Greetings everybody.
The disadvantages of S.W.A.T. truck
Today I care to suggest making the S.W.A.T. tank contain features that make it a use-able vehicle. since it's currently among the worst vehicles in the server due to its low max speed, bad handling and overall lack of anything that makes it worth buying. plus, you can't even aim/drive-by to shoot while inside of it, not as a driver or a passenger.
The Suggested Features
1-Max speed of 198 KPH.
The vehicle has a max speed of 138 KPH, which isn't enough, so we will start with increasing the speed.
2-Adding the feature to shoot teargas from the cannon.
You can't even shoot while inside of it, so to make up for that, it will shoot teargas cans out of its cannon, and the teargas shot should be shot strongly like an arrow so it could be useful and reach the target. I should also mention that cops will have to press 'N' to enable shooting teargas because I'm sure people don't want to waste 1k $ when they press nitrous button to speed up.
This option can be overridden if not applicable/semi impossible, can be replaced by giving 80% damage resistance to the vehicle.
3-Giving it the ram ability of the Dune.
S.W.A.T. truck in GTA SA was shown to break the wall of DFR in the last mission of the game, that should demonstrate enough about how strong it is. giving it the ability to strongly ram vehicles will make it useful to prevent criminals from escaping, all while keeping it fair, since the max speed will be 198 KPH. so if you really want to avoid the S.W.A.T. tank not to get rammed by it, you will(so no, it won't be 'OP'), but this will be a good feature for multi-use.
I believe those additions will turn the vehicle into a good support for cops at riots, with the teargas shooter, and for disabling criminal vehicles by the ramming power.
1-Teargas will cost 1k$ per can, with 5 seconds cooldown.
2-I'm not suggesting more damage resistance for it, I'm suggesting giving it the ram ability of the Dune.
3-Cost to be decided by administration, preferably 2 million and more. (Up to administration)
Cost can remain at 600k, since the FBI truck has advantages and it still remains at 200k.
MAJOR UPDATES
I've been told by multiple players that the whole teargas thing isn't effective or useful in any situation due to the fact that cops can already throw teargas with M4 rather than being stuck in a car that can get destroyed easily. In addition to Brian telling me that the dune ramming ability is unlikely to be re-added, so I decided to suggest the following:
1-80% damage resistance, similar to FBI truck's. (though, it'll be 80% instead of 60% because this vehicle is more limited.)
2-Enable shooting from inside the vehicle + Enable gluing & shooting on it without VIP.
3-Maximum speed of 235 KPH, as FBI Truck has similar functions but it has a speed that can reach 285KPH+, though it has plates that make it harder to drive, while the S.W.A.T. truck doesn't have those plates. It should also have the ability to reach max speed quickly so it can function as a ramming alternative.
4-Stinger support.
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