I finally thought of a use for drones!

[Dralasite]

Implement mines as small drones! Then they have a chance of being shot down!

but then pdc = minesweeper?

I still want to know if emissive armor works on drones and/or other units

[Phoenix-D]

edit: That's IT! The solution to the mine balance problem! Implement mines as small drones! Then they have a chance of being shot down!"

Or sats. However the problem here is A. they won't be able to attack cloaked ships any more, and B. you have to have an uncloaked unit in the sector for them to attack. Takes away the "invisible death" aspect..

Phoenix-D

[Ed Kolis]

Oh, just the old saying that "mines are uber-powerful early on but become useless once you research minesweepers"... IMO mines and minsweepers should be separate tech trees too - if the enemy has mines and all you want is to sweep them, you have to research mines of your own, and then it's like "oh why don't I use them too?" so then everybody ends up using mines... except people like me who don't really like mines anyway!

[Q]

What exactly is the "mine balance problem" for you?

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Dralasite:
Troops can have emissive armor, so hopefully they at least work on some units. Don't know about drones, however.

Since units are just a damange point total, does the brokenness of emissive armor not apply to them?

Emmissive armor was fixed in a recent patch. It is no longer broken.

[rextorres]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Warp point DEFENSE?!? You mean like really, really big mines? But wouldn't they run out of supply? Or do you put a solar panel on them...

edit: That's IT! The solution to the mine balance problem! Implement mines as small drones! Then they have a chance of being shot down!

Do drones move when they are launched - just have a ship that can launch all the drones? If not then you'd have to put solar panels. If so then at a warp point they are right on top of a fleet before the fleet gets a chance to fire their main weapons. So if you have a combined defense of drones and MS weapons then the PDC can't get them all. One drone can take out a BC or less and severely damage a BB and above.

[Krsqk]

"Emmissive armor was fixed in a recent patch. It is no longer broken."

Don't say that too loudly. We don't want another debate.

[Fyron]

The damage thing that was broken with it is no longer broken. It lowers damage by its value, as it should.

[Wardad]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
The damage thing that was broken with it is no longer broken. It lowers damage by its value, as it should.

On units also?

[Q]

Originally posted by Wardad:
On units also?

As far as I know: no!
Units do not have armor or shields. They just have a total of hit points/damage resistance.
See this topic:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...=006819#000003

[ January 24, 2003, 20:51: Message edited by: Q ]