PA needs more nukes-bring back Nuke submarine!

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by nuketf, August 4, 2014.

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did you like submarines?

Poll closed August 5, 2014.
  1. yes they where epic

    8 vote(s)
    72.7%
  2. no they where horrable and we are batter with out them

    2 vote(s)
    18.2%
  3. i remember spaming submarines just for the heck of it and somehow winning a naval battle with them

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%
  1. nuketf

    nuketf Active Member

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    i remember the nuclear T2 submarine it looked so cool! why where submarines removed? all they needed is to dive under water and the T2 sub build nukes and finshed!
  2. tehtrekd

    tehtrekd Post Master General

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    That's kinda the issue.
    As it turns out, making submarines go underwater on a sphere is slightly difficult.
    There also needs to be invisibility for them so only radar can detect subs.
    There are just issues with subs, unfortunately. I'd like to see them return some day too, but it's most definitely going to be post-1.0
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  3. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    And when they return, whoooo boy!
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  4. nuketf

    nuketf Active Member

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    why can't they put subs back as is for now? ya they do not work but there fun to have in a huge navy like glass cannons :p
  5. liquius

    liquius Well-Known Member

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    There's more to it then just adding an underwater layer. A unit with the special feature of being underwater is dull when there's almost nothing unique to being underwater.

    For this subs to be worthwhile, you also want to think about sonar, anti-sub ship/aircraft, and probably rethink interaction between land and sea.
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  6. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    We could implement subs right now in every way except for them being underwater. Balance wise, they'd be identical to how they'd be if they could submerge. But we won't though because that's not at all WYSIWYG.
  7. websterx01

    websterx01 Post Master General

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    Not to mention that it would seem very silly.

    Edit: grammar?
  8. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Nah, you could mod them to be under water, all you need to do is lower the submarine below it's base armature.
  9. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    The problem is the shore.

    Either forcing subs to surface, or go underground.
  10. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Actually it's not to big of a problem, as long as they aren't any lower than the bottom of a large ship's hull, it should be fine.

    Edit: basically there will be a point they can't go any further, they won't go through the ground, they'd bump into it, hitboxes are created by geometry and not by armatures, or set values.
  11. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Kinda, as even the larger ships have a tendency to dig.

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