Damage pulse is useless

[FullMetalFox]

lol you're not going to tell me what I believe or not mr smart, why do you think the name of the thread is damage pulse is useless? What I was asking for is a proof of how effective it is compared to a real weapon.

Note the magical word "according". Your exchange with Nighthawk_77 made it look like you question or dont believe his "make a specialised pull system" statement, and thats what i provided an answere for.

 

[Nighthawk_77]

Nah, Damage Pulse has only 0.5 DPS per Weapon Block, compared to most weapons 5 DPS. The option to use it combined with pull weapons is there and works, and thats what you didnt believe according to your exchange with Nighthawk_77. If its effective or powerful, is another question.

It can be effective and powerful...if you want proof please come on the TS server voice.elwyneternity.com in the next 3 hours.

 

[FullMetalFox]

It can be effective and powerful...if you want proof please come on the TS server voice.elwyneternity.com in the next 3 hours.

Of course it can be powerfull, but that doesnt change the fact that another weapon of equal size would have 10 times the DPS, except Missile-Pulse. Simple math :P

 

[AtraUnam]

Now if we could slave salvage beams to it...

 

[Nighthawk_77]

Of course it is less powerful but in some areas its more helpful.

 

[Mr.Cuddlesworth]

I actually like to use Damage pulse slaved to Damage Beam to make Seige lasers as it increases the time the Damage Beam actually fires with a tradeoff for increased and constant power useage.

 

[Thalanor]

As a slave, yes :p The pulse itself though serves barely any space-battle functions right now. However, it does excel at these two:

- Flushing ship interiors free of astronauts (and future creatures)
- omgwtfbbq nice thruster effects

 

[Mr.Cuddlesworth]

I think if its range were increased it could be used as a last resort suicide/super weapon at the cost of massive power requirements.

Example being if a Titan or capital ship were surrounded and about to fall, one could trigger this damage pulse wiping out or disabling ships that are within range, but would require a massive amount of power and possibly harm the ship using it. I think combined with an ion effect the disable part could become devastating to a fleets operations.

Another idea would be for an 'electronic warfare' useage on smaller craft using the same principal but to a less deadly effect.

 

[Ithirahad]

i meant to make a specialised pull system

Not really effective enough ATM. And what's the point if I can just spam missiles instead, saving space and creating a much more foolproof weapon?

 

[CyberTao]

Not really effective enough ATM. And what's the point if I can just spam missiles instead, saving space and creating a much more foolproof weapon?

That just makes it sound like missiles need to be nerfed.

 

[ltmauve]

Even once they fix the bugs, damage pulse will still be underpowered because of the limited range and damage.

 

[Ithirahad]

That just makes it sound like missiles need to be nerfed.

They do, but even if/when they are, they are still ranged weapons with an AoE on hit. A lot easier to use than having to try and grapple someone with pull beams and then hit them with a rather untrustworthy pulse weapon.

EDIT: Whoa, dupe post.

 

[Gamel]

Damage pulse is not useless with...mech fight

 

[Ithirahad]

Damage pulse is not useless with...mech fight

Fair enough, but if I bring my corvette to your mech fight I think you're screwed. It's bringing a knife-shaped gun (See my faction topic; the Kalen-Miris looks like a stabbing weapon and has things like pulse beams) to a fistfight. :p

 

[JGQuad]

I have used damage pulse as a defensive weapon. I use them in combination with area triggers to make security systems that kill intruders of space stations and ships. This is basically the only use I have found for them so far.

 

[Winterhome]

I just tried it out. A tiny fighter with Tractor Beams and Pulse weapons.

It didn't work out very well, even in a fight with no shields and a speed limit of 30m/s.

The pulse literally could not hit the target if we moved at all.

 

[Shibe]

There is a server setting which allows weapons to be fired with the current speed of the firing ship.
Idk if this works for pulse or not though, since using pulse as a weapon isn't something you do if you're looking for any kind of efficiency.

 

[HerrColonel]

most of pulse slaved weapons are useless IMO
But pulse for damage is objectively of no use

 

[Ithirahad]

There is a server setting which allows weapons to be fired with the current speed of the firing ship.
Idk if this works for pulse or not though, since using pulse as a weapon isn't something you do if you're looking for any kind of efficiency.

Doesn't work with Damage Pulse as far as I know; that's a different system and I'm assuming that currently there's not even a way programmed in for pulse bubbles to move.

 

[PizzaPress]

What do you mean pulse is useless? Missile-pulse and cannon-pulse are very useful! :p
(Actually, I'm not so sure about missile-pulse with it low speed.)