Question for Brad/Uber

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by Corang, August 27, 2014.

  1. Corang

    Corang Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    772
    Likes Received:
    313
    Could you guys give us a small hint that points us in the direction of the new way to annihilate planets?
    kjotak109 likes this.
  2. tehtrekd

    tehtrekd Post Master General

    Messages:
    2,996
    Likes Received:
    2,772
    They probably won't.
    Remember, we're most likely getting the new build before PAX starts.
    PAX starts on August 29th.
    So we're either getting it REAAAAAAAAAAAAL soon, or tomorrow.
    #thehypeisreal
  3. schuesseled192

    schuesseled192 Active Member

    Messages:
    823
    Likes Received:
    219
    it will probably be the metal planets uber death cannon extreme.
    aevs and tehtrekd like this.
  4. aevs

    aevs Post Master General

    Messages:
    1,051
    Likes Received:
    1,150
    Asteroids might fit the description, but not too well (still planet smashing). They'd also bring a lot more than just annihilating to the table, and would probably warrant a better description (like major game-changer), so it probably isn't asteroids.

    As for what's left, metal planet laser is the only known, planned feature that is best described as a 'new annihilation option'. At this point, I think it's safe to say that we'll see metal planet lasers in 1.0.
  5. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

    Messages:
    12,902
    Likes Received:
    5,385
    they said gas giants would be in.

    what happens when you send a planet into a gaz giant?

    doesn't the gaz giant swallow it? maybe a big, quasi-permanent gaz mushroom?

    certainly no "chipping away" no big explosion. at least not until it reaches the core and by then the thickness of the gaz masks alot of the light.

    it's very different.

    remember gaz giants are HUUUGE compared to planets.
  6. optimi

    optimi Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    572
    Likes Received:
    652
    That's actually a good point. What will happen when we smash a gas giant? Hopefully it won't just plop down the same crater as normal planets get.
  7. kjotak109

    kjotak109 Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    606
    Likes Received:
    303
    Maybe gas giants will be "unsmashable?" After all, they're tiny rock worlds with an immense layer of gas, and the impactor planet may compress and get crushed due to extreme atmospheric pressure.

    EDIT: Split second posting glitch: It says my post was most recent, but @aevs posted here at the same time. Forum glitch?
  8. aevs

    aevs Post Master General

    Messages:
    1,051
    Likes Received:
    1,150
    FTFY. (gas giants ⊂ planets)
    And my guess is that sending a planet into a gas giant will do the same thing as a planet hitting the sun right now (which is possible with orbits set up the right way). That is, you get the big white explosion particles, but no rocky debris.
  9. tehtrekd

    tehtrekd Post Master General

    Messages:
    2,996
    Likes Received:
    2,772
    Turns out it's actually an MIRV nuclear missile launcher.
    And metal planet superweapons
  10. CounterFact

    CounterFact Active Member

    Messages:
    131
    Likes Received:
    44
    The massive gravitational pull of the gas giant would rip the planet apart I think. Then it would be absorbed and added to the core of the gas giant who whould resume circling around the sun like it's just another monday at the office.
    The real question is what happens when a gas giant collides with a planet that is bigger than the gas 'giant'.
  11. aevs

    aevs Post Master General

    Messages:
    1,051
    Likes Received:
    1,150
    Based on any and all info I can find, I doubt terrestrial planets that are 'larger' than gas giants could form without themselves becoming gas giants. When you have very big planets, they get very massive. When you have very massive planets, they'll hold a lot of atmosphere.
    ArchieBuld likes this.
  12. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

    Messages:
    12,902
    Likes Received:
    5,385
    that's the whole point, they're alot fukin bigger, they can't be smaller.
    [​IMG]
    ArchieBuld likes this.
  13. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

    Messages:
    7,971
    Likes Received:
    4,357
    /sarcasm/ Are you saying this thread isn't true??? /sarcasm/

    https://forums.uberent.com/forums/unrelated-discussion.4/page-3

    :p
  14. BradNicholson

    BradNicholson Uber Employee Uber Alumni

    Messages:
    1,073
    Likes Received:
    4,589
    i'm not taking your surprise away!!!!
    Remy561, melhem19 and ArchieBuld like this.
  15. siefer101

    siefer101 Active Member

    Messages:
    369
    Likes Received:
    171
    EMBARRASSING PICTURE TIME
    [​IMG]

    Reveal.... or suffer
  16. tg230

    tg230 New Member

    Messages:
    22
    Likes Received:
    17
    If the gas giants are bigger than terrestial planets it would be cool if impacts left black scars on the cloud layer like the Shoemaker-Levy comet did to Jupiter.
    aevs likes this.
  17. nixtempestas

    nixtempestas Post Master General

    Messages:
    1,216
    Likes Received:
    746
    what happens if two gas giants collide (incidental collision)?
  18. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

    Messages:
    7,971
    Likes Received:
    4,357
    Bigger gas giant is made? :D
  19. lokiCML

    lokiCML Post Master General

    Messages:
    1,973
    Likes Received:
    953
    I'll give you cake.;)
  20. Brokenshakles

    Brokenshakles Active Member

    Messages:
    239
    Likes Received:
    143
    Wonderful cat in that picture, mine does the parrot thing as well. What's his name?

Share This Page