Beam + flak weapons?

[johnpeter]

Hmm... Mass Drivers definitely sound interesting. But what would prevent them from being spammed?
EDIT: Yes, and beam weapons have been shot down.

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[SilentAssassin82]

Wile we are on the subject by the way, i made some new flaks.

http://www.xfire.com/video/e5e0b/

Just incase you are interested.

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[tansytansey]

Ah I understand. But missile turrets instead shoot something forward really slowly and shows as unknown object, in red brackets.

Yeah, it's called a missile. Hence the name, missile turret.

The concept of flak weapons is flawed, because any smart bomber will never get close enough to a battleship to be hit by them. I would like to see the range of flaks increased so they actually do something. Capital ship missiles are also designed to hit Gunboats, not fighters and bombers. And while it is possible, it's not easy.

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[Elsdragon]

THey are essentially SNper LOng range Bombard Rounds

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[reavengitair]

To make a beam weapon, it would need a very high refire rate, and high refire rate weapons lag the server.

Not really.

Long projectile, small refire.

[silverleaf]

Yeah I remember one weapon I had in vanilla that looked like a beam but little spaces in between. REALLY long projectile.

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[blubba]

I like those Flaks you did SilentAssassin. Slow speeds, lots of lead time, area effect. Very good.

As for mass drivers, how about a cap weapon with a gun who's ammunition takes up x4 or 5 spaces but ignores shields?
A spinal mounted weapon for example like the Liberty siege cruiser but for BB/DN's?

As for beam weapons, the Purple Goddess is the closest thing and it's not a favorite....

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[reavengitair]

Yeah... those flaks are really good!

But from that video, I can't really see whats happening. The flaks are slowly homing while blowing up continuously?

[Exsiled_one]

and not hitting anything...

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[SilentAssassin82]

Flaks are designed to create a protective blanket round the battleship to stop incomming missiles and ships. They are not supposed to be accurate weapons.

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