so yeah it is Possible, it be while before they make something like this a Reality.

Y'know, if they just gave all of these large robotic entities a short range teleport, or just a teleport in general, it would assuage a lot of concerns about how they managed to get a War Walker into my cubicle at work.

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No.

To the extent that my Gravity users already launch forklifts and old cars at enemies, yes.

If this were anything other than a travel power of some sort I would be disappointed. The amount of work required to do anything more than that would be a huge drain on the resources that could be used for content that would be far more interesting in my opinion.

All things considered, even a motorcycle travel power seems like it would be a challenge to implement.

I struggle to imagine vehicles as the actual focus of a powerset. Yes, there are vehicles in superhero comics, but there are extremely limited example of vehicles themselves being someone's super power, unless we talk about the degenerate case of powered armor of some kind.

So, no, I don't really see it.

When people ask for vehicles in this game, I primarily see it as interest in a vehicular travel power or something like that. Not as a powerset.

I'd settle for a flypose emote that makes you look like you're steering an invisible jet.