Heavy Troop Transports

mcwarren4 · Post by **mcwarren4** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:11 pm

*sarcasm*

Why don't we give HTT's skyripper too?

Xeretov · Post by **Xeretov** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:15 pm

mcwarren4 wrote:QUOTE (mcwarren4 @ Mar 7 2010, 06:11 PM) Why don't we give HTT's skyripper too?

This is a fantastic idea and will appear in the next core release.

guitarism · Post by **guitarism** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:46 pm

but only for rix

RealPandemonium · Post by **RealPandemonium** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:39 am

Spinoza wrote:QUOTE (Spinoza @ Mar 7 2010, 05:38 AM) Annoying suggestion you've heard before:
I'm in favor of making TTs more useful, more people would have opportunities to capture bases and HTTs would benefit indirectly.
If TTs had just enough EMP cannon so that 2-3 could pounce an outpost and have a chance of lowering the shields and getting in it would be great. It should take several people and coordination like an SB run, so it would be fun and balanced. They would have to have thinner hulls probably.

So you're saying to buff emp cannon?

And what are you talking about in the second sentence? You want TTs to act like figbees for Exp vs small bases?

Spinoza · Post by **Spinoza** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:28 am

RealPandemonium wrote:QUOTE (RealPandemonium @ Mar 8 2010, 12:39 PM) So you're saying to buff emp cannon?

No.

RealPandemonium wrote:QUOTE (RealPandemonium @ Mar 8 2010, 12:39 PM) And what are you talking about in the second sentence? You want TTs to act like figbees for Exp vs small bases?

No.
I want TTs to act like HTTs but for small bases and they should still be hard to use.

RealPandemonium · Post by **RealPandemonium** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:16 pm

So, give TTs 2+ gunmounts of EMP? Why not just use ints to lower the shields then?

SpaceJunk · Post by **SpaceJunk** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:47 pm

I confess my ignorance.

What does prevent sending one TT with regular bomb runs for the chance of capping? Too expensive to buy TTs + Bombers instead of investing full in exp?

Spinoza · Post by **Spinoza** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:34 pm

RealPandemonium wrote:QUOTE (RealPandemonium @ Mar 9 2010, 12:16 AM) So, give TTs 2+ gunmounts of EMP? Why not just use ints to lower the shields then?

You'd need a bunch of ints to do this quickly as well as nans for the TT. It's next to impossible to coordinate in a PuG.
It would be more viable and play better if you have 3 TTs and several nans and ints for support.

SpaceJunk wrote:QUOTE (SpaceJunk @ Mar 9 2010, 12:47 AM) What does prevent sending one TT with regular bomb runs for the chance of capping? Too expensive to buy TTs + Bombers instead of investing full in exp?

It's doable and it's been done, but the for that you need two good drivers (1 for bomber, 1 for TT) as well as a bunch of very smart nans.

FYI:
I'm not suggesting this change toTTs will be any good, just that I'd like to see this tested in game.

RealPandemonium · Post by **RealPandemonium** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:26 am

What I'm trying to see is how a TT with EMPs mounted is gonna take down shields faster and with more survivability than a boost-strafing int with EMPs. That's the part I don't get.

Post by **Papsmear** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:54 pm

How about allowing all HTTs to mount heavy cloak?