Orbital now has a 3 second cool down when entering orbit

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by brianpurkiss, September 27, 2014.

  1. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Been a long time coming, but it's finally here.

    The PTE now makes it so all orbital units have a 3 second cool down when entering orbit.

    SXX insta snipe no longer works! Nor does the Radar insta bounce. Nor does the infinite Astraeus hopping.

    I'd prefer it that not all orbital units have a cool down time. Like maybe the Avenger only has a 1 second cool down or something.

    And I still want those drop pods with an insta drop in and one way trip only...

    But I digress. Everyone celebrate!!!
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    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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  3. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Woohoo!~ <3

    See, and you guys say Uber doesn't listen. ;)

    Edit: Also, Brian, we can't have arbitrary differences between SSX cool down and fighter cool down, it'd go against WYSIWYG. :p
  4. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    It's a imperfect solution, but a solution none the less.
  5. mjshorty

    mjshorty Well-Known Member

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    the question is....why cant it be 2...or 4....or 5....or 1....because things must be set in stone! like for instance...
  6. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Then all units should have the same speed, range, and health.
  7. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Only if they looked the same that is.
  8. vrishnak92

    vrishnak92 Active Member

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    What the hell, did I just watch?
  9. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Utter genius.
  10. vrishnak92

    vrishnak92 Active Member

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    I can agree with that.

    Question though, why is such a big change like this not in the "update" thread? @garat
  11. garat

    garat Cat Herder Uber Alumni

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    Uhm.. I called it out specifically. What you smoking, man? :)
  12. vrishnak92

    vrishnak92 Active Member

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    Where? -_^?
  13. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    It's PTE.
  14. garat

    garat Cat Herder Uber Alumni

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  15. takfloyd

    takfloyd Active Member

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    I agree that the Avenger in particular should be exempt from such a long cooldown, because it will make it even harder to breach heavily fortified planets without using superweapons. Getting that quick beachhead by clearing out enemy orbital units/anchors with a wave of Avengers is crucial, and even in just 3 seconds, dozens of them will be dead.

    It's still better than having cheap SSX snipes and commander jumping though.
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  17. garat

    garat Cat Herder Uber Alumni

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    I'm mostly teasing you. It's friday night. At any rate.. new PTE with lots of new stuff in it. Highly recommend people check it out.
    cdrkf, Zainny, Remy561 and 2 others like this.
  18. vrishnak92

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    I blame @brianpurkiss for not providing the link in the first place. Bad brian
  19. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    I know you did. But not everyone browses the support forum or reads patch notes.

    It's something I've been waiting for a while and wanted to express my excitement.

    If you don't want me to spread awareness or excitement, then I don't have to.
  20. garat

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    Where are you exactly getting that I don't want you to call it out? I was teasing him. Chill, man.

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