...but I'm going to say it anyway! *watches all the mods get angry* Uh oh. This is directly ripped from IRC. Enjoy. ---------------------------------- [03:16] <Niarbeht> Hello. [03:16] <scoutbz> lasers pew pew pew [03:16] <rat> lazers in empires! [03:17] <Niarbeht> ... [03:17] <Niarbeht> Oh my! [03:17] <Niarbeht> I just had a teamwork idea! [03:17] <scoutbz> ion cannon [03:17] <scoutbz> i just watched FF spirits within [03:17] <rat> that movie is sad [03:17] <rat> i cried at the end [03:17] <scoutbz> they totally had the warthog before halo [03:17] <Niarbeht> Have a missile which can be fired from an aircraft, is kinda powerful, but! It's guided by a grenadier! [03:18] <rat> that would be cool [03:18] <scoutbz> what if its guided by your EYES [03:18] <Niarbeht> It has a somewhat-obvious laser, including nifty red (or green, or blue) dot. [03:18] <Niarbeht> It would increase teamwork, you foolish scoutbz. [03:18] <Niarbeht> Imagine something like a MOAB. [03:18] <scoutbz> a human pyramid of cheerleaders would increase teamwork too [03:18] <Niarbeht> But the targeting was handled by someone on the ground, with LOS (but within a certain distance) of the target. [03:18] <scoutbz> GIVE ME A T [03:19] <scoutbz> a E [03:19] <scoutbz> a A [03:19] <Niarbeht> When did you last play Empires? [03:19] <rat> sounds like it would be too hard [03:19] <scoutbz> that idea is probably in one of the design doc's its been around since battlefield [03:19] <Niarbeht> Bullshit, Rat. [03:19] <rat> what would be better and more plausable [03:19] <Niarbeht> I did a similar thing all the time in Tribes. [03:19] <rat> would be a gun where you could paint a target [03:19] <Niarbeht> And that was made in 1998. [03:20] <rat> and then an aircraft could fire missles that would home in on the target as long as the gun was pointed at it [03:20] <Niarbeht> *sigh* [03:20] <Niarbeht> RAT! [03:20] <Niarbeht> THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID! [03:20] <rat> (like in the army now) [03:20] <scoutbz> careface [03:20] <rat> oh [03:20] <Niarbeht> *sigh* [03:20] <rat> i thought you meant they could like guide the missle [03:20] <Niarbeht> Dude. [03:21] <Niarbeht> IRL, the missile goes where it sees the laser. [03:21] <rat> yea [03:21] <scoutbz> that all sucks [03:21] <rat> i didnt know thats what you meant [03:21] <Niarbeht> It doesn't go to the tank the laser is pointed at, it goes to the laser. [03:21] <scoutbz> missile cam is where its at [03:21] <Niarbeht> Scoutbz, how are you supposed to fly with a missile cam? [03:21] <rat> i dont know [03:21] <Niarbeht> Might be a decent idea in a two-seat bomber, but otherwise meh. [03:21] <scoutbz> thrust vectoring! [03:22] <Niarbeht> This is all getting forum'd, btw. [03:22] <scoutbz> vroom [03:22] <scoutbz> and Vtec of course [03:22] <rat> i think it should be more like an airstrike [03:22] <Niarbeht> So if you did anything embarrasing, HAHA! [03:22] <rat> rather than letting the gren take all the control [03:22] <scoutbz> this has been forumed years ago [03:22] <scoutbz> so gh [03:22] <Niarbeht> It was? [03:22] <Niarbeht> Years ago, you say? [03:23] <Niarbeht> On the old forum, or an emp42 forum, by any chance? [03:24] <rat> its a good suggestion though [03:24] <rat> i think its worth reposting [03:24] <rat> when aircraft come out anyways [03:25] <scoutbz> umbrellas and rain would be a good idea too [03:25] <rat> it would be so cool if they had apache choppers ---------------------------------- So as you can see, I'm basically wondering about some kind of weapon (probably best mounted on a slow bomber thinger) which is powerful, but requires guidance from a ground unit. Hopefully, not powerful enough to one-shot a CV, that'd be terrible. OOO! Maybe it's not pinpoint-accuracy, so it'll land NEAR the laser dot. Thus, a direct strike against a CV from such a weapon would be difficult. It would, however, be great against farms or buildings. Note also, wouldn't be good to make it a base destroyer.
No, I didn't say "gun"... But what else is a grenadier going to guide a rocket or bomb with OTHER than a glorified laser pointer!? It wouldn't work to have it track what every gren on the map is pointing at!
i think that you should have to switch it with RL or mortar seeing as it could be a very valuable tool + who would get the kill?
why not just link this to scout spotted things, where the scout uses binoculars (and can only label one thing at a time) finally "I NEED ARTILLIARY AT THESE CO ORDINATES" will be really practical! that would be AWESOME!
So apparently, it's not a crime for others to say "farms" instead of "turret farms"... But it IS a crime for me to do it! We all know I was talking about turret farms. And if you didn't, get with the program. There aren't any other farms in Empires.
