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IDEA: New Projectile-based Machine Gun for Battleships? - Black Widow - 01-09-2015
I have been thinking about new interesting weapons for capital ships and I noticed there is a lack of projectile based weapons except for the regular missiles there is nothing else other than energy weapons, lazers etc.
So why dont we have some kind of ammo based projectile gun that shoots projectiles at a high rate similar to a large machinegun or cannon.
It could be a weapon such that given the projectiles are made of metal could have limited effect on shields but do massive hull damage over time when the shields are down on the ship being fired at.
It could have a refire of 300 - 500 rounds per min and a ammo limit of say 10,000 to 20,000.
What do you think, machine gun on battleships? Old world technology but still brutally effective when its metal on metal.
Could be a new class 9 or class 8 turret for battleships...
RE: IDEA: New Projectile-based Machine Gun for Battleships? - Bulldog. - 01-09-2015
Sounds Interesting....Reminds me alot of MW4's Autocannon's
RE: IDEA: New Projectile-based Machine Gun for Battleships? - Fluffyball - 01-09-2015
It will be refused for a very funny reason:
Issues with connections and lagging. This is the very same reason why my idea about fighter Zappers was refused.
RE: IDEA: New Projectile-based Machine Gun for Battleships? - SystemsFailing - 01-09-2015
If you want such stuff, go there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8MIzv4W2TE
And one more thing: caps are already strong enough, stop killing mah Disco with all these capbuffs.
RE: IDEA: New Projectile-based Machine Gun for Battleships? - SystemsFailing - 01-09-2015
By the way, I assume that flak is long dead as for now, but there were many great ideas implemented, such as: NPC wingmen, randomly dropping rares (various improved gear modules, guns etc.), Nomads, appearing randomly in every system by chance and some more interesting thingies that I can not remember atm. I wish devs could take a closer look to that mod, in case they would be looking for any innovations.
RE: IDEA: New Projectile-based Machine Gun for Battleships? - Alley - 01-09-2015
We know about 88 flak.
NPC Wingmen were discussed and ultimately denied as we don't want NPCs showing up in the middle of every pvp fight (like dudes spawning 4 wings of bombers).
RE: IDEA: New Projectile-based Machine Gun for Battleships? - Sath - 01-09-2015
(01-09-2015, 12:58 PM)Alley Wrote: We know about 88 flak.
NPC Wingmen were discussed and ultimately denied as we don't want NPCs showing up in the middle of every pvp fight (like dudes spawning 4 wings of bombers).
Not to mention the screen lag they cause most of the times during fights (thousands of useless projectiles and mines). Especially in Tau 23 and in hostile systems. Reduce the number of NPCs already...they are more of an irritation than immersion.
RE: IDEA: New Projectile-based Machine Gun for Battleships? - SystemsFailing - 01-09-2015
Why bombers? This concrete idea is really arguable, but having just 1-2 stupid and poorly-geared fighters would probably warm one's soul.
And ye, I'm glad you do look on other mods. \m/
RE: IDEA: New Projectile-based Machine Gun for Battleships? - Black Widow - 01-09-2015
I thought we were talking about machine guns?
(01-09-2015, 12:44 PM)SystemsFailing Wrote: If you want such stuff, go there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8MIzv4W2TE
And one more thing: caps are already strong enough, stop killing mah Disco with all these capbuffs.
@Alley cant we have stuff like this, this battles sequence looks so much fun^^
RE: IDEA: New Projectile-based Machine Gun for Battleships? - Fluffyball - 01-09-2015
(01-09-2015, 01:00 PM)Moriarty. Wrote: (...)Reduce the number of NPCs already...they are more of an irritation than immersion.
You are forgetting we are NOT EVE Online with millions of players. I don't want to fly empty systems. We should simply remove CDs from NPC gunboats. Bigger ships would not the problems as long as nothing CDs you.
It is already hard to PvE (e.g. to pirate on pirate char) with people, if there are >100 players on the server, because no NPC shows up.