I like the idea.

Lol, one of the first imba/OP discussions here!

Or better yet, let's just nerf the buggy. Aubrey can take blizz's example and decide to nerf the buggy and make the jets even more OPed. "Our balance team has seen that Protoss is less used in the Pro circuits, and Terran and Zerg having more players. So we decided that PvZ is going to be having a major upgrade and game change. GLHF to all! :)"

• IMBA: imbalance
• OP: OverPower, OverPowered (basically meaning powerful, too powerful)
• NERF: to make weaker, take away features
• PROTOSS: the most OP race in StarCraft, and it keeps getting more features and the other races are getting nerfed. The playing style is aggressive and extremely plan-oriented.
• TERRAN: the second-most OP race in StarCraft. The playing style is defensive, can be both plan-oriented or reactive
• ZERG: the least powerful race in StarCraft. Aggressive but reactive.
• PvZ: Protoss vs Zerg. Since Protoss is most powerful, and Zerg is least powerful, Protoss has the advantage. (except Roaches are basically the counter to all Gateway/Warpgate units, but of course there are immortals).
• GLHF: Good Luck Have Fun

das kool!

Yeah, sticky treads are a good idea, I like that! Another idea I had is for multiple tank "weapons". For example. maybe the tank could shoot rockets and/or lasers. The rockets would create a blast radius, but would be much slower than the tanks. This wouldn't give much of an advantage, but would be a very interesting tactical twist. The jet... Grappling the jet would be so awesome! The thing is, that right now, all the weapons are available to everyone. With the exception of the tank, everyone shoots the same lasers. The tank doesn't have enough of a firepower advantage over the buggy. Yeah, it shoots fast, but not often enough. There should be some sort of engine health for all the vehicles. The more you are shot, the less quickly your buggy functions. You have the option to manually repair, but you can't move, and others can still shoot you at that time. Once your health reaches a certain level, you would be invincible for a period of time until your health regenerates to about 80%. what do you think?

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I think these sound like good ideas.  I don't think this is the first mention of a grappling hook for hovercraft idea but it is good to bring that back up.  Also, I think Jet should be nerfed slightly.  SkyFly and I did an experiment and Jet was able to outrun a red laser going behind it.  No vehicle should be able to go faster than a laser as lasers should go at the "speed of light".

in my opinion,

 

jet is underpowered and dis-advantaged

 

have you ever tried to hit a buggy the size of a pixel going 700 MPH?

its hard. for me its almost impossible. and the jet is also too manuverable. theres a point where if you turn too hard you fall into a small spin and lose most of your speed, and that ponit is 2 seconds worth of pressing the "w" or "s" button. and with the buggy also moving and doing crazy manuvers with insane speed, its almost impossible to hit the buggy while flying the jet. plus, AND THIS IS WHAT REALLY BUGS ME, its SUPER annoying when EVERYTHING ELSE can lock on to the jet just by simply pointing at it. while the jet has to actually MANUALLY shoot them. even though *as stated above* its freaking near impossible to hit a buggy (or a hovercraft, and maybe the tank) while both vehicles are moving around 100MPH.

thank you for reading my little rant about the jet. all of the above makes gameplay with the jet extremly hard and chaotic for me. and i hate that.

that is all. 

you have got to remember this is LASER TAG, not actual comat. it is simply a game of lasers.

from what i hear from others is that there *will not* be anything that could  resemble any kind of weaponry other than the green and red laser. no homing missles, no machine guns, no bombs, no mines, no 'turrets' no explosives.




this is a passive game, the only aggresive side is the lasers and the angry noobs :)


 

I am not hoping for better weapons. These power-ups do not aid shooting others directly. They just balence out and make more apperent the strenghs of each vehicle, and their respective strategies. 

 

There is no need for balancing. They are already balanced.

 

If you find one vehicle much easier to use than another, then USE IT.

 

If you can't figure out the controls of one, DON'T use it.

 

It's like a naval fleet. Aircraft carriers are by far the best ship to have. They have planes, advanced radar/sonar, and communications. One carrier could easily pwn a destroyer or battleship. However, in certain situations, a battleship will be the best choice.

 

The buggy is by far the best vehicle, it's balanced and very versatile. However, sometimes the jet, with enough skill, will dominate a buggy in some circumstances.

Yes, but the other two vehicles are easily overwhelmed by the buggy. 

But with enough skill, any vehicle will win.