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Originally Posted by Racer
The best ways I've found to use CA Frames is to design two or more designs that look the same , and have one or more be an Anti Ram design with Roll Cage etc - and give the one with the CA the big guns . Another way is to hit any potential rammers with nasty drop weapons : during one game I watched , a Pick-Up mounting a Ram Plate was totally put off going anywhere near a CA framed Van by TDX Mines , Flame Cloud Gas Streamers and a turreted Spike Gun/HMG combo ( Gunner to Spike Gun , Driver to HMG ) ! Rather nasty if you've only got PR or SBPR Radials !
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The former idea is one most smart duellists have used for years -- one of my
Div. 30 designs (which, BTW, has never been defeated... :) ) has nearly a
dozen different variants to it, which are sufficiently similar that if a player is
not paying attention during the exterior description, he's likely to miss the
fine points....
The latter is also an old idea -- in fact, it's one of the factors which killed
_CW_; have you ever looked through the rules and tried to find a way to
*destroy* dropped weapons? Doesn't exist.
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Originally Posted by Racer
Since Ram Plate damage was dropped down to 1d+2/1d-1 , I've seen a marked decline in dedicated Ram Cars . In Divisions 30-40 and above they make a reasonable option . On the Road however , it's best on those designs that normally only ever go up light vehicles and Peds . A Road Bike with a CA Frames is okay , as any ram at 55mph+ is likely to kill it anyway .
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Oddly, I've never seen Ramcars used to any great effect in any of the games
I've played. Granted, my preferred DW combo is one SD each B and either L
or R -- it creates a line of spikes (usually explosive or incendiary) which is
all-but-guaranteed to detonate, and is very useful at sealing off chokepoints
and other areas, which does a number on a Rammer's ability to use speed
and maneuver.