Recent content by Strill

I've already addressed each of these points multiple times, some in the OP. Q: Why not spend the money on something else? A: You are limited by the number of players on your side, and each player is limited in the number of guns they can bring. Once each player is equipped with a ship...

How is this relevant? Having a bunch of attack craft inside the capital ship, and mounting a bunch of torpedoes on the capital ship are not mutually exclusive.

What does that have to do with anything? None of what I said requires a capital ship to be able to move from where it warps in, nor have I ever mentioned any such thing. I already mentioned multiple times, including in the OP, that you can put extra fuel segments on Torpedoes to boost their...

I don't understand where you're getting the idea that torpedoes and ships are mutually exclusive. Why would one preclude the other? I never said anyone was undermanned. There's no reason why a torpedo bombardment can't be used by a faction who outnumbers their opponent, in order to exacerbate...

What laser defense? You're talking about players on the station firing station-mounted mining lasers? Because if you are, then that's a win for the attackers, because each of those players could be piloting ships. Since the defenders have split their forces, that makes it much easier for the...

Because each fighter bomber needs a pilot, but any number of torpedoes can be escorted by a single player. Normally your team's combat strength would be limited by the number of players you can get online at the same time. Capital-mounted torpedoes bypass this restriction, and allow you to...

Still not seeing any problems. That just means you need a player to escort the torpedoes on the way to the station, which was already a good idea anyway.

That's why I posted this thread. I want to know what that "balancing" is, because I don't see where it could be. I'm sure that this tactic is quite unlike WWII tactics, I'm sure you would need to space out the torpedoes, and I'm sure you could shoot down the torpedoes. It sounds like shooting...

Yes, and? Your capital ship is going to warp in facing the station, and the station can't move. Some of the biggest obstacles to hitting with a torpedo are solved for you automatically.

I'm confused. Torpedoes can fit extra fuel segments to increase their range. You're saying that capital ships warp in so far away that even upgraded torpedoes can't reach?

I asked Lauri in discord what is there to stop a capital ship from mounting a thousand torpedoes, and firing them off the moment the fight begins to obliterate the enemy station. Lauri said that the capital ship would be out of range, but after thinking it through I don't understand why that...

No. Small ships should be more maneuverable, and capable of short-term bursts of speed, but any ship should be capable of high speed when cruising to a far away destination, and bigger ships should be able to fit more cost-efficient thrusters.

If current gimballed turrets have technical problems as-is, but tripods work, then just use the tripod's tech and the turret's visuals. The tripods look dinky and dumb. I want to shoot big guns, not some tiny thing.

There have only been two sensors announced. The first is rangefinders, which cannot tell what they're pointing at, and cannot detect anything except what they happen to be pointed directly at. The second is ID transponders, which it is a crime to not use. We don't know if it's possible to...

That doesn't work in this game unless you're ok flying blind. There's no third-person camera here, which means your gunners and cockpit must be exposed.