Bomber special weapon/equipment ideas

[Fletcher]

Well, in this poll (Bomber Feedbck) the people demand new bomber special weapons and equipment! Do they not?

The problem with this is game mechanics and balance though right?

Do we have any ideas?

---

"Oh chuffing blimey, another day, another person being whiney!"
Fletcher's Feedback and Stories Thread

[SeaFalcon]

Only thing I love to see is a EMP version off the snac. But more people asked for that all over the forum already

[Guest]

Maybe it's been suggested before, but how about something that overloads the capital's electronics. In actual game-mechanic terms: take a decent chunk out of their shield, but as a primary effect a huge power drain.

[Tenacity]

Shield-busting version of the snac, definitely.

I'd also like to see various replacements or alternatives to the snac based on faction. Like, I could see the Junkers or pirate groups using something along the lines of a Mass Driver - instead of one big shot that takes all your energy, you end up with a gun that does the same DPS as the snac (based on energy regen and firing times) but fires more quickly; I.e. instead of a 132,000 damage shot, you shoot 10 shots in the same timeframe that deal 13,200 damage each.

I also think it'd be interesting if there were bomber-only mines, which would not home in on a target but have a much longer duration, larger explosion radius, and deal more damage than standard mines. This would have the effect of allowing some bombers to become mine-layers, which other players have said they want as a shipclass in the game. Perhaps make them torpedo hardpoint weapons, which drop mines instead (or immobile torpedoes with a proximity detonator).

Mostly I'd like to have an EMP snac to pair up with the normal snac though.

---

[Fletcher]

On overpowered Inferno to a point eh? But yeah I can see some civilian contractors coming up with a massive Debilitator or something along the lines, a Gauss weapon would be pretty cool, a pure hull buster for anti-capital warfare, but takes ammo.

---

"Oh chuffing blimey, another day, another person being whiney!"
Fletcher's Feedback and Stories Thread

[Akura]

I agree with Tena here.


Major options now are Nova, SNAC and Train. Can have two Novas, but it's still really limited.

I'd love to see factionised equivilants.



As for Ideas, why do the advanced Order share the same SNAC as the Xenos? Perhap interesting types, and certain advantages per faction.

Like Pirates having one for quicker killing transports, but not so great against Capitals..

New types of Bomber guns, fast, less damaging ones.

[Irra]

"I.e. instead of a 132,000 damage shot, you shoot 10 shots in the same timeframe that deal 13,200 damage each."

Sounds like Mini Razor for me and something you can shoot fighters with...

Anyway.. http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?sh...=50578&st=0

Same stuff..

---

this is cool signature

[Akura]

Faster firing SNAC would lead to killing fighters easily.

[Fletcher]

Is it possible for a nuclear torpedo? I mean, placing nuclear mine effects into a torpedo? Or missile for bombers?

---

"Oh chuffing blimey, another day, another person being whiney!"
Fletcher's Feedback and Stories Thread

[Boss]

I'd love to see a 5k, 1000m/s gun that does 10,000/5,000 at a refire of maybe .3, that would give a bomber the ability to plink a gunboat or cruiser at range, but it's hardly going to be devastating to a fighter.

EMP SNAC is an awesome idea.

Bomb would be nice too. (60m/s, 200,000/100,000, 0.01 refire, ammo-based)

---

Just go play the game and have fun dammit.

all in all the conclusion is that disco doesn't need antagonist factions, it doesn't need phantoms, it doesn't need nomads, it doesn't need coalition and it doesn't need many other things, no AIs, the game is hijacked by morons to confuse the game with their dickwaving generic competition games mixed up with troll-of-the-day.