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Posted - 2012.07.31 11:45:00 -
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i just read a post about a spawning tanks on top of the towers and driving them off the edge. this got me thinking why do tanks need a drop ships to transport them to the ground. why can't tanks be drop out of a ship and then use dampers to land on the ground when you call a tank in?
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Posted - 2012.07.31 11:51:00 -
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vermacht Doe wrote:The current method works a little better and most things that fall from space to solid land end up wrecked
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18933037
if we can do it then i think dust 514 would have a better way to get weapons to the ground? |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 12:17:00 -
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your forgetting eve is "Set more than 21,000 years in the future", and we're in 2012. so if eve is "21,000 years in the future", they would have surpassed quantum computers meaning a landing something would have been done in a nano second. |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 12:41:00 -
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vermacht Doe wrote:4447 wrote:your forgetting eve is "Set more than 21,000 years in the future", and we're in 2012. so if eve is "21,000 years in the future", they would have surpassed quantum computers meaning a landing something would have been done in a nano second. The vehicle delivery system will be people controlled meaning you'll rely on someone to make sure you get your vehicle
no it would be computer operated. |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 13:05:00 -
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vermacht Doe wrote:4447 wrote:vermacht Doe wrote:4447 wrote:your forgetting eve is "Set more than 21,000 years in the future", and we're in 2012. so if eve is "21,000 years in the future", they would have surpassed quantum computers meaning a landing something would have been done in a nano second. The vehicle delivery system will be people controlled meaning you'll rely on someone to make sure you get your vehicle no it would be computer operated. It will have to be oked by Eve players
why because the drop ship that brings down a tank isn't controlled by a eve player? |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 13:35:00 -
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where do the drop ships come from? |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 14:31:00 -
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KingBlade82 wrote:conservation of energy......energy cannot be created or destroyed and the weight of a tank would create a giant shockwave even with dampeners it would force the energy outside but can u use them on tanks? i think the logic is flawed if so
you call in a tank it gets dropped from a ship. the tank itself is within a unit with first and second booster. the tank hits max velocity first booster kicks in, later the second boost kicks in, then the dampers kicks in at the end for the landing.
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Posted - 2012.07.31 14:40:00 -
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they would be drop out of a cargo bay on a ship |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 14:44:00 -
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Grit Breather wrote:KingBlade82 wrote:4447 wrote:KingBlade82 wrote:conservation of energy......energy cannot be created or destroyed and the weight of a tank would create a giant shockwave even with dampeners it would force the energy outside but can u use them on tanks? i think the logic is flawed if so you call in a tank it gets dropped from a ship. the tank itself is within a unit with first and second booster. the tank hits max velocity first booster kicks in, later the second boost kicks in, then the dampers kicks in at the end for the landing. doesnt that mean it is still being dropped off by a dropship? or r u saying they glide? He's saying they are shot from space in a 2 stage rocket. Kinda sound like the moon landing to me. 
it would be faster then using a drop ship to land a tank. |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 14:53:00 -
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Mobius Wyvern wrote:So far we don't even know if any of the in-game assets actually drop from orbit, and not the MCC, where we already know the RDVs come from. I would personally assume that the weapon installations at least are deployed directly from the War Barge, but we haven't had that confirmed. Also, the idea behind the RDVs is that they all cloak while carrying assets, so that up until they make their final approach, the enemy has no idea that you're bringing in said asset. The flaming object falling from the sky would kind of be a dead giveaway.
you would see it enter the atmosphere but after that you wouldn't see it coming. |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 15:47:00 -
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KingBlade82 wrote:4447 wrote:they would be drop out of a cargo bay on a ship that may cause damage to the tank itself or those would have to be some seriously badass thrusters and also idk why dropships have to be dropped off :P during gameplay it makes sense but i see one too many steps in it
it's within unit until it use it's dampers. |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 20:39:00 -
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the unit will house the tank, so the tank wonGÇÖt burn up in the atmosphere. |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 22:50:00 -
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KingBlade82 wrote:4447 wrote:the unit will house the tank, so the tank wonGÇÖt burn up in the atmosphere. ? cant we just bring them down by dropships like they r now? seems simpler
if you drop a tank from orbit then there's less casualties also by dropping the tank you can get behind enemy lines faster. by what i mean is if you have a drop ship bring in a tank behind enemy lines they will see you coming. |
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Posted - 2012.08.01 09:58:00 -
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KingBlade82 wrote:4447 wrote:KingBlade82 wrote:4447 wrote:the unit will house the tank, so the tank wonGÇÖt burn up in the atmosphere. ? cant we just bring them down by dropships like they r now? seems simpler if you drop a tank from orbit then there's less casualties also by dropping the tank you can get behind enemy lines faster. by what i mean is if you have a drop ship bring in a tank behind enemy lines they will see you coming. thats thousands of miles per hour though the speed would crush the vehicle based on a number of factors unless the power to land was significantly better than what i can picture in realistic terms plus the mechanic isnt broken so i dont think it needs fixed
the tank is in re entry unit show it wouldn't get crushed. |
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Posted - 2012.08.01 11:39:00 -
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you missed the point of this post. I'm taking about dropping tanks from space not a tower. |
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Posted - 2012.08.01 19:03:00 -
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Tak Kak wrote:Angel Vicious wrote:All I'm gonna say is if we are going to start dropping tanks in from space I want to be in them during the free fall. I'm gonna fly that SOB with the turret like they did in the A-team movie. And I could care less if the thing turned in to a pringle when it landed as long as I get to rain tank death down on the enemy while falling. Then I will try to land it on an opposing squad. We are clones of immortal warriors or whatever who cares if I die in a flattened tank after entering the atmosphere. I say its a pretty glorious way to die. That being said though I am opposed to changing the current mechanic. My knowledgeable account of history has shown that the US attempted 'Space Drops' of tanks during the Vietnam era, also known as 'Mass Apples' referring to Newton's law of physics. Though most of the tests were done during the space race and not properly experimented with battlefield environments, only using a ballon or sometimes glided wings to descend... they were for the most part successful although the utility of dropping heavy machinery behind enemy lines with almost no support was called into question and the project was soon scrapped.
you would drop the tank with helo jumpers. |
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