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I used a rixian int bomb/ tt rush to defeat Masta's GT PT bomber rush the other night... you just need a determined team.

I was there... OH BTW G.o.D. PWNZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think an important part of what makes ints/tt almost impossible is that the requirement of mounting an emp significantly weakens your teams ability to camp.

Ints start emp-ing shields
Defenders launch
1) Ints have 1-2 less guns to whore defenders, some slip by to attack tt
2) voobs don't dismount/reassign emp when switching to engage the launching defenders, thier aim gets messed up, and more defenders slip by
3) Since 1) & 2) means it requires more ints to hold the defenders at bay, there's a good chance they'll all start chasing the lauching defenders and the tt will bounce off of the regenerated shields.


To get this to work, it not only requires an inordanite amount of teamwork (compared to the average 4 man htt run), but you also have to maintain the right balance between ints beating the enemy off your tt and ints beating down the base's shields so you can actually get in.

Different suggestions that might help:
-make emp projectiles travel at the same speed as minigun particles, so ints have to worry about less when things get crazy. This will also result in emp getting used more in general, which I think is good.
-increase emp damage to base shields. That way commanders can just say " Ints w,x,y, & z take care of the shields and the rest whore them into submission", without having to worry that the shields are down in time. My reasoning: 1 int mounting emps should be worth ~ 1 emp missle.

Agreed on both counts.

(emp cannons have had those changes in EoR for a while now, it does make them a lot more useful)

The core needs more play time to weed out the bugs, before I introduce new ones.

Your suggestions are very good, adaven. I will think about implementing them.
So far the (non-adv.)exp branch was lacking a good stand-alone base attack. It could also be fun to do that kind of attacks and that's what it is all about. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

EMP changes sound nice, but have you considered what it could do to belter sup? Galv+EMP on every fig would hurt a lot, especially since it takes no energy from your galvs.

Do belts already mount EMP cannons, I hardly ever see EMP cannons picked up, let alone bought by anyone? One could disable them for Belters to avoid that.
Good point. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

That's not all. I don't know if this is in Plus Release 7 but in the latest release miniguns do more damage against giga light hulls. If you boost emp, you need to lower that back down.

I still think int + tt is a wash, but I would support trying to make it work.

Request:
in Construction: could we change the order Con's are chosen. The TP is down in the bottom and should be up by the Ligth station's.

in F3(ship GUI): the new ship's are placed in the top so scouts and other redeveloped ships are going to the bottom, could we arrange places for the ships to go from Ligth(on top of list) to Hwy(in the bottom).

Im sorry if this is always requested, im lazy...
Zap

Zapper wrote:QUOTE (Zapper @ Sep 1 2006, 03:19 PM) in F3(ship GUI): the new ship's are placed in the top so scouts and other redeveloped ships are going to the bottom, could we arrange places for the ships to go from Ligth(on top of list) to Hwy(in the bottom).

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do you mean f4 in base? - ship selection screen

f3 is minimap