No idea where to ask, but this is the only q&a thread open so i'm asking here. Who are Lord Braben's favorite book authors?
Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Q&A - Weapons
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I doubt you can drop weapons, i think they refer to ammunitions and other consumables
so basically ground weapons will clap hull tank ships but not work on shield tanks, making hull tank combat ships even less viable
They've said there are anti shield weaponry, I wanna say I heardthem mention an anti shield grenade but I may be mistaken
I think it should be reasonably easy to balance without reducing the realism.
Planetside 2 use a lot of roofs, indoor walkways and placement shield-generators to balance out air-power. Add with fixed AA defences, making ships approach dangerous to be hanging around for long.
As for infantry, the obvious thing would be to make the door a vulnerable point. You can't shoot at a ship, but if you can run up to it and run the steps, arguably that's unshielded and can be vulnerable for attaching a specific anti-ship charge (or ultimately, the ability to infiltrate and blow up the ships reactor with a timed charge).
Damage to shields and hull with handheld weapons doesn't need to be possible to balance out the gameplay.
Planetside 2 use a lot of roofs, indoor walkways and placement shield-generators to balance out air-power. Add with fixed AA defences, making ships approach dangerous to be hanging around for long.
As for infantry, the obvious thing would be to make the door a vulnerable point. You can't shoot at a ship, but if you can run up to it and run the steps, arguably that's unshielded and can be vulnerable for attaching a specific anti-ship charge (or ultimately, the ability to infiltrate and blow up the ships reactor with a timed charge).
Damage to shields and hull with handheld weapons doesn't need to be possible to balance out the gameplay.
Have weapons like frag cannons and beam lasers on ships been nerfed with Odyssey?
Infiltrating ships is a thing I'm waiting for more than anything else.
A long time before David Braben promised this feature…