remind me again why we can't have aircraft

lol so true empty

 

the aircraft were plan to fly like helicopters and the maps would have to be (i think) x32 scale which would mean smaller models since its already scaled down and maps that are huge and really ugly. That would also mean anyone not flying would have a reallllllyyy long walk or drive to get to anything. Its cool in concept but boats are probably more likely. But you have to also address the never ending bugs/models and issues aswell.

 

All you need is maps that use aircraft, everything else would stay infantry and vehicle only.
So just make more maps, dot bother resizing crap. I'm fine with crossroads not having aircraft.

 

What if the aircraft was really slow ?
Just make a drop ship that basically hovers and is big enough to fit the cv in.
http://todd587.deviantart.com/art/Halo-Pelican-Dropship-5524079

 

If they were really slow, then they wouldn't be fun to use, and they'd be impossible to balance, because they'd have no change of avoiding every bit of incoming fire. On top of that, it's entirely illogical to have aircraft being outrun by ground vehicles.

 

massive firepower and med armor could make up for it being slow

 

yeah lets just give both teams battle cruisers and say fuck it.

 

make it a ... STEEL ZEPLIN(with some led in it)!

 

Aircraft with 3-Phase.

Good stuff.

 

Contrary to popluar opinion, I rather not have aircrafts in empires or maybe just a map or two with them.

As infantry you stand little chance against aircrafts flying above you and shooting you down. That's one reason I didn't like playing bf2. It was frustrating many times being killed within minutes of spawning.

 

Apparently Vicki hasn't tried using RPG against aircraft(heli-like ones) with emp_sv_aircrafts_enabled.

 

hehe nope

 

Aircrafts can never and should never exist, from a balance standpoint.

The only way I could ever imagine them existing is as some kind of coded commander or squad leader power. A non controllable aircraft would fly from the farthest point of the map and drop some bombs on the designated area similar to squad artillary.

I thought empires recived Lua support in a previous patch. So wouldn't it be possible for something like that to be made in lua? I know nothing about coding though so I'm probably completely wrong.

 

Make the comm view a UFO, and allow enemy team to shoot it down to disable it for a short time interval :p

 

this.

Also this reminds me of my suggestion for low flying spotting drones, which has been shot down

 

Lol Empty, what made you so cynical?

 

Possibly all the people yelling at him for making sexy particles that bog down there shitty computers.

 

viroman, what did we learn last week?

APPARENTLY NOTHING!

air would suck at this point in empires life, winter is coming

 

What WERE we supposed to learn? ohh and winter is always cumming but, not for a little longer. its a stud it can hold it a bit more.

۞_۞

 

I could do this.