What if…there is a mongoose (spawnable in forge) which has a turret at the back of it. Wait, wait, it would only be about as strong as the reach ground turret, and only a 180* field of view. The mongoose, turret would be a great replacement for the warthog where the third person would be too OP. What about this to make it worth taking over a Warthog:
Say your two weapons are this:
PR-Primary
Pistol-Backup
Now enter the back seat of the mongoose, turret.
By default you grab turret.
However, pressing Y switches to your now backup (PR).
You cannot use your last weapon in mongoose (pistol).
Pressing B would detach the turret, but keep you on the mongoose. Then it is just a normal mongoose. You can still bring the turret on, but you have 200 ammo, just like a default turret.
X to exit.
To be honest, the whole purpose of Mongoose is not to be directly offensive, in other words, able to shoot. It’s a transport vehicle to quickly get the flag from the opponent’s base or quickly plant the bomb. On the other hand, it’s also a fun vehicle to just mess around with, trying to splatter people and that kind of stuff. Having weapons on the Mongoose would shatter both of these purposes.
That could be interesting depending on how it is implimented. It could give the Mongoose some much needed tactical use other than getting to point a to be or carrying a bomb/flag carrier.
I actually pictured it more like a side car myself in build. But that’s just me. My mind went off on a WW2 style Us Army motorcylce tangent.
I could see it as a Mongoose with a expanded back end for more stability, probably with a guard bar to prevent the gunner from accidentally shooting off the back of his friends head. Something like a 50 cal wouldn’t be too outrageous on a vehicle. especially if it has a limited firing cone so the Warthog has to go headon with a target.
> What if…there is a mongoose (spawnable in forge) which has a turret at the back of it. Wait, wait, it would only be about as strong as the reach ground turret, and only a 180* field of view. The mongoose, turret would be a great replacement for the warthog where the third person would be too OP. What about this to make it worth taking over a Warthog:
>
> Say your two weapons are this:
> PR-Primary
> Pistol-Backup
>
> Now enter the back seat of the mongoose, turret.
> By default you grab turret.
>
> However, pressing Y switches to your now backup (PR).
> You cannot use your last weapon in mongoose (pistol).
> Pressing B would detach the turret, but keep you on the mongoose. Then it is just a normal mongoose. You can still bring the turret on, but you have 200 ammo, just like a default turret.
> X to exit.
I just want the mongoose to be faster than the warthog. And possibly have more protection against bullets. However, there could be a variant of the mongoose like you explain on certain maps.
everyone here makes me sad. I’m gonna go troll the bnet forums now.