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Posted - 2013.03.05 15:50:00 -
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The name "Planetary Combat" suggests to me that it will be fighting like another troop (like a 'normal' scout drone) but on the planet, not doing OB-style combat (kinda like a Sentry)
There's also no way this type of drone is going to do base 600 damage per shot...Hammerhead IIs (a type-II med. scout; the ones that are 10m^3) have a base damage of 24 thermal (base damage modifier 1.92) with a base optimal range of 1000m (falloff of 3000m) and a base total HP of 1132...you'd have to have some serious drone skills and mods to get the optimal range and base HP up, same for damage...Its possible, but not likely, and no way that could be the base (imagine what someone specced into drones can do with one that has a base damage of 600...a 6x damage modifier on one is not that hard to get, so yeah...)
For an OB drone, you'd have to have a Heavy Combat Drone as the base IMO (25m^3), but even then they won't do nearly the amount of damage you want them to (maybe a sentry drone base, but its still not nearly that much base damage, which is 50, damage modifier 1.6...)
A better thing would probably be to make the "Planetary Combat Drone I" more like a scout drone, small, fast, really weak, but is fighting right next to the infantry. Maybe replace some of the armor/structure/shields and propulsion with more/bigger guns so they can act a little more like a light vehicle or infantry.
An OB drone...like I said, a Heavy/Sentry base with low RoF (prob 10s or more) and tracking Still can't have too much HP and can't move fast either. |
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Posted - 2013.03.05 16:19:00 -
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trollsroyce wrote:A heavy slot might indeed be better, as planetary vessels take lots of engine space.
The damage could be tuned (dust damage, not eve) so that its significantly better than any dust vessel, but not as strong locally as OB from eve.
Well, look at the guns we have...ARs doing ~30 damage, HMGs (I think) below 20...we're not exactly doing a lot of DPB either (FGs the exception), just relatively high RoF to get the DPS.
Another thing to consider is the OB ammo...they have no damage stat listed (probably to kill the modifiers) and the description is just a broad thing (laser has the tightest spread and fastest RoF, hybrid in the middle, and projectile has the largest area but is EMP and only works against shields). Probably would have to be a similar thing for the drones |
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Posted - 2013.03.05 16:52:00 -
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Prob won't be able to have more than 1 or 2...should have a dedicated ship for ground support (damage bonus for OB turrets and can use OB drones or something)...maybe a destroyer. |
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