Next Version of P&N: suggestions

[Suicide Junkie]

Ok, the stupid shield tricks aren't working. I'm just gonna drop the specialized shield protector: players can just use armored generators or heavy generators, both of which will resist damage very well.

Hmmm. Warp Cannons. I could imagine a small wormhole opening inside a ship, swinging around and gutting it
"Captain off the port bow!"
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I think I'll make it a 1 reload, moderate to low damage weapon. Since it's a wormhole, I figure range shouldn't affect the damage, but give me a description that supports the increase with range, and I'll do it that way.

[Phoenix-D]

I did it first as a minimum range sort of thing: the wormhole can't be fully opened close to the ship, lest *your* ship get caught in it.

Phoenix-D

[Suicide Junkie]

Ah, good one. You can let the wormhole be more unstable & thus more destructive, but the location also becomes unstable, and threatens your ship unless you're tagetting something far away.

[CaptSpoogy]

How about boarding shuttles?

Create a new ship type like a fighter (only slightly larger (40kT?) and a new smaller boarding component (10k) and a shuttlebay component for ships to launch the boarding shuttles? Than a pirate ship could launch a few shuttles to take over an enemy ship...

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[Suicide Junkie]

Unfortunately, Boarding parties don't work on fighters. Unless that changes in the next patch, it won't work

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

Has anyone ever tried to make Huge Spinal mount weapons? (I know there are the different standard "Mounts" based on tonnage)

I was thinking of several Hulls built around the mount.Only one mount possible on any given hull size. Weapon does HUGE amounts of damage and uses HUGE amounts of supplies. This would probably have to be a fleet ship as it would strictly be a support system for the weapon. Cargo bays full of supplies(Batteries?) and solar panels to replenish the supplies for a second shot. Possibly something like the shield regenerator that regens the weapon faster.

Star Fleet battles had a similar thing for the Romulans. I think it was called a "Mauler"

Not really a pirate weapon, but a good Anti-Piracy weapon! :-> (Also what a prize if you capture her intact!)

Any thoughts?

RhineStone Cowboy

[Puke]

there are spinal mounts in devnull, and planetary core mounts in P&N. as far as i know, you cant increase supply usage on a mount, and if you could then supplies still do not effect your ability to shoot, only to move.

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