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Himiko Kuronaga
Fatal Absolution
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Posted - 2014.04.08 23:10:00 -
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Artillery (and their smaller, faster firing cousin, the autocannon) are the domain of Minmatar weaponry in New Eden. They possess long range, though not typically as long as a railgun, but do more damage with a much, much slower rate of fire and tracking speed.
You will likely see these attached to Minmatar tanks in the future in the same way that Caldari have rails and missiles. |
Himiko Kuronaga
Fatal Absolution
Dirt Nap Squad.
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Posted - 2014.04.08 23:14:00 -
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MINA Longstrike wrote:Gallente artillery tanks = targeted drone strikes.
Amarr artillery tanks = sweeping drone lasers
Minmatar artillery tanks = conventional artillery cannons.
Caldari artillery tanks = Long range missile strikes.
If you were looking for a special artillery "function" and not simply an aesthetic, you have warbarge strikes already. This would be redundant and put too much stress on the playerbase due to uncontrollable deaths. |
Himiko Kuronaga
Fatal Absolution
Dirt Nap Squad.
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Posted - 2014.04.08 23:17:00 -
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MINA Longstrike wrote:Himiko Kuronaga wrote:MINA Longstrike wrote:Gallente artillery tanks = targeted drone strikes.
Amarr artillery tanks = sweeping drone lasers
Minmatar artillery tanks = conventional artillery cannons.
Caldari artillery tanks = Long range missile strikes. If you were looking for a special artillery "function" and not simply an aesthetic, you have warbarge/orbital strikes already. This would be redundant and put too much stress on the playerbase due to uncontrollable deaths. They'd still have travel times (especially important for the drones), and they'd be very, very vulnerable to other tanks or dropships at close range.
Except that you would never be able to do anything about them once you're tank capped, and in a serious match one team always is. |
Himiko Kuronaga
Fatal Absolution
Dirt Nap Squad.
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Posted - 2014.04.08 23:20:00 -
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We had python mines in EVE, once upon a time.
Those were fun. |
Himiko Kuronaga
Fatal Absolution
Dirt Nap Squad.
3430
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Posted - 2014.04.08 23:22:00 -
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Monkey MAC wrote:Himiko Kuronaga wrote:Artillery (and their smaller, faster firing cousin, the autocannon) are the domain of Minmatar weaponry in New Eden. They possess long range, though not typically as long as a railgun, but do more damage with a much, much slower rate of fire and tracking speed.
You will likely see these attached to Minmatar tanks in the future in the same way that Caldari have rails and missiles. Why? You are on massive 5x5km maps and your going to have artillery with 250m range? Artillery is completely different, its non line of sight it offers completly different advantages to a rail gun.
You are NOT on 5x5km maps.
The day the redline disappears you can make that claim, not before. Had you ever ventured out on a glitch run outside of the redline you would know just how buggy and broken the geometry actually is, and how full of hot air CCP's claims are.
The buildings in the background aren't even real, you can walk right through them. |
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