Point-Defense on fighters?

StarShadow · #1 June 19th, 2006, 10:54 AM

So far, what I'm thinking:

-Reduce the damage resistance of seekers to a max of 10.
-Reduce the PDC to 10kt size, reduce the hit bonus, allow it to only target seekers. Might reduce range.
-Add a new anti-fighter weapon 10kt in size, can only target fighters.
-Considering an anti-sat weapon, with mounts to increase range. Since sats tend to have a range advantage over PDC and normal weapons.

The main problem, from my perspective, is that the AI can't use any of the weapons I add, giving me an unfair advantage. Also wanted to add, that having separate anti-seeker/anti-fighter weapons, pretty much eliminates the ability mislead/fake-out the PDC.

Also, on a more general note, since to don't know if it would be a good idea to start a new thread every time something occurs to me...what's the deal with tractor/repulsor beams? They go up to level 9, but levels 7/8/9 give nothing. Plus the range on them seems too short to be useful.

Suicide Junkie · #2 June 19th, 2006, 07:18 PM

If it is different, go ahead.

I think the high levels usually give you wormhole guns which warp the target to a random location on the map.

Wade · #3 June 19th, 2006, 07:46 PM

"what's the deal with tractor/repulsor beams? They go up to level 9, but levels 7/8/9 give nothing. Plus the range on them seems too short to be useful. "

I'm not sure...some components sometimes decrease in size and cost instead of increasing other areas.

StarShadow · #4 June 19th, 2006, 08:52 PM

It might be nice if that were the case, however there are no entries in components.txt for levels 7/8/9.

kalorrith · #5 June 28th, 2006, 03:49 PM

Actually at one point there was a weapon at levels 7/8/9, though I don't remember if it was just SE 3, of if it was in the early version of se 4. The weapon employed alternating tractor and repulsor beams to rip the ship apart.

Suicide Junkie · #6 June 28th, 2006, 06:53 PM

That's the wave motion gun, and it is available at levels 8-10 of High energy discharge, since SE3.

Fyron · #7 June 28th, 2006, 11:25 PM

I think that weapon was just in some mod for SE3. It wasn't the WMG, but a "Tractor-Repulsor Beam." WMG is just a "high intensity fusion beam."

Kana · #8 June 29th, 2006, 02:27 AM

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Imperator Fyron said:
I think that weapon was just in some mod for SE3. It wasn't the WMG, but a "Tractor-Repulsor Beam." WMG is just a "high intensity fusion beam."

The "TR Beam" is from the Star Fleet Battles Game. As for it being in any form or incarnation of SE, I don't know...maybe it was in a mod or something...