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Kangaroosteak
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Joined: April 03, 2010
Posts: 149
From: Somewhere...
|  Posted: 2010-08-30 21:18
I was watching Anthony Bordain earlier and I got an idea, how about having anti-missile flares that are equipped to small/civilian ships like pickets, extractors, engies, and scouts?
It'd work by launching 3-4 flares that fly out the back of the ship and divert the corresponding number of missiles. Of course, there are some missiles that are more prone to these flares like IT missiles and some that that don't work at all.
I know there was just a massive buff on pd, but this would help ships that aren’t meant for combat.
the effect would probably last around 5-10 seconds, they would emit a very high signature to everything in a 10gu radius from each flare and shine brightly.
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The_Enforcer (The Vindicator)
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Joined: March 05, 2010
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From: another dimension
| Posted: 2010-08-30 21:36
hmm, wonder what the devs gonna say about this cuz every dev's a critic these days (well almost every day)
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Fattierob
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| Posted: 2010-08-30 22:02
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On 2010-08-30 21:36, The Enforcer wrote:
hmm, wonder what the devs gonna say about this cuz every dev's a critic these days (well almost every day)
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...I don't understand what your point is here.
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| Posted: 2010-08-30 22:12
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On 2010-08-30 22:02, MegaFattietron wrote:
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On 2010-08-30 21:36, The Enforcer wrote:
hmm, wonder what the devs gonna say about this cuz every dev's a critic these days (well almost every day)
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...I don't understand what your point is here.
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I think it is a comment on British jingoism in the leadup to and aftermath of the Crimean War.
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justin94
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| Posted: 2010-08-30 22:25
Interesting idea - I like it, but it's a complete new system of weapons and will probabally require quite a bit of programming. Other than that, I'm all for it! I'd love it on my engineering ship. ICC wouldn't get it though, they already have an anti-weapons system.
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Rebellion
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From: sol
| Posted: 2010-08-30 22:41
You just got better Point-defense what more do you want?
its a good idea but it dosent fit into the current balance.
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From: Dres-Kona
| Posted: 2010-08-31 00:45
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On 2010-08-30 22:25, justin94 wrote:
Interesting idea - I like it, but it's a complete new system of weapons and will probabally require quite a bit of programming. Other than that, I'm all for it! I'd love it on my engineering ship. ICC wouldn't get it though, they already have an anti-weapons system.
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we have an anti weapon system!?!?
[ This Message was edited by: soulless93 on 2010-08-31 00:47 ]
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JBud
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From: Behind you.
| Posted: 2010-08-31 01:11
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On 2010-08-31 00:45, soulless93 wrote:
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On 2010-08-30 22:25, justin94 wrote:
Interesting idea - I like it, but it's a complete new system of weapons and will probabally require quite a bit of programming. Other than that, I'm all for it! I'd love it on my engineering ship. ICC wouldn't get it though, they already have an anti-weapons system.
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we have an anti weapon system!?!?
[ This Message was edited by: soulless93 on 2010-08-31 00:47 ]
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Fastest point defense in the game, Shields, Pulse Shields, need I go on???
Anyways, I personally dislike this idea, until maybe when the missiles are reworked, but currently, missiles are useless enough without even more counter-measures.
[ This Message was edited by: JBud on 2010-08-31 01:12 ]
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Bardiche
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| Posted: 2010-08-31 09:02
JBud's got it. Missiles don't need further counter-measures. They've already been reduced to a shimmer of their past glory to the point that few missiles actually hit their target.
Giving someone a "I win" button against missiles is not a step forward.
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Borgie
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From: close by
| Posted: 2010-08-31 17:08
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On 2010-08-31 09:02, Bardiche wrote:
JBud's got it. Missiles don't need further counter-measures. They've already been reduced to a shimmer of their past glory to the point that few missiles actually hit their target.
Giving someone a "I win" button against missiles is not a step forward.
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agreed missles got a huge set back last patch. players don't need another way to defend against missles.
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