Silly ideas

Post by **zombywoof** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:12 am

Will it also have Recall and Stasis?

Makida · Post by **Makida** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:34 am

Base Resonators. They're like aleph resonators for when your base is camped.

Alien51 · Post by **Alien51** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:53 am

Why are Towers' and Caltrops' productions limited? It'd be kewl to see them guarding more than just alephs... Such as He3, or perhaps even, BASES! Imagine that!!! Such a revolutionary idea as to have static BASE defenses!

Adaven · Post by **Adaven** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:13 am

You can manually order towers/caltrops to build anywhere you want. Actually a lot of new commanders will accidently build them in the middle of a sector trying to send them to a waypoint.

Vortrog · Post by **Vortrog** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:27 am

For those who believe that if you own the map and are not GT, your economic domination should give you the right to win with....

SystemRes1
"when your godlike command skills demand more respect than all the advanced tech in the world you could have, you deserve SysRes3!.
for the measly price of 100,000 cr its the ultimate fire and win weapon, destined to make those Int whores curse your lameness into the next Millenium.
just buy, load up your bomber and fire into that pesky aleph where all those naughty shippy things keep annoying your team from, and you can enjoy the flooding of all chat with some of the best curses known in allegiance as you win the game.
As a special bonus, we will code it to destroy Yiggs wherever he may be...even on another server"

My next product in development will be SysXres1...I wonder what it will do

Post by **zombywoof** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:44 am

Alien51 wrote:QUOTE (Alien51 @ Aug 10 2009, 09:53 PM) Why are Towers' and Caltrops' productions limited? It'd be kewl to see them guarding more than just alephs... Such as He3, or perhaps even, BASES! Imagine that!!! Such a revolutionary idea as to have static BASE defenses!

This is hardly revolutionary and quite common for TF since they have skycap turrets by default. Lots of times you'll see skycap turrets defending against SBs, especially since the turrets are quite good at shooting down missiles (say, AB missiles?)

Weylin · Post by **Weylin** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:24 am

If the following was ever added, I could create the Homeworld core;

Cloaking Field - All ships within the radius have a significantly lowered sig. Perhaps giving it a soft edge so that out of the 100% range, it starts to rapidly lower.
Defense Field - Secondary ship device that eliminates nearly all inbound projectiles shortly after entering, only missiles are able to get through totally. Ships could still attack at close range, but a projectile would be destroyed much more quickly while in the field. A fig, for example, would suddenly have a 300-200meter range.
Defense Laser - Operated by a pilot, it has the same function as the Field, but more directed. It could cancel out 80% of a targets non-missile damage output.
Drone Field Deployer - Held in cargo until it's needed, at which point a large number of automated turrets deploy in a spherical fashion around the ship and shoot at the nearest target. When the drones are destroyed, the on board factory creates more. The drones can be recalled back into the ship to be repaired.
Drone Mine Deployer - Rather than deploying short lasting minefields, this would drop small seeker drones that begin to chase down ships once they get within a certain range, say 300m or so. The mines explode on impact doing heavy damage.

Alien51 · Post by **Alien51** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:36 pm

phoenix1 wrote:QUOTE (phoenix1 @ Aug 11 2009, 04:44 AM) This is hardly revolutionary and quite common for TF since they have skycap turrets by default. Lots of times you'll see skycap turrets defending against SBs, especially since the turrets are quite good at shooting down missiles (say, AB missiles?)

It was sarcasm.

With the limit in place it drastically reduces what you can use them for. Don't see much point in it... If they all cost money, why limit the production?

DasSmiter · Post by **DasSmiter** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:48 pm

Because each builder takes up another slot in the construction screen

Also Fake Res was what I was going for, but I'd hate to run into a prox that someone left behind.

MashMellows · Post by **MashMellows** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:21 am

Static EMP mine that drains energy/shields.

It would be a deployable like a probe(with low/same sig), but remain for a few minutes and detonate if enemy craft within 500m.