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Offline Goober5000

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I think we'll also see if we can make some good capship weapons so that T-V war capships aren't sitting ducks.  Methinks ship-to-ship torpedoes would work nicely. ;7

 
Sounds good, Goober. Inferno did something similar, and it worked pretty well.

 
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I think we'll also see if we can make some good capship weapons so that T-V war capships aren't sitting ducks.  Methinks ship-to-ship torpedoes would work nicely. ;7


I second that!! Me loves torpedoes, quite fun to chase down and kill.
I suggest also having a small torpedoe boat, like a big bomber, that carries about 4 of them buggers.
There is nothing more thrilling in space-sims than watching a cap ship making a broadside torpedoe attack on another cap ship. It´s visually stunning!! ;7
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Offline Lightspeed

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TrashMan...

you seem to forget we're NOWHERE near FS1's tech level.
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There is nothing more thrilling in space-sims than watching a cap ship making a broadside torpedoe attack on another cap ship. It´s visually stunning!!


    Unless said torpedo barrage is apart of a movie called "Wing Commander", then it's generally lame because the movie itself is awful in the extreme. (What space sims havetorpedo barrages anyway?)

 
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TrashMan...

you seem to forget we're NOWHERE near FS1's tech level.



In Fs1, all capital ships had were blob turrets. Actually, blob turrets are kinda powerful. In mission 4 of my campaign, three Aeolus cruisers attack a Deimos (6 blob turrets total), and the blobs are kinda powerful. They bring down the Deimos' health  fairly quickly (compared with primaries), and one hit (or so) from a large blob takes out a Deimos turret.

I always pictured them as weak...until I looked closer. They still suck on most ships that have them spread out. They still are basicly just fillers.

Anyways, back on topic. If blobs and a few missle launchers were all Fs1 had, what will TVWP have? :confused:

Little kinetic pea-shooters? Or just downgraded versions of the good ol' blob turrets?

Oh, and I can't wait to see the ML-16's predecesor. :lol:

EDIT: The ML-2...jams every five shots...does 1% damage to a light fighter every twenty shots...drains all energy in five seconds...:lol:

Hopefully not that bad. :D

 

Offline Goober5000

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Read the FAQ thread - everything is proportional.  The ML-16 is a lot more powerful against a fighter with a fraction of the Apollo's hull strength. ;)

 
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What space sims havetorpedo barrages anyway?


Starlancer, for one. Torpedoes are its main weapons. No beams.
But chances are you haven´t even heard of this game, as it happens with many others. It got a bad rep because of the producer company, Bill Gate´s finnest.
You should try it, it has one of the best uses of torpedoes in games that i ever seen.
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Offline TrashMan

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TrashMan...

you seem to forget we're NOWHERE near FS1's tech level.


Are you trying to tell me there are no Terran Huge Turrets in T-W war? What did they shoot eachother with? Vacuum?

No seriously, the weapons I posted above are well balanced. (for shielded ships at least..you might wanna reduce the damage of the normal and anti-bomber turrets)

The terran/vasudan turret fires fast and travels fast doing small damage.

The anti-bomber turret fires slow, travels slow, but packs a punch.

The Terran/Vasudan Huge turret fires VERZ slow, can target onlz capships and deals a lot of damage..

I suggest you try them on for size...

Allso, you think you could use one of these:




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Offline Lightspeed

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What is this - a bring and buy sale?

:wtf:

And if you want a hint, absolutely no laser and plasma weaponry is mounted on ANY capital ships.
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Offline Taristin

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Sounds cool.

Nice Destroyer screenie, but I wish you hadn't shown me it. The surprise of seeing it for the first time is gone...:(

Oh well. Looks awesome! Exactly like I pictured it would. :)

 

Offline Night Hammer

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Im not sure if that is in TVWP
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Offline Taristin

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It's not.



And BTW; NH, get on ICQ!!!
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Offline TopAce

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The second picture looks the most convincing, it fits the pre-FS1 era the best.
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Oh....whew.
The holiness that is TVWP is still...holy.

*Drives steak through TrashMan's heart

DIE, HEATHEN! DIE! BURN IN HADES FOREVER! HA, HA, HA!

:D

Go Terran Vasudan War Project! Hoo-ha-ha!

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Offline TrashMan

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Originally posted by Lightspeed
What is this - a bring and buy sale?

:wtf:

And if you want a hint, absolutely no laser and plasma weaponry is mounted on ANY capital ships.


Eh?

Humanity mastered subspace and construction of large speships and it hasn't STILL develpoed a laser gun??????

What the hell are they using????  
And the TW war lasted 14 years...not 100.. the tech difference cannot be too big..

Oh...allmost forgot - if you want those ships for your campaigh, get them here:

HERE

and I posted a wrong pic of the first one - it actually has an extra hangarbay on the bottom.

Here, more pics of them:
Pic1
Pic2
Pic3
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Offline Blaise Russel

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Originally posted by TrashMan
Eh?

Humanity mastered subspace and construction of large speships and it hasn't STILL develpoed a laser gun??????

What the hell are they using????


How about: ballistic weaponry?

 

Offline magatsu1

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so what can we expect in the way of eye candy ?

or is that a big big pain o' death secret ?

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