Bagsman Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Just some random semi-related ideas here. Lots of gears 3 influence here... Sorry about that. Anyway. I know it's only concept art but on the Chinook artwork we're shown it firing some variety of what I can only assume is a rotary cannon. Now I thought to myself that this would be super cool as a usable defense on ground missions (perhaps only operable when a xenonaut is manning it from within the dropship) for when you're desperately retreating from a terror mission gone awry or something like that? This also got me thinking about the possibility of mounted weapons or deployable heavy weapons or perhaps weapons that require a two-man team to operate, such as a tripod-mounted heavy machine gun like the browning 50 cal. Of course this then got me thinking about the possibility of firing from a prone position which would greatly improve the accuracy of say a sniper rifle or machine gun with deployable bipod and make them harder to hit from a distance but greatly vulnerable at close ranges (just an extension of the kneeling system really). Perhaps the ability to use a wall as a mounting for a rifle or machine gun when behind one as cover to improve accuracy. /me rambles. And lastly a question I had: Would armored vehicles be useable as cover by xenonauts, by which I mean they would have all of the game's cover system mechanics apply to them when they were being used as cover by infantry? Oh and what about having an anti-material rifle ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Alas, this was kinda shot down. =P http://www.xenonauts.com/forum/topic?id=369 Since the current battle "setup" features an exclusion zone around the dropship, there wouldn't be anything to shoot at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 To be precise, no emplacements anywhere. Makes it too easy, too messy to code. Prone is out due to the sheer degree of work added, and because its not considered exactly necessary. Much like manual kneeling. Vehicles are unlikely to act as 'cover' cover, more as LOF blockers (bullet stoppers). They're pretty big. Their corpses might though. Anti-material rifles haven't been brought up much, but again unlikely. You've got rocket launchers, and they've got additional uses above Anti-vehicle fire (anti-personnel, stunning, fire-bombing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Oh and what about having an anti-material rifle ? You mean anti-matter? There will be "sci-fi" weapons. Probably not anti-matter based but who knows? Not all have been revealed yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsman Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Oof, sorry guys. Thought I was onto something that hadn't already been shot down :< By anti-materiel rifle I meant very high power/high calibre rifles used for shooting through equipment and armored targets rather than personnel (whoops on the spelling). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-materiel_rifle Totally forgot about the exclusion zone thing too. Vehicles acting as cover proper could make for some really cool tactical decision making but I can see how it might be a pain to implement and using them as LOF blockers could still provide some of that tactical fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Basically everything said above is correct. For the vehicles, using them as cover would have pretty much the same effect as just standing behind them as they have a 100% stopping value (ie, they stop 100% of the shots passing through the square they occupy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoywolf Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 There should be like a risk for using these vehicles as cover, such as them exploding when shot by explosive weapons. I'm also assuming there will be grenades like in X-com where you can set the delay and such to combat situations like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Grenades aren't currently planned to have a delay (you just throw them, no priming necessary). The breaching charges might, but we haven't been told much about them beyond their existence. Having a massively overkilled vehicle explode could be a nice addition though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherdevil Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 You and your general love for all things explodey Sathra... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyC Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 It would be a good feature though, to have a massive explosion when a tank blows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Maybe not massive. Say...twice the size of the current RPG HE rocket one, but 2/3 of the damage. Splash some fire around too. Should only be for actual overkill (say, -50hp) situations, otherwise it becomes either a liability or a...well, plan. Looking at you Gauddlike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Demo packs will be in the game, and they will have timers. We've got the art done for them, but not the coding. It's on the to-do list tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyC Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Yay for high-explosives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Yay! I assume the throw range will be balanced properly too? Was always a bit odd that HE packs became better to use than grenades for veteran troops, who could still throw them really far, without the inherent 'hit the battlefield ceiling' problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Should only be for actual overkill (say, -50hp) situations, otherwise it becomes either a liability or a...well, plan. Looking at you Gauddlike. Hmm just need to add sticky bombs that can attach to your own vehicles now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 *has fond memories of Red Faction: Guerrilla* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsman Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 To avoid making another topic for a simple question & request I'll just dump it hereL 1) Can we have some of the Xenonaut land-vehicle pics & information up on the awesome new Xenonauts.com please ? 2) Please tell me that the Xenonauts tech tree includes at least one tier of non-alien-derived but "needs-to be-researched-before-getting-it" technology. (The XCOM: EU analogue to what I mean would be the Laser Technology tier of course ) Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherdevil Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 2. I believe so. I believe it may even be laser tech =p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patupi Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Laser propelled bullets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoywolf Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 as long as it needs ammo that should be ok i guess ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patupi Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Hey! Advanced research could even do Plasma propelled bullets! Oh wait, someone's actually working on that. Damn! I'm not quite stupid enough today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Laser weapons require ammo, and also require you to capture some alien plasma weapons to start the project. Lasers are like a 'first foray' into energy weapons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patupi Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Yes, OK, I was feeling silly yesterday. I'd kind of assumed that given the background of the game it was something on the order of 'Reverse engineer alien batteries', or maybe just find some alien biochemistry that they use for something else and humans make energy cells with it. Even in the 1970's a simple carbon dioxide laser would be a heavy, but effective weapon if it had sufficient portable energy to fire. It'd be something along the lines of a heavy 1980's sized camcorder, but more long range, low damage, but would work. Seriously, plasma propulsion in various modes would be interesting to see. The obvious would be the well versed plasma rocket, but the more recent concept of external plasma manipulation (ie light-craft) that actually use little or no fuel, just power to energize and manipulate plasma would be interesting and sort of fit with a classic 'ufo' feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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