If they did that, they wouldn't have room for guns, good shields, tractors, or good energy. Firing 20 missiles at once would require a pretty good sized bank. I like solutions that make the only limitations those of practicality rather than hard caps, etc. A dread with 20 good launchers would cost a fortune, and it would get smacked down by a dread with a better setup and better augs. Still, if hardcaps are the only answer, you could always limit launcher slots like you do with solar panel slots.


Can you share what it is?


Bummer

Thanks for the great responses to player ideas.

Oh, and since the crate thing was brought up after I deleted the idea from my original post, the idea was to make the crates take up more space, but to shoot the missiles directely out of them. It would have probably forced gunners to carry less missiles, not more. Currently, gunners can easily carry several crates of differing types with no problem, but they might have to toss an opened crate of one missile type before they would be able to open a different one. Then they would have to change hotkeys to launch the new missiles. Anyhow, the idea was unworkable, which is why I deleted it.

To be honest i don't much care for the idea of launching directly from the crate, i can see some issues arising as gunners will be able to fit more gear and or larger gear. there should be some kind of downside to wanting to use multiple missile types and opening crates seems to have worked pretty damn well so far.

I think all of these ideas are very good. Should hopefully mean I can kill Condors without going through 100 tweaks! yay!

Does this take into account the fact a dread gunner flies around at 50 to 60 speed and lands right in the middle of pack of AI in DG levels?

now you know what a DM feels like, except you have more shields >.> oh and ACALs

My Engineer Rhino goes 180 speed with 3 General Operation Masteries

But I like the idea of arming distances, use a PWI if you land on top of AI, or a tractor, like Engineers does

Thanks, but i have a DM... unused since the major nerf from early '09

As for using a PWI, it's not something everyone has. Tractoring is fine, but you're likely to get overwhelmed rather quickly in high level DG's.

witches broomstick.

capship travel field

OBA

gallows robber

What he said ^^^ and also about the arming distance and people sitting on you, as a sniper as soon as I get spotted by a SD they come and sit on me, all I have is a broomstick and anyway gunners have main weapons as well as missiles where as my gunner just has main weapons so stop moaning, leave that up to me.

Yea shawn has a good point, its impossible to gear against/for every damage type and be specialized at them all. Bring crates of what you need use what you need to use at that time. If your hull gets full toss the missiles. You bring what you need imho.

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I was just re-reading this post; it would make sense, it would even feel cool, to have a slight delay between pressing the launch button and the missile launching. Almost like the missile was blasting its way out a launch tube. Assuming you put in that delay, couldn't you activate the ai of the missile during that time, and by the time the missile actually appears, the AI is fully activated and rearing to go?