Diversity in transport weapons

[Gamazson]

The transports are all a little dull. You can't customize them very much. In customize I mean, you cannot make them suit your combative tastes. I am not saying making their weapons stronger, I just want the option of noise and bright lights coming from my ship. Sure you can use Level 5 turrets but they have a rather short range. A major problem on models like the liners or C-Trans.

I have two suggestions.

Twin cannon.
(uses the NPC transport turret model with the two smaller guns attached to it. Look at the under turret on any basic transport.)
Refire: 5.88
Power Usage: 275 (transport power cores don't even lower when firing)
Range: 1100
Hull: 155
Shield: 78

TTransport Missile.
Refire: 1
Power Usage: 700 (transport power cores don't even lower when firing)
Range: 1100
Hull: 500
Shield: 250

I will post more if I think of them.

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[Dopamino]

i would definitely support the missile. there needs to be some weapon that can do damage and lower your energy bars.

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[Unseelie]

I agree....transports need weapons that affect their power supply...otherwise...why even have one?

an idea......CD flack turrets.....

to kill missiles...turrets that act like CD's, with very short range, and large blast radius....
hmmm....can you CD yourself?

another idea.....minelayers instead of guns....
odd, i know, but its a passive weapon...makes sense for something that should only ever RUN AWAY from a fight.....


oh...and, is it possible to get brighter colors on the cargopods?
I'd do it myself....but my art sucks....

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[alance]

I'd rather see the power plant reduced and transports made weaker rather than stronger in any way. And yes I do fly a transport.

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[Gamazson]

They are perfectly fine with their current power. I just want guns that suit different fighting styles. Weaker transports blow up too easy. Thier shield were recently lowered which should be good. Its just that hart pounding refire rate of two. Give us something different.

I do support mine layers. Most transports point thier guns forward to blast through pirate bloacades. Affter that is running all the way.

Another benefit of diversified weaponry is that transports will become a little bit more suitable for pirates.

The most powerful transport weapons should only be availible to pirates. After all they have no laws governing what weapons they are allowed to carry and do seek to use the vessel in a fight.

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[onca]

I agree, variation in transport weps is badly needed. I am sick of seeing trains with Tizona and Chaingun turrets... they are fighter guns, its ridiculous. Something similar to the variety we have with capship weps would be great.

[Dopamino]

maybe watered-down gb weps? lawful ones only of course.

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[Gamazson]

watered down GB weapons would be fine........but pirates really should be allowed to use transports.

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[Dopamino]

definitely. how are us outcasts supposed to smuggle our cardi w/o transports?

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[Jwnantze]

I did for a while not knowing it was illegal :}
Use a trader id....

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