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µOmniVore
Grand Admiral
Joined: September 13, 2006
Posts: 171
|  Posted: 2011-07-06 14:27
With the new ship layouts in limbo (meaning the community has no idea when they are released) I would like to see weapon platforms get a super mega umber beef-up I am not suggesting one hit kill but they should offer enough DPS to ships of all classes to allow the protection from player ships as well as MI and faction AI.
I would give a idea about what should be the layout of the new stronger weapon platform but I will leave that to the pros.
Please consider this the idea of platforms, as they are great it's just they are lacking in firepower to be useful save, Sensor plats and Repair plats.
[ This Message was edited by: µOmniVore on 2011-07-06 14:43 ]
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-Daedalus-
Grand Admiral
Joined: September 26, 2006
Posts: 549
| Posted: 2011-07-06 16:54
I would like to just see platforms that work. Weapons platforms right now work maybe 1 out of 10. I've built many at a time and only have one fire out of the bunch. Distance could use an increase too.
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µOmniVore
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Joined: September 13, 2006
Posts: 171
| Posted: 2011-07-06 18:01
I have noticed that aswell
would be nice to use them to defend sy planets as intended w/o ai transport spamming.
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MarineKingPrime
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Exathra Alliance Fleet
Joined: October 04, 2010
Posts: 239
From: CSS CheezyBagels
| Posted: 2011-07-06 19:09
Weapon platforms should be armed with multiple cannon batteries.
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Kenny_Naboo
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Pitch Black
Joined: January 11, 2010
Posts: 3823
From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2011-07-06 20:20
How about removing core weaps from the weap plats and replace them with multiple heavy cannons/psis, etc. With the planets being so weak and all, weap plats really need a boost.
Weap plats:
- 4 heavy cannons
- 2 heavy beams
Perhaps the devs can introduce more plat variants, like Defence plats (firing missiles?) but using the same model as the weap plats.
- 4 x Tier 3 missiles (Harpex, Shrouds, etc)
- 2 beams
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Talien
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Templar Knights
Joined: May 11, 2010
Posts: 2044
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2011-07-06 20:28
We don't really need more plats, mostly just need plats to be exempt from being disabled when too many AI are active. Weapon plats often do more harm than good anyway with all the FF.
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Fatal Mack Bolan(WildCards_58th)*COM*
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Joined: June 12, 2010
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From: home planet: Exathra
| Posted: 2011-07-06 20:32
perhaps if platforms could discriminate between friend and foe a lot better.
that would make lots of ppl besides me happier.
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Kenny_Naboo
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From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2011-07-06 21:17
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We don't really need more plats, mostly just need plats to be exempt from being disabled when too many AI are active. Weapon plats often do more harm than good anyway with all the FF.
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Wasn't there a code that enabled AI to check LOS to the target before firing?  
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Talien
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From: Michigan
| Posted: 2011-07-06 21:20
If there is it doesn't work very well, plats FF eachother and any players in the way constantly.
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The_Enforcer (The Vindicator)
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Joined: March 05, 2010
Posts: 163
From: another dimension
| Posted: 2011-07-07 00:10
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On 2011-07-06 14:27, µOmniVore wrote:
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µOmniVore
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Joined: September 13, 2006
Posts: 171
| Posted: 2011-07-07 10:48
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On 2011-07-07 00:10, The_Enforcer (the Dreadful) wrote:
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On 2011-07-06 14:27, µOmniVore wrote:
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Don't Quote me i was suggesting that we have no idea when 1.670 is comming out
On topic I would much rather just have ai support ships and transport ships with platforms since combat ai usually just fight each other ignore players till they get orders.
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-Daedalus-
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| Posted: 2011-07-07 14:14
I think Torp platforms would be cool.
Maybe set them the more resources the better the platform will withstand an attack. This would stop people like be from building 30 plats in 5 mins but with only the min resources.
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