Carrier Battles Mod - Page 30

Ed Kolis · #**291** January 7th, 2006, 06:04 PM

Grapple Beam - Grappling hook attached by a monofilament cord which is manipulated magnetically to ensnare fleeing fighters.

Or alternatively...

Magna Rod - Rod which is extended from a ship and then magnetized; the magnetic field will slow down fleeing fighters or pull in long-range bombers.

narf poit chez BOOM · #**292** January 7th, 2006, 08:51 PM

Awesome, alright.

Phoenix-D · #**293** January 8th, 2006, 03:54 AM

Point defense tractor beams?

Sounds like it'd work great unless you accidentally grabbed the missile aimed at YOU instead of the one aimed at another ship.

Fyron · #**294** January 8th, 2006, 04:08 AM

There is a "seekers targeted at us" firing type for strategies. Maybe it will help with that issue?

Suicide Junkie · #**295** January 8th, 2006, 05:23 AM

Indeed.
Hopefully the description would keep in mind the use against missiles too.

Magnetic grapples sound good, but will only fit the in-game effect if a single hit pulls the missile/fighter all the way in.

Suicide Junkie · #**296** January 9th, 2006, 02:15 AM

Real life issues have claimed another player in their deathly grasp.
So, We have an opening in Carrier Battles #8.

Imperial Starwars shipset (an excellent choice for the mod

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Allied with me, no wars that I know of, and doing pretty good as far as I can tell.

Kana · #**297** January 9th, 2006, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Suicide Junkie said:
Fyron came up with the genious idea of point defense tractor beams.

This has been done for years (over 20 in fact) in Star Fleet Battles...tractoring Ships, Fighters, and especially Missiles...one of the things that was going to go into my SFB mod which is postponed until SEV...but yes still a great idea...

As for what to call/describe it...I guess it depends on the mechanics of the item...the tractor pulls objects...the pressor pushes objects...unfortunately neither holds and object in place...I'm hoping that this will be possible in SEV...

Kana

Suicide Junkie · #**298** January 9th, 2006, 03:56 AM

Ok, well, he posted it where I could see it, at least.

Wanna join CB#8?

LordAxel · #**299** January 13th, 2006, 12:06 AM

Carrier battles 8
quick update the imperials are in one war with my empire. Very limited scale over a border system that has since ended. But the war hasnt been ceased with no real further battle

Suicide Junkie · #**300** January 13th, 2006, 02:18 AM

That sounds like a good thing for your empires.

A sparring partner to test out your designs and strategies on