Author Topic: Most satisfying weapon to use (NOT a best-weapon thread) (Read 9391 times)

Setekh · **Reply #40 on:** January 31, 2004, 04:59:02 am

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Originally posted by Drew
EDIT: Steak the 'nix couldnt hit ****.......

Heathen!

Well, I admit, it couldn't track anything except for maybe a Nephilim or a Seraphim, but when it did hit something - like a Dragon head-on - the bang was memorable.

Black Wolf · **Reply #41 on:** January 31, 2004, 06:55:16 am

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Originally posted by CP5670

That reminds me, RI occasionally had the ultimate weapon: debris. Everyone must have seen this in action at some point; if the Alsace is destroyed too quickly, the Corsica comes in, smacks into a large debris chunk (whose damage is magnified due to lag effects) and promptly explodes.

Debris kills own

There's a mission in LM 4 specifically designed to take its horrendous damage into account - funny as hell when it happens

Havock · **Reply #42 on:** February 10, 2004, 08:18:15 am

i still think the targeting lasers owns all.

Corsair · **Reply #43 on:** February 11, 2004, 06:01:38 pm

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Originally posted by Unknown Target
Fox-2 is for Sidewinders. I forget what it is for AMRAAMS.

AMRAAMs are Fox-1.

Ermm...I go for anything with large missile banks and a huge load of Harpoons. Just Harpoons. And maybe some Trebuchets if I'm playing bomber intercept.

DeepSpace9er · **Reply #44 on:** February 11, 2004, 10:37:39 pm

Another great weapon is the GTD Repulse.. kamikazie extrodinaire.

Deathstorm V2 · **Reply #45 on:** February 12, 2004, 03:12:46 am

The most satisfying weapon? My hull. Full burners, straight into the hostile's face.

While they're still shaking their head and thinking "What the bloody hell was that?" I'm bringing my primaries to bear.

Second place has to go to the big ol' Treb from hell.

Turnsky · **Reply #46 on:** February 12, 2004, 04:50:21 am

Trebuchets... from max distance.. quite amusing in the way a little exlposion appears in the distance ala wile. E coyote

Joey_21 · **Reply #47 on:** February 12, 2004, 12:53:21 pm

Primary: Subach/Maxim/Kayser
Secondary: Dual Trebs/Helios

Subach and Kayser because of their fast shield breaking mechanics and the Maxim because of distance and hull damage.

Trebs also because of distance and damage and Helios because it's just plain fun to take out caps with.

aldo_14 · **Reply #48 on:** February 12, 2004, 01:11:33 pm

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Originally posted by Unknown Target
Fox-2 is for Sidewinders. I forget what it is for AMRAAMS.

That's what i hoped. Unless you regard the Harpoon as an AMRAAM (I've always regarded the Trebuchet as equivalent, simply due to it's range)

ChronoReverse · **Reply #49 on:** February 12, 2004, 03:05:00 pm

Cyclops

But only against bombers (not joking).

I also love the Morningstar knocking the target all over the place.

Finally, there's nothing as hilarious as nailing an enemy with an emp missile and taking out all of your own equipment as well.

Deathstorm V2 · **Reply #50 on:** February 13, 2004, 04:23:39 am

I made a nice, satisfying weapon once. It was an EMP Piranha.

Just perfect for that daily dose of chaos.

Grug · **Reply #51 on:** February 13, 2004, 04:31:47 am

hehe, reminds me of a bomb i made...

called it the nuke, had realistic values...
so 12km radius, killed everything on impact...

so bye bye colosus and sathanas,... lol

so here u are starting 12kms away fire this bomb that goes so fast it leaves visual range fairly fast lol, then u wait a few minutes, then it finally impacts, spreading this massive shockwave...

i had it hit a ravana in an asteroid field... every rock was destroyed rofl...

wasnt very playable tho...

and u NEVER wanted to give it to an AI...

hehe, good times, good times...

-Grug

Woolie Wool · **Reply #52 on:** February 13, 2004, 04:18:44 pm

A nuke like what we have today wouldn't put a dent in a Fenris, let alone a Sathanas.

Knight Templar · **Reply #53 on:** February 13, 2004, 11:02:01 pm

why not?

Janos · **Reply #54 on:** February 14, 2004, 04:06:04 am

Hey, Harbinger was supposed to be five fission warheads, don't know about strength though, bolted together. And it's not that strong. Looks like the guys on V just decided to call everything powerful. MX-50 - from FS1 - has a payload of 16,5 kT, which is quite a lot, would definately course severe damage to cruisers, let alone a fighter. And in the gameplay you can pump scores of them into a lonely Anubis.

A modern heavy nuke would tear the hull of even a Sathanas into pieces. I guess even Sath wouldn't be able to operate well if it had a huge gaping hole on it's side.

500 Mt nuclear warhead gives 3rd degree burns to people over 130km away and totally devastates area ~50km wide. The ground zero is also quite huge. No installation or starship could withstand such damage. For gameplaying purposes the nukes as such have been replaced with something that has a nice big shockwave and can be called big, clumsy and slow.

RangerKarl · **Reply #55 on:** February 14, 2004, 04:15:33 am

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Originally posted by Corsair
AMRAAMs are Fox-1.

Ermm...I go for anything with large missile banks and a huge load of Harpoons. Just Harpoons. And maybe some Trebuchets if I'm playing bomber intercept.

Nay, Sparrows are Fox 1. AMRAAMs are Fox 3. Most satisfying weapons would be using Tornado swarm missiles at double salvo mode. Fire 'em off and watch the other guy DANCE!

Havock · **Reply #56 on:** February 14, 2004, 05:35:15 am

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Originally posted by Janos

Hey, Harbinger was supposed to be five fission warheads, don't know about strength though, bolted together. And it's not that strong. Looks like the guys on V just decided to call everything powerful. MX-50 - from FS1 - has a payload of 16,5 kT, which is quite a lot, would definately course severe damage to cruisers, let alone a fighter. And in the gameplay you can pump scores of them into a lonely Anubis.

A modern heavy nuke would tear the hull of even a Sathanas into pieces. I guess even Sath wouldn't be able to operate well if it had a huge gaping hole on it's side.

500 Mt nuclear warhead gives 3rd degree burns to people over 130km away and totally devastates area ~50km wide. The ground zero is also quite huge. No installation or starship could withstand such damage. For gameplaying purposes the nukes as such have been replaced with something that has a nice big shockwave and can be called big, clumsy and slow.

perhaps in space, the nuke-physics don't apply like in the atmosphere?

RangerKarl · **Reply #57 on:** February 14, 2004, 06:05:00 am

Nukes in space wouldn't have a shockwave, but any damage resulting from thermal and EM radiation would be instantaneous and pretty much fatal at close range, maybe even farther out. One thing's for sure, if every missile in FS did kiloton level damage at least, there should be flashes.

Darkage · **Reply #58 on:** February 14, 2004, 07:45:47 am

Herc2+2 Kaysers+1 harpoon+1 Tornado.

I just love to pounder away the Mara's with my harpoons and at bombers with my Tornado's.

karajorma · **Reply #59 on:** February 14, 2004, 09:47:54 am

The helios uses a core of anti matter and still fails to kill a sathanas with one hit. Admittedly the yield of an antimatter weapon is almost completely gamma rays but that large an amount should cook the entire crew of a sathanas even if it did very little actual physical damage.

The simple fact is that all the ships in FS1 and FS2 are built out of very tough materials. Most of them could probably withstand a nuke with minimal damage.

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