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Nova Weapon
Well I figured the game could use a few new weapons and I came up with some since I was a little bored.
The weapon has 2 types. 1 is an ranged nova and the other is close range.
The ranged version will require a reasonable amount of energy and will basically work like a rocket except it has more force than damage to disrupt enemies. This weapon will affect all ship caught in the blast including the user.
The normal version of this weapon is close combat only (about 100 Meters or so). This nova blast will damage and push bac enemies that are caought within the radius. A few variants of this weapon could be 1 that covers a full sphere and the other would eminate from the wings and spread out in that direction (larger radius than the sphere version).
So that is weapon idea. I figured that I would mention them since I thought the idea would add a variety to the weapons and change gameplay styles a bit more.
Small and large variants could be created. The ranged version will be large only and the basic nova will require more energy for the smaller version and will be a bit weaker (the energy cost is the penalty for compacting the system so it overuses energy due to an increased resistance... or something like that). This would also make large ships much more fun to play since we could keep the smaller ships from closing in to much also with would be effective against rocket rammers.
Perhaps another variant could detonate missles/rockets caught in the nova.
The weapon has 2 types. 1 is an ranged nova and the other is close range.
The ranged version will require a reasonable amount of energy and will basically work like a rocket except it has more force than damage to disrupt enemies. This weapon will affect all ship caught in the blast including the user.
The normal version of this weapon is close combat only (about 100 Meters or so). This nova blast will damage and push bac enemies that are caought within the radius. A few variants of this weapon could be 1 that covers a full sphere and the other would eminate from the wings and spread out in that direction (larger radius than the sphere version).
So that is weapon idea. I figured that I would mention them since I thought the idea would add a variety to the weapons and change gameplay styles a bit more.
Small and large variants could be created. The ranged version will be large only and the basic nova will require more energy for the smaller version and will be a bit weaker (the energy cost is the penalty for compacting the system so it overuses energy due to an increased resistance... or something like that). This would also make large ships much more fun to play since we could keep the smaller ships from closing in to much also with would be effective against rocket rammers.
Perhaps another variant could detonate missles/rockets caught in the nova.
So essentially a concussion mine rocket?
That's the range one, the close-range one seems to be a radial concussive blast which doesn't affect your ship.
Which is a superb idea.
Its just what heavy ships need to push back fighters that get within the "safe" zone inside the rocket prox, without being unbalanced (fine, you can put one on a prom, but then its only got S ports to play with. the ragnarok can use it to stun then strike with something like a devastator/jackhammer + S port arsenal.) Basically it would turn the really heavy ships into formidable fighting machines- which they just ain't at the moment- without uber-uberizing the SCP.
Which is a superb idea.
Its just what heavy ships need to push back fighters that get within the "safe" zone inside the rocket prox, without being unbalanced (fine, you can put one on a prom, but then its only got S ports to play with. the ragnarok can use it to stun then strike with something like a devastator/jackhammer + S port arsenal.) Basically it would turn the really heavy ships into formidable fighting machines- which they just ain't at the moment- without uber-uberizing the SCP.
I like the idea of a concussion rocket to blow up other rockets. Or maybe it could bounce it off at a very high speed in a different direction. The short range, AoE (area of effect) shockwave is another good idea too.
Yes the ranged version woudl basically be a concussion rocket and the other nova blast would be used to push enemies back. I am sure mroe uses could be added to this weapon.