given PA unit counts, infantry bots would not actually be any more vulnerable to splash damage. artillery cannon shoots one shell at both blobs....
Because firing through terrain is dumb, and curved beams stretch credulity overmuch.
it's m ore than possible for dozens of nukes to be thrown around in a game, this wil be a major possibility in multi-planet starts. also you could...
because buzzwords. There's room in the game for a really tall defense structure with a beam weapon. If it can't bear on a target because of terrain...
howabout stealing a page from World in Conflict: Add a "Strategic Weapons" UI popout that shows up when you have nukes (or Halley asteroids?)...
Nukes could use the FA treatment of being non-assistable. Nuclear attacks would then have a significant time investment as well as metal/energy....
I'm just spitballing here but honestly I don't even like how energy works or how it's implemented at all. It's basically makework. From the...
Nothing wrt orbital combat plans has much to do with balance... People spamming that quote are getting too cute by half.
I was thinking that as well. In practice, i think the parts of the 'mountain biome' that arn't actually mountains should probably just get taken...
I think the idea for endgame orbital is to use asteroids and moons for bombardment and as invasion platforms. Imagine an asteroid slamming into the...
I was thinking on this a while back. I concluded splitting air into two types was needlessly complicated, even if it makes a certain amount of sense....
I didn't express a preference, just stated that gunships have been pretty tough considering their method of attack compared to bombers.
let's remember a lot of this comes down to UI and AI issues. Imagine that if in Forged Alliance planes were smart enough to spread out from...
My 2c: I don't feel a T2 that is just better adds anything to the game. It just makes the exponential curve more important and puts you even further...
Well yes there is something about flak as a weapon type that would make it flat out superior. If it does enough splash damage to be noticable, a...
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