Shutdown Field as ultimate self defense system
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I'm not surprised that you're surprised then...
Elite Dangerous is not an arcade game. The longer we play (or grind, to some degree), the more advantages we will have. Anyone who is not piloting a stock sidewinder should agree to that.
Oooo yes please. Station Games anyone?
Next I would like grappling hooks and tractor beams
Next I would like grappling hooks and tractor beams
This is a terrible idea. [haha]
I already expected gankers don't like it... you guys are so predictable
Are you serious? I would love to have this module. It would give me more time to type text comms from a hulltank while opponent is shutdown.
Well, in bubble our FAS hulltanks never have shields to begin with, so we simply activate it at no cost to ourselves.
Or hell, even out here on DG2 in my conda, it's not like I really need my shields. I would definitely deactivate them to get 10 seconds to do anything I wanted for more lulz. Maybe circle strafe the explorer and spray chaff at them, or jettison biowaste canisters on their canopy.
And if I want to kill instead of lulz, it doesn't matter that I've deactivated my weapons, I just ram them.
Depends on your idea of terrible. Think of how much Zarek Null propaganda I could type given 10 extra seconds?!?!? This is a wonderful idea!
Also lol @ the grief potential. Everyone running cutter/FAS/whatever hulltanks, mashing the pulse button on interdiction, and then ramming the opponent as hard as they can. Finally a "skill" counter to the FdL ;-)
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I would like to see a EMP type device implemented but something like this no.
OP, so OK one shot per weapon, but what size hardpoint is required? Can I run a 7 pulse hulltank challenger, keeping my opponent stunned for a over a minute while I jettison biowaste on him and copy paste the book of most holy rebuy angel simguru Pranav Antal into comms? Or a 9 pulse T-10 ramming him for a minute and a half?
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At the very least you could try to address a post that actually engages your proposal using in-game mechanics as an argument, instead of just picking out a one-liner to respond to in kind.
It is your proposal to begin with, and it is yours to defend. Morbad has a point there.
Yup.
OP could actually admit that this was a bad idea, but this is the internet and for some weird reason, conceding an argument seems to be impossible here.
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Oddly, I've done this more than once using the Thargoid Probe/discoscanner combo at a busy engineers base.
Its hillarious watching everyone fall out of the sky.
So much this ......
Spending so much time thinking up goofy ideas that the one glaring idea always gets overlooked , building for survivability.
I already expected gankers don't like it... you guys are so predictable
You don't like the hunt, neither the challenge to chase players through systems with a FSD scanner. You want it quick and easy.
You just want to wait at a system entry point or in a rendez-vous designated place and wait for the prey to spawn. That's really cool gameplay!
It’s not just gankers who don’t like it...because it’s a stupid idea. How about you learn to barrel roll and high wake like everybody else instead of whining on the forums.
I wanted to knock people out of the sky over an engineer base with the pulse disruptor but the problem is that is is trash.
I already expected gankers don't like it... you guys are so predictable
You don't like the hunt, neither the challenge to chase players through systems with a FSD scanner. You want it quick and easy.
You just want to wait at a system entry point or in a rendez-vous designated place and wait for the prey to spawn. That's really cool gameplay!
Hi, explorer here.
Your idea is bad and is more likely to be exploited by gankers than explorers. Anything that gimps jump range is a big no-no for most explorers. They generally prefer to fly defenceless and complain on the forums when the inevitable happens.
There are already a wide variety of options available to make your exploration ship a less appetising gank target, and none of them require as much of a gimp to jump range as you're suggesting for this module.
I mean, the OPs idea is petty bad, but if you want to stick with the theme for a counter proposal, how about this?..
EMP. Charges and fires much like this ECM, but the blast causes roid-cracking style sensor disruption to everyone in range including the user.
No radar, No target locks, no gimballed or turret tracking, and contact panel is garbled.
HUD is also glitchy and distorted, so fixed aiming is sorta difficult.
It effects everyone in range, and lasts 5-10 seconds.
Once fired, your sensors "adapt" and are immune from EMP for some time. (Needed to prevent spamming from multiple users)
1 per ship. 60 second cooldown.
Done!
Fire one off and jump during the confusion.
Or gankers or PvPers can cause massive sensor disruption during a fight.
Or, like I said before, just fit better shields and jump. Lol
EMP. Charges and fires much like this ECM, but the blast causes roid-cracking style sensor disruption to everyone in range including the user.
No radar, No target locks, no gimballed or turret tracking, and contact panel is garbled.
HUD is also glitchy and distorted, so fixed aiming is sorta difficult.
It effects everyone in range, and lasts 5-10 seconds.
Once fired, your sensors "adapt" and are immune from EMP for some time. (Needed to prevent spamming from multiple users)
1 per ship. 60 second cooldown.
Done!
Fire one off and jump during the confusion.
Or gankers or PvPers can cause massive sensor disruption during a fight.
Or, like I said before, just fit better shields and jump. Lol
Sad to see how people lack of imagination.
There are always good chances to take someone's idea and add a contribution to correct it/improve it, highlighting weak points and propose some stronger alternative instead.
That's what discussions and brainstorming is all about.
My fail here is not the bad suggestion, but believing that people of this community could be proactive.
Instead I see people complaining for ganking, complaining for bugs, rejecting anyone's ideas... it's all a big whining here... grow up gents!
There are always good chances to take someone's idea and add a contribution to correct it/improve it, highlighting weak points and propose some stronger alternative instead.
That's what discussions and brainstorming is all about.
My fail here is not the bad suggestion, but believing that people of this community could be proactive.
Instead I see people complaining for ganking, complaining for bugs, rejecting anyone's ideas... it's all a big whining here... grow up gents!
Insulting people who don't like your idea. Classic.