[Starks]

It never does jump... Even if you do save it. You need to drop the Plato's health to prompt the launch of the Plato escape. Either way, debriefing still thinks the Plato was fragged.

[Bobboau]

someone remind me to add code for spawning escape pods when a ship gets blown up after the code freize.

[StratComm]

*noted and stored, I'll roll it back out when we have 3.6

[Starks]

Keep in mind... The GTA made escape pods mandatory on all GTA vessels of cruiser size and larger after the GTD Goliath was destroyed by kamikaze PVF Anubis pilots in the battle of Rexias IV

[Nico]

Originally posted by Bobboau
someone remind me to add code for spawning escape pods when a ship gets blown up after the code freize.

That's one of the suggestions I was holding back for after the code freeze

[Trivial Psychic]

It could only be implimented on ships with a hangar, as they would have to be already docked to the side before the mission starts.

[SadisticSid]

Maybe spawn a number of them inside the exploding hull depending on the ship's size class?

[Nico]

yeah, rather that, coz it makes little sene to me that all the escape pods are in the hangar, I can imagine:
"OMG, the colossus is going down!!!! we have to run to the hangars to take the escape pods! They're like 1.5 kms away, we'd better run fast!!!!"

[AqueousShadow]

Originally posted by LLivingLarge
Keep in mind... The GTA made escape pods mandatory on all GTA vessels of cruiser size and larger after the GTD Goliath was destroyed by kamikaze PVF Anubis pilots in the battle of Rexias IV

Well, the GTVA never made an attempt to note to anyone that there were escape pods on their ships (or maybe they just didn't build 'em; probably erased that rule when they formed the GTVA).

Collosus: Our beams are overheating and the Sathanas is raping us! We have no escape pods!
A little reminiscent of the Titanic, no?

...


...stupid Collosus...

[Black Wolf]

Hmmm... so strafing is only on higher difficulties... hmmm...

Originally posted by Goober5000
 But one could probably design a specially balanced new mod and enable it via a table flag or something.

This is pretty much exactly what I want to do, or at least, strongly suggest Flipside do.[/color]

[Flipside]

Yes, that'd be the best way to go, unfortunately this side of things is still a bit alien to me (ahem)

[Black Wolf]

That hurt even my fairly robust sense of humour

[Support 1]

Which ships were able to strafe at higher difficulty? I'd like to see this.

[Ghostavo]

Basilisks strafed like hell IIRC.

[Unknown Target]

Maras did occasionally.

[QuantumDelta]

Most notably as people have picked up;
Mara's, Scorpions and Basilisks strafe.

Also Dragons as well iirc (though it's hard to see because of the speed they turn at).

Saving plato/keeping the HOL Cruiser alive was easy.

Plato - Kill everything (Furies, reloads and Wingmen are your friends).
End up having to damage plato down to get the pod out anyway.

Keeping the HOL Cruiser Alive;
Kill all, then disarm Taranis.

Not, hard.

[Lightspeed]

Scorpion strafed most  

[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by QuantumDelta
Plato - Kill everything (Furies, reloads and Wingmen are your friends).
End up having to damage plato down to get the pod out anyway.

Not on insane Insane mode in FS1 rocked, as it *really* was a challenge. Not like that weak skill setting in FS2.

[QuantumDelta]

You need to get on aim mofo