general ideas

[zachykinz]

i would like to see a weapon in the form of a harpoon! where you shoot and back thrust and it rips the hull of an enemy station/ship . also mining drones would to amazing to

 

[jayman38]

So a single-block tractor beam that would damage the target block if enough force is applied. This sounds doable as a new effect type. ("Harpoon Effect") I'm not sure how weapon block count would stack. Ideas for the difference between a 2-block harpoon weapon and a 6000-block harpoon weapon? Ideas for shield interaction? Time-based and Skill-based features? Maybe it should be a personal astronaut weapon only?

 

[Megacrafter127]

Ideas for the difference between a 2-block harpoon weapon and a 6000-block harpoon weapon?

Probably the difference between ramming a wall with a car and ramming a wall with a fully loaded freight train.

 

[Jaaskinal]

Probably the difference between ramming a wall with a car and ramming a wall with a fully loaded aircraft carrier.

 

[jayman38]

Probably the difference between ramming a wall with a car and ramming a wall with a fully loaded freight train.

Well, yes, but what's the difference to the game? A destroyed block is a destroyed block is a destroyed block. The car just takes longer than the freight train. My concern is that after the weapon system reaches a certain block count (400/5 = 80 blocks maybe?), there is no further benefit to building an even bigger harpoon weapon. Or maybe that's the point: maybe a harpoon weapon is supposed to be limited to small weapon systems on purpose. An interesting con for a weapon.

Edit: That's why I thought it might possibly be an astronaut-only weapon.

 

[Megacrafter127]

~Quoting me~

a freight train can be heavier and faster, and thus more destructive.
(by adding more carts and locomotives[in between to not stress the couplers too much])

 

[Glutton]

What if the harpoon effect could only work against so much thrust. Therefore to harpoon a large ship that is trying to get away, you would need a larger harpoon effect.

 

[zachykinz]

and also wouldn't it be amazing if there was a way to setup a automated shipyard where you or you mining drones feed in the mats and blueprint as-long as the mats are there it'll continue. make sense right?
[DOUBLEPOST=1421435628,1421435070][/DOUBLEPOST]and i have no idea as to how the harpoon would work just that it would have a 4x4 gap if it penetrates and it disables thrusters i just was thinking if there where such a thing it would be easy getting on-board the other vessal without destroying it completely

 

[zachykinz]

And how about this colony building for your faction enabling your home base to exspand while you exsplore use bots or some form of a spawnable or buildable npc that is part of your factioon acting as players it would be enjoyable if your not to into multiplayer that much like I am