Streetrip
FATAL REVELATIONS
FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.07.04 02:37:00 -
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y'know at first i was in joy of such an idea...then starting to read thama's arguements and i didn't even need to read it all, i'm gonna agree with it. It's a nice fantasy and add's to the whole hot shot flying ace role play. But seriously, EVE has no need for it. Why have fixed cannons when you can have turrets on gyros? real life navies have figured it out. being able to shoot in a direction seperate to your line of motion is very beneficial. having a single line of fire is like taking a step back. RP wise, not gonna work. The only reason why fighter plane's have them is because having a firing system like that would just be way too hard. missiles act as a deploy then ignition usually.
Also what can a 80mm autocannon round on a fighter do on a ships system that a 1400mm round on a BS cant do?
play wise. Keeping it how it is doesn't "break" anything. adding it could and thats just not a great deal. It adds a new aspect to eve, however is it really even implementable? EVE can barely cope with 200 clients pointing and clicking, how about constant information updates on pitch/yaw/roll/weapon fire? not gonna happen. As a mini-game perhaps say for like, y'know archaeology if your going into an asteroid and you use a remote drone to do your work, maybe limited firing ability or just pure skill in flying then some joyous mining? Adding joystick PvPing will mean a change in the EVE design as well i would imagine. Right now it's mathematic calculations that work out whether you'll get hit and by how hard. Changing that for a twitch players means first changing the mathematics into physical movement and a whole new physical model. (which again, the server probably wont be able to handle) this makes EVE less of a strategy game by far because, why would you bother training up for that extra 5% of turret tracking when your opponent just has that extra bit of luck anyways? nubtards ahoy, the SP devoted characters get rewarded with nada.
Any real joystick capability should be limited. Also if some of you haven't heard already, Jumpgate: Evolution recently got announced to be in the works!
http://www.jumpgate-evolution.com/
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