New Weapon Concepts

[Slick]

From SFB really, but maybe make some weapons that have a "myopic zone" where the damage is 0 at close ranges (i.e 0 0 0 50 40 30 20 10 0 ...) Makes a ship good for ranged attacks but vulnerable to a point blank attack.

Slick.

[Asmala]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
3. Hell Fire
Weapon that destroys the atmosphere of a planet rendering it a barren moon.

This weapon could make the game unbalanced because race with none atmosphere gets great advantage.

[Andrés]

Originally posted by asmala:
This weapon could make the game unbalanced because race with none atmosphere gets great advantage.

What about a weapon that changes to your own breathable atmosphere, or to a random one. There should be a way to change atmospheres without needing to colonize first.

[DarkHorse]

Originally posted by Andr&eacutes Lescano:

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Originally posted by asmala:
This weapon could make the game unbalanced because race with none atmosphere gets great advantage.

What about a weapon that changes to your own breathable atmosphere, or to a random one. There should be a way to change atmospheres without needing to colonize first.

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I tried to make a Genesis type device that would do that, but the atmosphere conVersion ability only works on facilities.

[Asmala]

Originally posted by Andr&eacutes Lescano:
What about a weapon that changes to your own breathable atmosphere, or to a random one. There should be a way to change atmospheres without needing to colonize first.

That would make the Atmospheric Modification Plant useless. Who would use it and wait 30 turns before the atmosphere is converted when you could change it immediately.

[jimbob]

Probably the research cost before you can build the component would be prohibitive, and the actual component cost would be very high too. The facility route, while long and painful would potentially quicker in the short term.

I would like to suggest that the component should look like the giant vacuum cleaner from "Spaceballs"

-jimbob

[atari_eric]

Pleasure weapons - weapons that cause paroxysms of ecstasy in their targets. A couple shots and they don't want to fight anymore. Who said that the goal of war is not to kill the enemy, but to remove the will to fight?

[jprevott]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
2. Planet Driver
Weapon that irradiates a planet making it uninhabitable for 20 turns.

A different take on Planet Driver. Anyway to turn a small moon into a weapon. Mount some engines on it ( alot of engines) add some explosives maybe (though the kinetic energy should dwarf any explosives), perhaps even defenses to fight off the inevitable counterattacks as the moon hurtles towards its intended target. Thinking this thing could warp also (And take a lot of damage before being destroyed maybe even have a crew). A really big rock with sufficient speed could devestate a planet. If not a moon, how about a gravity slide that would pick up large asteroids (from an asteroid field of cousre) and fling them at the enemy. Probably not through a warp point though. Depends on how you think a warp point works. As just a conduit or as something you have to navigate.

"We can throw rocks." Mike the Computer from the "Moon is a Harsh Mistress"

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Slick:
From SFB really, but maybe make some weapons that have a "myopic zone" where the damage is 0 at close ranges (i.e 0 0 0 50 40 30 20 10 0 ...) Makes a ship good for ranged attacks but vulnerable to a point blank attack.

Slick.

I like that one, maybe 0 0 0 10 20 30 40 30 20 10 0 0 though?

[Asmala]

Originally posted by Ruatha:

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Originally posted by Slick:
From SFB really, but maybe make some weapons that have a "myopic zone" where the damage is 0 at close ranges (i.e 0 0 0 50 40 30 20 10 0 ...) Makes a ship good for ranged attacks but vulnerable to a point blank attack.

Slick.

I like that one, maybe 0 0 0 10 20 30 40 30 20 10 0 0 though?

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These are nice ideas and them won't unbalance the game if weapon size, cost and damage are thought carefully.