Author Topic: Shields (Read 7637 times)

WMCoolmon · **on:** February 18, 2002, 12:44:59 am

Are you guys going to have shields? I know it's supposed to be a near-exact translation, but adding shields would increase the life expectancy of the player by a lot

since in HW it's common to lose a few destroyers, a handful of frigates, twenty or so corvettes, and untold numbers of fighters...
EDIT: Neato! 400 posts! and on the day of a very fun HW game

ARC_Shrike · **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2002, 01:32:45 am

i dearly hope not... the point of homeworld fighter's are to stay alive as long as they can not do actural damage =]

USS Alexander · **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2002, 02:58:54 pm

Nope no shields, that's why balancing it totaly wil be hard

Thorn · **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2002, 03:19:50 pm

There really isnt any need for shields, most of the flyable ships will either be fast enough to evade fire (scouts, interceptors), or have enough armor to take a lot of hits (corvettes)

WMCoolmon · **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2002, 05:09:35 pm

OK, cool

StyffyDawgIX · **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2002, 06:50:18 pm

grrr Shrike you don't know wtf you're talking about again.

Fighters a very dangerous...if you know how to use them/control them.

Meh, early game on big maps swarms are devistatingly effective against ru ops.

as to the shield thing...since HW ships ain't got any shields....lol i would say leave them off

.....but if it's possible there should be a way to repair any hull damage the player has taken....possibly use one of the support ships as a repair vette and be able to dock the fighter to the support ship....or have the support ship dock to the fighter.....

either way....would make for a very nice carry over form HW.

just my input

ARC_Shrike · **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2002, 04:08:02 am

lol... fine Styffy you take out a Heavy cruiser with a pair of interceptors then..

Thorn · **Reply #7 on:** February 19, 2002, 01:43:36 pm

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Originally posted by ARC_Shrike
lol... fine Styffy you take out a Heavy cruiser with a pair of interceptors then..

elaborate...

razor_blade · **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2002, 02:59:37 pm

Why do you think that GTA and PVN aquired shields from Shivans. Of course they could kick their a..es with the Banshe or Prometheus but they did get shield so that less pilots would die. Without them there would be no one to fly fighters or bombers and they would never win the war

StyffyDawgIX · **Reply #9 on:** February 20, 2002, 06:05:26 am

as i said before Shrike, fighters can be deadly if you know how to use them....

ie, if you knew how to use them you would /not/ attack an HC with 2 ceptors and expect to win...jeeze...

what you could do is attack the HC with a swarm....and you WOULD win.....

Razor, did you play FS1? If i'm not mistaken, i do believe the terrans and the vasudans did /not/ have shields in the beginning:cool:

ARC_Shrike · **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2002, 02:41:27 pm

well acturally you CAN take out 2 HC's with a pair of interceptors.... with some luck a support frigate to refuel em and a ****LOAD of time...

styffy the goal of the Swarm is to do damage the goal of the Induvidual fighter is to survive...

also i aplogigise for my quite bad spelling as late.. but in the nick of time its been the sleeping ive been cutting away.

StyffyDawgIX · **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2002, 03:19:31 pm

every ship in HW has the gaol of doing damage...

survival is secondary....why do you think strike craft can kami?......because doing damage is primary....surviving is not.

Thorn · **Reply #12 on:** February 21, 2002, 03:47:06 pm

This is in FS though, survival is primary.....

ARC_Shrike · **Reply #13 on:** February 21, 2002, 05:07:45 pm

Kamakazie is "supposeingly" only for the most extreme of cases i know that most like to ram different size'ed strike craft into anything in multiplayer but think about the pilot...

whould you ram your little fighter into a Hostile Mothership if you could see that your forces where winning ? id personally not. but then again the Kiith's are fanatics in many cases.

StyffyDawgIX · **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2002, 05:57:27 pm

i must agree with Thorn on that point.....but in HW killing **** is primary

WMCoolmon · **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2002, 06:16:18 pm

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Originally posted by StyffyDawgIX
every ship in HW has the gaol of doing damage...

survival is secondary....why do you think strike craft can kami?......because doing damage is primary....surviving is not.

What if capital ships could kami?

vadar_1 · **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2002, 07:07:17 pm

If you dont survive whats the point? i mean the campaign cant go on without you, you are god

Fineus · **Reply #17 on:** February 24, 2002, 03:15:23 am

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Originally posted by vadar_1
you are god

Thankyou

DragonClaw · **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2002, 10:09:27 am

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Originally posted by Thunder

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Skippy · **Reply #19 on:** February 24, 2002, 11:42:07 am

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