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Bombs, for bombers. - Elsdragon - 12-23-2009
Invincible gunboat
[color=#FF0000]DO NOT WANT
Bombs, for bombers. - Death.RunningVerminator - 12-24-2009
Oh you guys, you make me chuckle.. not laugh, but chuckle.
I see this is going no where, so if a mod or admin stumbles apon this thread, please lock.
Thanks for your opinions guys!:)
Bombs, for bombers. - Friday - 12-24-2009
Well there is potential there - just need more work.
The idea of different bomber weapons is a good one (and in the general bomber thread most people voted yes to different types of bomber weapon).
Trouble is its such a new concept there is a lot to consider - in terms of implementation and balance.
1) IMPLEMENTATION:
- Slow
- Used at close range
- Heavy Damage
- Large Blast Radius
2) BALANCE:
- Ensure only the ships we want using it...use it!
This is actually a perfect example to use with CARGO BALANCE. Giving this ordnance a cargo value will restrict how much all ships with a mine launcher can carry. It automatically limits lighter craft to only a couple of them (or even none at all depending on how much cargo they take up).
If it is intended that bombers only carry a few of these - then give them a cargo value of say, 30-50.
Note that this potentially makes Freighters into 'bombers' - if they can get close enough to a cap to drop them!
- Ensure it is only used against the ships it is intended to be used for.
Use this against fighters? If it is very slow then a fighter should be able to evade it.
A ship thrusting at 200 will take 1.5 seconds to travel 300. A detonation delay of two seconds should be enough to reach minimum safe distance.
The device should be unstable - if a CD can detonate it, it makes it suicide to use it against a CD carrying ship head on.
Bombs, for bombers. - sovereign - 12-24-2009
You realize that in a fight with even remotely competent people, even a battleship is usually one or so k away from where it was 20 seconds before. So would you hook up to the ship or something? If so, flak/mortar/anything really and you go splode. You die in exchange for distracting a cap for maybe ten seconds. Granted, that's actually a lot more damage than a single supernova will ever do to a battleship. But still. Not fun for the bomber.
Bombs, for bombers. - Harcourt.Fenton.Mudd - 12-24-2009
Horrible idea. Bombers are allready WTFPWND sticks.
Bombs, for bombers. - Tovig - 12-24-2009
' Wrote:*walks in*
a solution to bomberwhoring: percentage weapons
think about it, for example, a SNAC takes out 5.6% of a ships' hull
not much for a fighter, but a considerable amount on a cap.
just and idea
*walks out*
What's the point to get cap8 armor then ?
Bombs, for bombers. - Bolverk - 12-24-2009
Quote:What's the point to get cap8 armor then ?E-peen enlargement.
Bombs, for bombers. - Camtheman Of Freelancer4Ever - 12-24-2009
Ah, No for the light fighter thing. I liked the original idea. Light fighters are meant to harass enemy bomber positions. Not to kill captail ships.
Bombers are for that, besides.
Quote:Horrible idea. Bombers are allready WTFPWND sticks.
Bombs are for the bombers, Lies are for the liars, but no bombs for the light fighters.
Bombs, for bombers. - Varok - 12-24-2009
I've think about this...Cap ships already are useless against few bombers.It's not fair to pay thousands of million for a ship and armor and then to get pwned by 2 bombers with SNAC that fly around ya and then BOOm you.So I would suggest to make improvements to other ships,not to the bombers.:nono:
Bombs, for bombers. - ... kur nubėgo? - 12-24-2009
' Wrote:I've think about this...Cap ships already are useless against few bombers.It's not fair to pay thousands of million for a ship and armor and then to get pwned by 2 bombers with SNAC that fly around ya and then BOOm you.So I would suggest to make improvements to other ships,not to the bombers.:nono:
It's not fair that avarage joe can buy a bs.
Untill it can, I think 1 bomber should be able to kill entire bs.
Bah, those mines won't be used properly. Snac is enought. I still would like to see only shield busting snac alternative.