Should Orca/Apache be pilot only?

[epicelite]

There's a reason they were that way in Renegade original, in renegade-x nobody bothers with Chinook because "Hey guy on Orca give me a lift to Nod wall plz thx!"

Especially bad when Nod does it just to drop a SBH off in your base.

[RoundShades]

I won't lie, this is probably the single highest building killer in any flying map. Getting a tech/hottie dropped on top your hon or one of the elevated paths infantry can go on their own such as lakeside sniper perch or walls sideramps.

I would not mind this being changed, as well as the chinook getting a mild buff that isn't stupid (read:weapon-based). I wouldnt mind chinook having orca health but having heavy-armor instead of light-armor, chinook passengers being mounted players to the midsection where they can fire out open sidedoors with personal weapons, or just having more health as lightarmor or more speed. Or less cost.

[suchconquer]

You change this for the reason mentioned above, and people will simply go -on- the Apache/Orca instead of in. I suggest giving the passenger a active role, like manning the gun turret.

[epicelite]

You change this for the reason mentioned above, and people will simply go -on- the Apache/Orca instead of in. I suggest giving the passenger a active role, like manning the gun turret.

I believe they made is so you take damage when standing on aircraft, at least I remember a patch note about that somewhere?

[SupremeCommandGDI]

You change this for the reason mentioned above, and people will simply go -on- the Apache/Orca instead of in. I suggest giving the passenger a active role, like manning the gun turret.

I believe they made is so you take damage when standing on aircraft, at least I remember a patch note about that somewhere?

Balance Good

[yosh56]

You take damage on top of aircraft, but at 10/second you can still make it where you need to, just not at 100% health.

[RoundShades]

Still at a health cost and inconvenience of climbing.