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culkid
2003-02-18, 05:02 PM
instead of using warpgates, cant you just fly to the other islands?

mistled
2003-02-18, 05:04 PM
nope

Sniper Jack
2003-02-18, 05:11 PM
In a previous post, it was mentioned that you cannot run out of fuel because the gate's power your vehicle. So if you leave the island, your skeeter will turn into a submersible. Guess that answers that question. :p

mistled
2003-02-18, 05:17 PM
yeah, once you get a certain distance offshore, I think you just fall out of the sky :eek:

Sniper Jack
2003-02-18, 05:20 PM
Hehe I'd like to see some n00b flying a galaxy full of people accidentaly fly out of range of the island, causing his galaxy to become an amphibious assault craft. :lol:

Fire_Monkey
2003-02-18, 05:20 PM
it would lag up the game having so much ocean etc.. so it is purely continental fighting. No over ocean stuff. That's why ship warfare is very unlikely.

Sputty
2003-02-18, 06:12 PM
Each continent is ona separate "load"(I don't know the real word for it) so they just put that in. Yes, that is a reason why major ship battles are unlikely. They may put in some coastal craft but not much more than that.

Subliminal
2003-02-18, 07:31 PM
i can see how ship warfare would work. Just make each section of ocean a "load" which could be done by just adding server space.

Fire_Monkey
2003-02-18, 07:34 PM
They wanted have the least amount of load time possible to make a fast paced game...it might turn into Morrowind. ahh the loads on that were annoying as hell.