[Stormkeeper]

To which I would point, laugh out loud, and walk away and resolutely ignore you.

[Aardwolf]

So is somebody going to give this thing (all 3 lods) a proper uv/texture?

[Bobboau]

I wish we could get a full missile pack for the shivans.

[Vasudan Admiral]

Errm. We did. This texture is from it.

[Thaeris]

Ah, but I would make a frowny face at you if you did that.

Does that mean we could counter-troll on you for all of your non-sensical trolling and spamming? 

Well, no. But if we're on the subject of Shivan weapons, I had this thought the other day:

Shivan equivalent of the Tornado, but with a twist (ignore that pun, pilot!): Part Tornado (weapon size and guidance), part Infyrno (the way in which the weapons explode). The weapon is aspect-seeking and thus sends the swarm of missiles at the target. Upon entering the appropriate proximity, the warheads explode with an Infyrno-esque blast about the fighter.

I think that sounds pretty Shivan to me. And with all the crummy missiles they got dumped with, this one would be quite nasty to get shot at with...

[Stormkeeper]

That's ... rather imba.

[Commander Zane]

I wish we could get a full missile pack for the shivans.

I wish we could get a full HTL GTVA missile pack.

[Dragon]

For FSPort, it's done.
FS2 needs to have Rockeye, Tornado, Infyrno and TAG missiles HTLed.

[Commander Zane]

I know the GTA missiles are all done, that's why I said GTVA.

[Thaeris]

That's ... rather imba.

I'm afraid I don't understand this sentance, Stormkeeper...

[Kolgena]

He's saying that infyrnos that fly like tornado salvos are imbalanced. As in, they'll rape up anything even if they use countermeasures, or down a cruiser in a couple runs.

[Thaeris]

You'd nerf the missile damage - It might be comparable to a normal Tornado round or a little less (like 30-40 net damage instead of 50).

The intent of the missile also would not be for direct impact, but exploding near and around the target, like the Infyrno does already. So, for balance you might make guidance half-way between the Hornet and the Tornado. You'd also give it a long reload time.

...And yes, this would still be a freakin' scary weapon to get shot at with. I just brought this up as we were talking of a better, more unique weapon set for the Shivans (like light bombs, etc.).

[Stormkeeper]

Well, it's not like we can't do it, but the psychological effect would be immense. And you might have problems triggering the tertiary explosions after the initial swarm.

[Aardwolf]

Off topic?

So, is anyone going to / has anyone bothered to do the re-uv'ing / uv'ing for the lower lods?

[Galemp]

I wouldn't worry about it. By the time it's far enough away to switch to the LOD it'll just be a red and black smear anyway.

[Zacam]

I am more than happy, if it's inclusion will be allowed, to add it to the MediaVPs if there are no objections.

[Galemp]

No, just so long as Shivan ships use them in place of GTVA countermeasures without needing to fiddle with the individual table entries. You CAN set countermeasure models on a per-race basis, right?

[Commander Zane]

If you could add the Shivan missles to the ships the countermeasures might be possible as well.

[Dragon]

Contermeasure is even more simple, as it doesn't require changes in missions, just a .tbm.

[Commander Zane]

So they could go in the next MediaVPs update.