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Proposal: Missle Batteries

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Proposal: Missle Batteries

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Hi,

Just jumped over here from the 'minefield' thread. That discussion made me think that it'd be nice to have a few more defensive structures. I did a quick search and didn't find anyone mention this, but how about having some buildable missle battery platforms that launch missles. They would be similar to the gauss cannon platforms, only the missles would obviously be slower but pack more of a punch, and would be guided. If you want to get really interesting, you could allow research for different kind of missle types, which could be chosen as individual batteries on the platforms, much the same way we pick between fighters and bombers in a hangar base. For example, you could choose between cruise missles(heavy punch, slow moving, anti-cruiser/capitol ship missles: 1 shot kills a frigate, 4 to kill a cruiser, 8 to kill a capitol ship or something like that), radiation missles (large area of effect but less damage) or homing missles (fast and agile anti-fighter missles). Larger missles like the radiation and cruise missle could be targetted by Flak frigates and fighters. I think this would play well with the theme of Sins which is strategic fleet composition.
Thoughts, comments?
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Reply #51 from Sins Forums Top
See while that could work I find that is more open to criticism of being an 'uber' defense than the light missile battery idea we were just talking about...

but don't get me wrong, yours can work and be balanced too; I just think it would take more effort. It would pretty much be tactical missile launchers from SupCom (but useful this time lol)
Reply #52 from Sins Forums Top
we dont need more anti-ship weapons, what we need are some anti-fighter weaponry to defend certain places (hangers come to mind)
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Reply #53 from Sins Forums Top
we dont need more anti-ship weapons, what we need are some anti-fighter weaponry to defend certain places (hangers come to mind)


Ditto, which was actually my proposal for a new defensive structure
Reply #54 from Sins Forums Top
I'm fine with that, I just want little missiles flying about.
Reply #55 from Sins Forums Top
didnt read this whole post but. how about adding a new research tree seperate from military and civic, make a Defense tech tree. Reasons being that the defense in the game is good for slowing down an invasion so you can bring your fleet in to defend. but how about a defense tree so your defense can actualy defend most attacks by themselves without your fleet's help? I was thinking of this because of the 4v4 multiplayer match I did. my 3 team mates would be the muscle in attacking and I was doing civic to throw them resources and support. but if you had a defense tech tree someone in a multiplayer game such as this could focus on defending good. If there was a "give planet/asteroid" feature you could have a team mate transfer a choke point over to the player doing defense and he could effectivly guard better from attacks. but be weak at striaght up fleet offense. It could be similiar to the combat tree in that.. you get upgrades to make defense structures more armor.. more dmg.. give you new defense units, increase guass attack range I think it would fit into the game nicly. and even if you play long enough where you can upgrade all of defense and combat and civic it will be nice to help protect those long spanning empires.
Reply #56 from Sins Forums Top
no kidding!!

4 isn't even a real number!!

it is a composit of 2's
(just like eet is a composit of sqirls)


4 is simply 2 squared, like if you say "nazi" you realy mean "Hitler"

5 is a much more solid number, it is the number of fingers on a person's hand, it is a prime factor. And SINGLE HANDEDLY (no other numbers) makes the triple digited number we know as 225, wich is also a very nice solid number.


so we should add rockiet launchers if for no better reason to have five deffences instead of four.


The most compelling argument for adding another defensive structure I've ever heard. This man needs a cookie.


I GOT A COOKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



*goes off to eat cookoe (not squirls), muttering "ooo, now I have TWO cookies, but then I get five little cookies, hmm... but five little cookies is smaller than one big cookie.... but five cookies is better than four cookies........ Oooooo!!! this cookie is a bomber, and this cookie is a frigate....."*

*everyone ignores evil, and continues with conversation*
Reply #57 from Sins Forums Top
I change my cookie donation to anti-hysteria pills.