empire specific AC???

[xmodum]

do u guys think they will evar make empire specific airplanes?
I think it would rock to see a new type of reaver with jackhammers for guns :rolleyes:
naw ... ok ... yea that would suck to badly ... but i would still like to see empire specific AC in the future ....
plz post ur suggestions and/or flames

[martyr]

i like flying because i know that no pilot has a mechanical advantage over me - it's all skill and bandwidth up there.

i'd be sad to see it change.

[xmodum]

yes true ... but it would still be kool

[Dharkbayne]

Sorry, I can't take it anymore! IT IS SPELLED COOL. NOT KOOL. GRAAAAAAAAGH!

[SkullOmania]

I think the reason they might shy away from empire specific aircraft might be that dreaded word - balance. Think about the threads we get at the moment about the JH. How much more damaging would it be if one empire had a (potentially or actually) advantage over the others in the air? But yes, empire specific AC would rock.

[JakeLogan]

Well how would they do it..........it would probably end up being like AA MAXS.......so TR would have an airborne burster?(kinda stupid what happens if you run into your own flak? hard enough when your stationary let alone flying at breakneck speeds) and the NC what a fire and forget missle (no thanks) and the VS a starfire(yet again no thanks)

[GreyFlcn]

Air Conditioning?

[Lonehunter]

I can see the TR AC as some kind of reaver based AC but with Dual 35mm guns. The VS one would be like a skeeter but faster, and with a beamer duct tapped to the nose. The NC would most likely be meant to be a slow powerful AC with Reaver based body but with more powerful rockets and even faster than the reaver.

[321]

i like flying because i know that no pilot has a mechanical advantage over me - it's all skill and bandwidth up there.

i'd be sad to see it change.

[Lise]

They were bouncing around empire specific craft around a good while back last fall - although then CC came out and their focus changed. Good question for the next Ask The Devs.

[Fenrys]

Extrapolating from what appears to be the current design plan:

VS: Faster than the skeeter and with even less armor, it would indeed have a beamer ducttaped to its nose

TR: Big, slow, and armed with 4 immpossible-to-aim 9mm peashooters.

NC: Only slightly larger than a skeeter, five times the armor of a reaver, with the BFG8000 mounted on a auto-aiming turret.

[Otherick]

Air Conditioning?


fear the Vanu secret air controling machien, called Vanu-Secret-Controling-Machien or for short the air conditioner

[starrider]

bah, not a beamer stapped to its nose, a plusar, at least give it some sort of hitting power resemblance

[xmodum]

Sorry, I can't take it anymore! IT IS SPELLED COOL. NOT KOOL. GRAAAAAAAAGH!
ill spell it howevar i want to... so go away

[Neon Apocalypse]

yeah that may be cool, but it wouldnt be cool to have other aircraft having a big advantage, air is about skills not what u use

[Retroactive]

what i think would be cool...

each AC is 4 cert pts

make the AC based on the MA weapons.
VS: the Pulsar, with far less degeneration and a little bit stronger, so you can actually kill with it. would have 2 of the guns where the Reaver's normal "bullet" guns are now.

TR: put 2 Cyclers just like the VS one, buff it a little.

NC: 2 Gauss. again, buff it just a tad and replace that annoying "TWEET TWEET TWEET" when it shoots.

would have uber ROF and Reaver handling on all. would mainley be AI Aircraft. though it would sorta make the Squito useless...maybe leave the Squito as the only aircraft that reveals enemy? and nerf it to 2 cert points? or is it already 2...havnt played in a few days :) these are just random ideas i came up with, any suggestions? i know this wont go into the game but theres no law saying you cant dream =)