Corair
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Posted - 2005.10.27 00:30:00 -
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 Originally by: Ambrose
Frankly I'm just a little irked by all Im hearing about how critical the real big ships are going to be, especially now that I hear that Titans will essentially get weapons that allow them to destroy everything on a grid without having to actually be in system.
This whole Death through a cyno field is just too much, the scale of the game is just moving too far past the individual pilot in the field making contributions and sacrifices for the cause.
Heck if Titans come as advertised fleets will become smalltime exercises.
I just think that its ridiculous, werent titans suppossed to be unarmed ships fulfilling a largely logistic role?
Seems to be that the Titans are not designed to be anti-POS, but could be used in that way. That super-weapon hasn't even seen the light of day on our test servers, so don't go all "the sky is falling" on us yet. They will be GIANT investments and will need escort just as Dreads do now. I don't know where this "doesn't need to be in the system" part came from... seems like that super weapon is a last-defense kind of thing and not on par capable of killing everything in the vicinity.
We don't have solid data yet as there is a lot of functionality these will represent - hell, they've been in and out of development since beta so they'll release em when they're done and no sooner (ok, well, maybe a little sooner :D) While they mentioned planetary action (or was it just walking around? can't remember) I'd bet they're secretly working on getting a planetary economy going (i.e. owning planets and "harvesting" them) so having such large logistical power will be required. As it is now, POS and outpost are as big as it gets for players as Freighters and Dreads seem to have focus only dealing with those, BUT throw in planets and true territory control and you've got some more to work with. Just feels like another attempt at expanding this game into another dimension of complexity that will take a few major steps.
I'll be quiet now :D
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