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Cupholders, and why they need a fifth forward-firing weapon

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Cupholders, and why they need a fifth forward-firing weapon
Offline Haste
11-17-2013, 04:23 PM,
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So.

The new Upholder is a medium bomber. Much more fitting. Doesn't take away that it's an unusually easy target to hit for any kind of ship.

Soooo.. Let's make it follow the Liberty 'pattern' of front-firing turrets. Remove the two rear-firing ones it has, and make one fire to the front.

Much like the BHG Bomber, just better-looking on a poster.

Discuss.

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Offline sindroms
11-17-2013, 04:59 PM,
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Give the same treatment for the Barghest then, because that thing is even easier to hit. And the Waran. And Fafnir.

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Offline aakopa
11-17-2013, 05:05 PM,
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(11-17-2013, 04:59 PM)sindroms Wrote: Give the same treatment for the Barghest then, because that thing is even easier to hit. And the Waran. And Fafnir.
Fafnir has forward turrets.

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Offline Haste
11-17-2013, 05:08 PM,
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Your examples are heavy bombers, Sindroms. Their guns are a secondary thing anyway.

Medium bombers still get to use guns occasionally without getting shredded.

And yeah. The Fafnir already has a fair amount of forward-firing weapons.

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Online Lythrilux
11-17-2013, 05:16 PM,
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IMO Upholder needs a new model.

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Offline nOmnomnOm
11-17-2013, 05:31 PM,
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IMO backward firing guns are a waste unless you can TS

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Offline kikatsu
11-17-2013, 05:37 PM,
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A new model for the thing would be kind of cool... but at least now it is a little bit more competitive in game. I dunno what to do with the turrets, but right now they are of little use... but that is the same with most bomber turrets
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Offline Pilip
11-17-2013, 07:43 PM, (This post was last modified: 11-17-2013, 07:53 PM by Pilip.)
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This mod will be history and still no one will notice that there are no law side bombers in liberty, only guardians and battleships.

too bad for the awesome high techy design, aside from that ''thickness'' of wings from liberty snub fashion which i guess nobody likeSmile) (see order..not so thick and nice), i like that line, makes ships distinctive and very Terran like..Smile

and the rear firing weapons on normal snubs especially bombers? i havent seen anyone yet using them, really you're not gonna hurt anyone, bleed to death, with two slow firing weapons...( or 1!)

I'm not criticizing...just ....whi not making things in a logical way.
(any word on that LSF fighter/bomber design disputed in the pre beta?really wicked)
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Offline Haste
11-17-2013, 10:31 PM,
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I did say forward-firing, not rear-firing, people.

Which basically means giving it five forward-firing guns.

Given it's not quite the size of a heavy bomber, but not too great for a medium one either, five guns seems like a nice buff that wouldn't harm anyone, but would make the ship a tad more worth using.

Of course, improving/replacing the model works too.

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