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more frigates

6 (4.7%)

more destroyers

10 (7.8%)

more cruisers

40 (31%)

more weapons

43 (33.3%)

more lore/ information

17 (13.2%)

more portraits

7 (5.4%)

more little stuff, custom names etc.

6 (4.7%)

Total Members Voted: 128

[Erick Doe]

Dev09:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/22zaaht6do0urip/AntediluvianDev09.zip

Small balancing fixes. New sonic weapon. Custom character names.

Updated the OP (I had over 25000 characters , which is the limit so I was forced to turn some descriptions into images)

[arcibalde]

Eric you could try something, if you wanna ofc. Instead of reducing weapons stats, take 1 of your ship and reduce weapons arc on it (make another .ship file). I noticed that lots of yours weapon arc is 200 or 180 etc. Put them like 90 and see how ship gonna handle him self. You could even put it against normal version of it

[Erick Doe]

Hmm. I think I'll reduce them to 140 on older frigates. 160 on the average ones. And 180 on modern frigates. Most frigates currently have an arc of 200. Most bigger ships an arc of 180. The launchers always have an arc of 90.

[arcibalde]

Experiment 

[Sunfire]

lowering the arcs might actually help a bunch with the balance, cause right now the stats feel pretty balanced

[Erick Doe]

lowering the arcs might actually help a bunch with the balance, cause right now the stats feel pretty balanced

Alrighty I'll go and experiment a bit with weapon arcs and let you folks know how that goes.

[WKOB]

extended turret had such a long barrel, that it looked as if the barrel was hanging over the ship's weaponmount, because the graphic gets centralized.

That's another thing that'd be helped by seperating your weapon graphics. I can do it for you, if you like.

[Erick Doe]

extended turret had such a long barrel, that it looked as if the barrel was hanging over the ship's weaponmount, because the graphic gets centralized.

That's another thing that'd be helped by seperating your weapon graphics. I can do it for you, if you like.

I really appreciate the offer. But I like doing stuff like that myself. I enjoy working on it. 

[WKOB]

Cool deal, I just like recoil.

[Trylobot]

@Austupaio: Is your profile picture derived from a Total Annihilation texture? I was a ridiculous fanboy of that game, in its heyday.

[WKOB]

Indeed it is, I've been ripping them for various purposes and I just did this 'cause I thought it'd be neat.

Specifically it's the little color selector from the skirmish screen.

[Erick Doe]

*sends a peewee after Trybolot and Austupaio for derailing the thread*

 

(Sorry Erick - you're absolutely right. My bad. -T)

[Erick Doe]

Uomoz is probably going to roll his eyes, but:

I've created three new ships:

A well rounded modern frigate:

Bulwark Frigate


A sonic-focussed destroyer:

Halyard Destroyer


Apart from the Atlantis, the only ship to deploy an Advanced Sonic Turret by default:

Nephilim Cruiser

[edit]
Also, lots of new votes for more weapons... But, what sort of weapons would you like to see? More ballistic, sonic energy or torpedo weapons?

[Erick Doe]

AST-20 "Hermes" Antediluvian Superiority Turret Small, Ballistic
An extended, dual mounted version of the Atlas. The Hermes AST-20 is the most powerful and expensive pressure turret in existence. However, to harness its power, a ship must possess over a large power-core and have enough ordnance to accommodate its greedy barrels.


I'm currently working on balancing the weapons some more. While the six pressure turrets are very similar, they do have some significant differences among themselves. Primarily in range and damage. Secondary variations in flux usage, OP points and cost.

It is all about preference. Do you like getting close and dealing lots of damage? Get a triple turret. Prefer to stay out of reach of your enemy? Use an extended turret. Want something that performs rather well on all fronts? Get a duel turret. Have some OP and cash to spare? Get an even better well-rounded weapon like the advanced turret.

[Erick Doe]

Decided not to decrease weapon arcs. Instead I'm decreasing the turning rate of turrets. So it will be slower for them to be aimed at a target.

Will this only decrease their efficiency when using Antediluvian weapons? No. Because most vanilla weapons that fit these weaponslots already have a lower turning rate. One of the few weapons with a really high turning rate is a vulcan cannon. But a vulcan cannon will prove rather useless anyway. Antediluvian weapons are similar to the vulcan cannon, but more powerful.