[Boomer]

I just had too much time on my hands and began wondering, which is better:  One Giant UBERBEAM, or a collection of smaller but still kick ass beams (within the arc of the one Uberbeam.)  Vote and explain if you please.

[General Freak]

I prefer multiple beams over one beam. It adds to the enjoyment.

That sounded weird.


... ;P

[Nuclear1]

It honestly depends on the situation. If I'm looking at a battle between a couple of capital ships (i.e. corvettes, cruisers, destroyers), then I'd prefer seeing multiple beams, as it adds to the adrenaline rush of the situation.

If there's a mission testing some new weapon or some new ship jumping in and showing off, then one big beam works well (i.e. Gorgon Cannon, though I know that it uses four BFGreens to simulate one gigantic beam).

[Boomer]

I take the middle ground, I personally like groups of UBERBEAMS.

Although, I don't mind smaller beams either.

I just don't like those da** AAA's...

[TopAce]

Several smaller beams. One beam can be easily disarmed.

[redsniper]

You can't have too many beams. Multiple smaller ones is the way to go.

[Kie99]

One Gigantic Überbeam with an impenetrable web of AAA beams over it would be unstoppable, apart from with Trebuchets, since Trebuchets can't be beamed down, and would destroy the AAA turrets. So, lots of smaller beams are better.

Of course, lots of Gigantic Überbeams.....

[Taristin]

Originally posted by redsniper
You can't have too many beams. Multiple smaller ones is the way to go.

While I agree that there should never, ever, be a situation where a ship relies on a single weapon, I have to say that there is, indeed, a limit to how many beams a ship should have. Dependant upon size of the vessel. And of you guys completely over do it.


Ships should be balanced. Making a big, armed to the teeth capship, means it should have little to no anti fighter defenses, and should be really easy to kill on a bombing run.

[Ghost]

I choose Snuffleupagus.

No, I picked lots of smaller beams... however, I would also like to say that lots of Uberbeams, a la Colossus and Sathanas, would make me even more happy.

[Anaz]

I prefer option D. ZE MISSILES!

[Janos]

Mmmmmmm, beam sodomy. Mmmmm.

[TrashMan]

Overpowerd an unblanced ships...that reminds me of my FS2 modeling beginnings.
I wonder - did everyone when they started modding try to make a UBERSHIP? LOL


No, personally, I like flexibility.
Example? My Orion MK2 It has 2 BGreens and 2 TerSlash on it's left and right flank (1BGreen and 1 TerSlash on each..) and a LRBGreen in front.
On top of that it has 6 double barreled Heavy Terran Turrets, and about 20 smaller ones.

So it's got it's bases covered. Take out the large beam - it still hasenough anti-cap firepower to brutalize the enemy or at least cripple it.
Alltough if you position an enemy destroer directly above it or behind it, it can't target it with beams (but the Huge Turrets still can do some damage)


So my answer is several smaller beams and one powerfull one.

[aldo_14]

Thinking about it... i must be the only person who's never completed* an Ubership.  My first ship was a fighter, my first capship was a cruiser.

I don't really care about beams, to be honest.   Depends on the ship; uber-beam is only plausible on something with a vast energy supply (it was a hell of a stretch justifying it on the Vasudan installation in CoW).

*I made something ****ing huge that turned up in Inferno, but never completed it.

[Anaz]

Same as aldo, although I think my first capship might've been a freighter.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by aldo_14
Thinking about it... i must be the only person who's never completed* an Ubership.  My first ship was a fighter, my first capship was a cruiser.

I don't really care about beams, to be honest.   Depends on the ship; uber-beam is only plausible on something with a vast energy supply (it was a hell of a stretch justifying it on the Vasudan installation in CoW).

*I made something ****ing huge that turned up in Inferno, but never completed it.

No... I've yet to complete one, either. Lately I make fighters. I've never made a true destroyer, and I've not finished* anything larger, either.

*I made something large that was supposed to be in AotD, but we'll see what happens there...

[NGTM-1R]

My first and only model is a torpedo-armed corvette.

Speaking of which: GRUG! Have you gotten anything done with it yet?

What I want to see is some kind of a ripple effect with beam fire, the turrets firing in sequence or somethign similar...

[FireCrack]

Same as aldo, i also dont belive entirely in beams, uber plasma guns and mass drivers are cool too, as are uber missile batteries.

[Taristin]

I've been wanting to see an uber plasma gun for ages!

[Boomer]

Personally, I'm working on reviving some of aldo's abortions.  I don't do fighters.  I can't map worth a petrified piece of consecrated dog feces.  I can only tile.  

Oh, and Mass Drivers are cool.  Uberbeams are better though.   More efficient too.  If you have the power, you can support an uberbeam, but you have too have both power AND room inorder to support many smaller beams.  One Big beam would take up less space since you don't have to have additional ducting for the increased prescence of heat.

......I have no idea what's going on.  I need sleep....

[BlackDove]

I work for BlackWater.

Guess which one I went for.