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 Author how about a falloff system for cannons?
Axianda The Royal
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Joined: November 20, 2001
Posts: 4273
From: Axianda
Posted: 2006-07-26 17:42   
A falloff system like the CL's but then for cannons..

Particle cannons would be more powerfull at longer range so get close and you pew pew toys are useless.

Railgunn retain theyr effectiveness that is a bit low but has a high hit ratio and uses ammo *big drawback*

Psi cannons are powerfull when close range but the longer the range the more power it looses. *in the true nature of Kluth get close*


well?

/discuss
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Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
Posted: 2006-07-26 21:54   
That makes no sense...
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Axianda The Royal
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From: Axianda
Posted: 2006-07-27 16:14   
and why not? gimme some more to work with maybe i can improve the initial idea
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Joined: March 23, 2003
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From: Bristol, England
Posted: 2006-07-27 16:35   
Other than there's no need, and it potentially nerfs ICC and UGTO... It's just a waste of time to develop... Cannons work perfectly, and it doesn't make any sense to give them falloff... Railguns are just highspeed bolts, no falloff there (they're firing stuff through space, no friction). Particle cannons are kept within a self-sustained electromagnetic field, no falloff there, and psi cannons are just psychic energy... They're the only ones I can see getting a falloff (distance from ship = poor ability to keepa psychic link), and even then, their cannons are short range...

It just makes no sense to do...
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YIIMM
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Joined: June 16, 2005
Posts: 851
From: Barcino, Hispania Tarraconensis
Posted: 2006-07-28 04:10   
Basically, long-range effectiveness is already lower in that it's harder to hit at range.

Interesting idea, though.
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Tael
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Joined: July 03, 2002
Posts: 3697
From: San Francisco Bay Area
Posted: 2006-07-28 13:18   
currently the fall off code only applies to beam weapons and to add it to ammo based weapons would detract from other more pressing issues
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Axianda The Royal
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From: Axianda
Posted: 2006-07-28 16:19   
fair enough...

someone gimme a fire to torch this idea so i can go back to the drawing board
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Bobamelius
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Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 2074
From: Ohio
Posted: 2006-08-02 15:41   
That's not even falloff... that's more like, uh... fall-on...
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From: Upstate New York
Posted: 2006-08-02 22:58   
Still don't see the point in the 3 different cannons since everyone always just uses the strongest one...there really needs to be a difference between all the cannons other than the fact that Pcannons have mor range and rails takeno energy.






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