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GlargTheKelfn
Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:07 am
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main idea here: the targeting system is poo.
we are supposed to be flying advanced fightercraft with hyperspace engines, but the targeting system consists of a green box that has no bearing on where you should actually shoot?
since the speed of the weapon bolts was increased late in beta, the green target boxes have been off. on a deflection shot, you aim between 3/4 and 1/2 way between the box and the ship. this is unaceptable.
there are two solutions i see here:
1) make the bolts into real energy / laser weapons: this means the bolts no longer have mass, and do not drop. where they are pointed when you pull the trigger is exactly where they hit (since they are moving at light speed).
2) bolts have mass, then we need real targeting system: if we leave the guns as fixed attachments, then the sight we need is similar to the f-16 historical gunsight. what you have is a dot on screen where the bore is pointing, with a circle around it indicating the spread of the rounds. as you turn, the dot stays, and the circle turns into a large v shaped funnel, showing where the rounds will hit at different ranges. this allows you to walk the rounds onto the target and keep them there.
either way, the current system doesn't work.
i recently hit tier 4, got my tie advanced, and went right back to the interceptor. at tier 5 nme speeds, the 2 centerline lasers are much much harder to hit with. so im back to 4 spread ones, and killing at 2x the rate. with a good gunsight, the cl lasers would be just as efficient.
either way, the green box needs to be fixed in some manner.
so... good idea, bad idea, what?
we are supposed to be flying advanced fightercraft with hyperspace engines, but the targeting system consists of a green box that has no bearing on where you should actually shoot?
since the speed of the weapon bolts was increased late in beta, the green target boxes have been off. on a deflection shot, you aim between 3/4 and 1/2 way between the box and the ship. this is unaceptable.
there are two solutions i see here:
1) make the bolts into real energy / laser weapons: this means the bolts no longer have mass, and do not drop. where they are pointed when you pull the trigger is exactly where they hit (since they are moving at light speed).
2) bolts have mass, then we need real targeting system: if we leave the guns as fixed attachments, then the sight we need is similar to the f-16 historical gunsight. what you have is a dot on screen where the bore is pointing, with a circle around it indicating the spread of the rounds. as you turn, the dot stays, and the circle turns into a large v shaped funnel, showing where the rounds will hit at different ranges. this allows you to walk the rounds onto the target and keep them there.
either way, the current system doesn't work.
i recently hit tier 4, got my tie advanced, and went right back to the interceptor. at tier 5 nme speeds, the 2 centerline lasers are much much harder to hit with. so im back to 4 spread ones, and killing at 2x the rate. with a good gunsight, the cl lasers would be just as efficient.
either way, the green box needs to be fixed in some manner.
so... good idea, bad idea, what?
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