chortles 263 Posted October 8, 2015 Note that a lead dev behind the campaign is former community. ;) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisb 196 Posted October 8, 2015 I think Note that a lead dev behind the campaign is former community. ;) I think many are former community. Within that may lay some of the problems, regards certain issues the game has. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theevancat 277 Posted October 10, 2015 As previously mentioned, the M-ATV is the basis for the Hunter so it's understandable if Bohemia's designers didn't look at (much less incorporate) the L-ATV's capabilities -- but the lack of a lighter military vehicle beyond the quadbike, I believe that that omission (by Arma 3's designers) parallels a real-life souring in the US on the idea of a vehicle so lightly armored (or not) as the Humvee, hence the protection-level requirements in the JLTV procurement. That is true. I think we've geared towards heavier vehicles in the past and it's wise for a lot of things (I personally like my limbs attached to my body), they're not a one-size-fits-all solution. However, BI probably just added the base MATVs for gameplay and budget reasons. Most likely didn't have time to make a LATV-type vehicle to use. Honestly, I think the military is going for the MATV/LATV combo since they're very similar and both of them have their specific missions. There is a souring on the lightly armored vehicles but we still realize that there's a need for a vehicle that can be slingloaded or can actually cross rickety bridges that a full MRAP can bring down. So yeah, you're right. We don't want lightly armored vehicles anymore. But we still need "light" vehicles. Torch/sell/donate the rest of the bigger MRAPs and keep some in storage or special purpose vehicles (a MATV can't exactly replace a Buffalo, for example.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
