Using tanks as artillery? 0.o - Page 2

Vimp · 2003-01-05, 02:51 AM

The awnser is out there...actually its right here now.
The Lightning can be used as artillery.

Watch either Movie number 10 or the movie interview with Kevin McCann or the movie interview with Kevin and Dave G and the pres and you'll notice in all 3 of them it shows the Lightning shots falling to the ground in an arc.

Sputty · 2003-01-05, 05:57 AM

I think the TR and NC should fire in arcs. It would be way to easy if they didn't and would be unrealistic. The Vanu should too, but not wure how'd they explain it.

Cyan8313 · 2003-01-05, 09:24 AM

Originally posted by Sputty
I think the TR and NC should fire in arcs. It would be way to easy if they didn't and would be unrealistic. The Vanu should too, but not wure how'd they explain it.

1. Plasma.. Plasma is still matter and still weigh something.
2. They dont have to.. It�s just a game...

C

Sputty · 2003-01-05, 09:43 AM

Originally posted by Cyan8313

2. They dont have to.. It�s just a game...

C

Yeah, that's true

Camping Carl · 2003-01-05, 10:44 AM

Watch either Movie number 10 or the movie interview with Kevin McCann or the movie interview with Kevin and Dave G and the pres and you'll notice in all 3 of them it shows the Lightning shots falling to the ground in an arc.

Movie 10 is gamespot movie #10, right? I'm to cheap to pay to watch that. What about the other two, where can those be found?

Toimu · 2003-01-05, 02:12 PM

Each shot can have a life and an arc without being artillery. You shot them up, and they disapear before hitting the ground.

Vimp · 2003-01-05, 07:31 PM

All 3 movies are found at gamespot. Possibly somewhere else too but I don't know where.

You shot them up, and they disapear before hitting the ground.

In the videos they do make an impact when they hit the ground. However when I said they have artillery all I meant by it was that they have artillery-like things. Not actual dedicated artillery units.

Toimu · 2003-01-05, 10:49 PM

Originally posted by Vimp
In the videos they do make an impact when they hit the ground. However when I said they have artillery all I meant by it was that they have artillery-like things. Not actual dedicated artillery units.

I was just saying PS could be like other games I've played that didn't want artillery. Of course the shots should arc, we don't want laser bullets. That's Vanu stuff.

Duritz · 2003-01-05, 11:00 PM

Personally, I would like to have artillery, because it gives commanders (offensive and defensive) more options. I guess that dedicated artillery may be too much. but just the lightning would be fine with me. However, if the NC's and TR's tanks can be used as artillery, then the Vanu would have a serious disadvantage, so I severly doubt (or at least hope for gameplay's sake) that they will be able to be used that way.

SandTrout · 2003-01-05, 11:04 PM

The Vanu tank could have a fireing arc. It could fire plasma, which has mass.

As long as you actualy need a spoter to tell you how to ajust your aim, useing tanks as artilery would be a fine addition to the game. Dedicated artilery units would just be spamfest 2003.

Doobz · 2003-01-05, 11:19 PM

what else would it fire?
lasers are light, and einstien proved that light is matter too, and all matter has mass, so no matter what it fires, it's going to have mass

Duritz · 2003-01-05, 11:30 PM

So what if it has mass? Everything has mass. And some things float. Especially plasma. Plasma is simply superheated material than has broken down into its core components, so it is extremely light. Far lighter than air.

Navaron · 2003-01-06, 12:43 AM

Ummmm no. Plasmas are conductive assemblies of charged
particles, neutrals and fields that exhibit collective effects. Further, plasmas carry electrical currents and generate magnetic fields. Plasmas are the most common form of matter, comprising more than 99% of the visible universe.

Plasma temperatures and densities range from relatively cool and tenuous (like aurora) to very hot and dense (like the central core of a star). Ordinary solids, liquids, and gases are both electrically neutral and too cool or dense to be in a plasma state.

I should've gone to bed. Point is, that it can be anything. From Ice rays to frikkin laser beams. Some of it would evaporate and dissapate, while the rest would create perpetual motion and continue through the target and planet. I'm a dork. Good night.

SandTrout · 2003-01-06, 12:55 AM

my point was that while light has mass, it moves so fast that the effect of a planets gravity would not be enough to make it usefull for artilery. Maybe if we were on a black hole we could use artilery, but everything would be squishy if we were.

Navaron · 2003-01-06, 01:00 AM

Umm, trout, I'm gonna let it go, but that totally isn't how it works. Black holes are most likely made of plasma, as it's the only form of matter that volitile. My point was that they can justify it as artillery and say it is in the state where it has a solid weight enough to have the trajectory neccesary for artillery. Or if they don't want that, then it is in the higher more volitile forms where it is directed in a straight line. This stuff is really neat, and if you're mildly interesting the net has a multitude of info. If you were joking, then I just didn't get it and should go to sleep.