Zalmun
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2015.01.09 08:55:17 -
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Mobile Anti-Bomb Point Defense Launcher
A deployable that can shoot down incoming bombs before they explode. Some ideas for balancing:
- Deploy time between 30 sec and 1 min; It shouldn't be used in reaction to a run in progress, but as a ward against potential runs.
- Limited range of effect: somewhere between 15-30 km. Good placement is important.
- Limited rate of fire: Destroys one bomb every few seconds; between 5-10 secs, could even be randomized a little
- Limited life time: Expires quickly; 5 min or so. This could be balanced with HP to unit itself, where a successful bomb run against it shoots down a couple bombs, but dies to like 6-8 bombs. Make it more tanky but expires faster if it's desirable to have the unit survive more than one run. This also could be handled via limited number of shots it can make, but that's probably more complicated. This would also make a fleet using them have to constantly pay attention/manage their use for them to be effective during ops.
- Another way to tone down the effect would be to make it only useful against one type of bomb, with each race getting a unit they can make to counter one of the others.
I think a point defense weapon that can destroy a couple bombs coming in on a run would be an interesting tactical tool for use by less mobile fleet comps, perhaps even helping open the door on BS and BC doctrines becoming more viable. It would help deter bomber harassment, but would only have limited effect against a dedicated and well co-ordinated bomber fleet.
With all the changes to bombers lately, this might not be as useful as it would have been a year ago, but it's an idea I had that I thought was worth sharing. With the demise of ISBoxer as well, it might become a moot point too.
If you think this is interesting and worth trying, also consider putting different qualities in, say via faction BPCs or exploration sites, and make the higher quality ones pre-detonate bombs they shoot down.  I know that would be way way too powerful, but would be pretty funny. |