Rats!

[smitty]

I cannot attack a planet with tachyon canons!!!!

Quick, I need to design, build and deploy another type of ship..... soon.

[Captain Kwok]

Sure you can. They can target ships and planets...

[Aloofi]

I have never used Tachyon cannons, so I can't help you there, but I wanted to tell you that I love your signature.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Who said the second one?

[Suicide Junkie]

Tachyon Cannons only destroy weapons, though. It'll be hard to find a weapon platform small enough to destroy in a single shot with a tach cannon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[smitty]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Tachyon Cannons only destroy weapons, though.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That is the phenomenon that I must have experienced...

[Ed Kolis]

Also, since WP's are units, they do not have a component damage model, which means that damage types that target specific components will not work. (Either that or they are treated as normal damage... I'm not sure... would be fun to wipe out a planet with fighter mounted Small Shield Depleters - god look at the damage/kT ratio on those babies http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ) If the former, then Tachyon Cannons are COMPLETELY USELESS against planets and they should really be set to target ships only... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[oleg]

Wait a second ! Are we talking about Tachion Cannons or Tachion Projection Cannons ? There is a HUGE difference here. And if you can explain it in scientific terms, that is a one sign you play SEIV too much http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Gwaihir]

Er, Small Shield Depleters? they're awful! They're only a bit better than the next component, and since they're shields only . . . better to use something a little less powerful that actually deals real damage.

interestingly, the TDB really shines as a small component - in fact, the racial weapons in general just seem to have very good small Versions.

[Captain Kwok]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Tachyon Cannons only destroy weapons, though. It'll be hard to find a weapon platform small enough to destroy in a single shot with a tach cannon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Umm, Tachyon Cannons are temporal weapons that are direct fire normal damage...Tachyon Projection Cannons are Only Weapons and useless on planets... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

In another game I know *wink* they're shield piercing?

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Aloofi:
I have never used Tachyon cannons, so I can't help you there, but I wanted to tell you that I love your signature.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Who said the second one?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt

Abe Lincoln or Marky Twain, don't remember, it was so long ago, my memory grows dim...

[Taera]

oleg, i enjoy explaining how weapons work (and i dont usually care how wrong am i http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ), want me to? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[teal]

Who said the second one?It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt

Abe Lincoln or Marky Twain, don't remember, it was so long ago, my memory grows dim...<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was Twain. Much too witty for Lincoln who was generally more rhetorical in his turns of phrase.

[ May 08, 2003, 09:50: Message edited by: teal ]

[Dingocat85]

Originally posted by Aloofi:
I wanted to tell you that I love your signature.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Who said the second one?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's actually a proverb - at least, according to this website:
http://216.239.57.104/search?q=Cache:c3RJgD6l5K8C:members.tripod.com/~Parinaya/proverbs.html+%22keep+quiet%22+%22open+your+mouth% 22+%22all+doubts%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Oh, and about the Tachyon cannons not working...have you tried attacking a planet with a Massive Planetary Shield Generator? Might work then...

[smitty]

As for the quote, I really cannot remember where I got it. Could have been a fortune cookie for all I know. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[teal]

Originally posted by Dingocat85:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Aloofi:
I wanted to tell you that I love your signature.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Who said the second one?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's actually a proverb - at least, according to this website:
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmmmm. A Google search has it attributed to Twain 3 or 4 times, Unknown a couple of times and to Abraham Lincoln once. Its at times like these that one needs an actual reference book that has been fact checked and edited. But the Last time I saw one of those it was really dusty from lack of use... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ May 08, 2003, 12:36: Message edited by: teal ]