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RE: Give missiles to freighters. - Trogdor - 09-25-2013
Oh god. A Bison with missile turrets.
10/10 would bang again
RE: Give missiles to freighters. - nOmnomnOm - 09-25-2013
I disagree. You'd just end up with Super Heavy VHF.
Its not the point of freighters to get missiles. They are more of a smuggling, fast, important trade ship. Not a combat ship using advanced rocket propelled weaponry.
RE: Give missiles to freighters. - Coin - 09-25-2013
no. fly a snub
RE: Give missiles to freighters. - nOmnomnOm - 09-25-2013
(09-25-2013, 05:29 AM)Coin Wrote: no. fly a snub
Exactly.
If you have not noticed, Transports and Freighters usually are able to have equipped different guns. They are not meant for only combat and would not need missiles when they are in PR used to transport important goods.
RE: Give missiles to freighters. - Trogdor - 09-25-2013
I think it would be fine as long as the missiles aren't too powerful or have too tight a turn rate. Fighters, bombers, and gunboats trying to kill you still have cms, and that's one less gun turret they have firing at them.
Or were you guys specifically referring to freighters, rather than transports?
RE: Give missiles to freighters. - Enchanter - 09-25-2013
YES.
Because must have the strength to defend yourself .
RE: Give missiles to freighters. - Flash™ - 09-25-2013
Voted no, if they do, delete Fighters from Disco. No one will bother to aim
RE: Give missiles to freighters. - Exterminator - 09-25-2013
No. Freighters are not fighters! Missiles are an offensive weapon,not defensive.
And besides,freighters have the ability to use turret zoom,what else do you want?
RE: Give missiles to freighters. - Commissar - 09-25-2013
I like this idea.
I like this idea a lot.
On the proviso that heavier transport/freighter weapons, like missiles, take up a larger amount of cargo space. You want to turn that Grizzly of yours into a mobile weapons platform? Fantastic, but don't expect to haul much cargo with it. It would give offensively-geared police freighters, intended for interception and seizure, an edge over the smugglers they pursued (unless of course said smuggler was also willing to sacrifice that cargo space). No need for them to out-gun fighters, but something that forces the player to make a conscious choice in terms of profit for their cargo vs their ability to defend it can only make things more interesting.
I'm for heavier transport weapons in general, not just missiles. Hiding a well-armed but virtually cargo-less transport ship in a convoy would add a bit of excitement to piracy for both sides, I think. Q-Ships, anyone?
RE: Give missiles to freighters. - acqchangqing - 09-25-2013
Gunboats Completely ruined.