Empire Specific Aircraft

[Cyskoraeban]

What does everyone thinK? So far we have Empire specific: Guns, MAX's, buggies, tanks, etc... how about some aircrafts? I personally am new to this game, and so I die alot... but I'd LOVE to see some NC aircraft coming my way and think, "Crap... here they come..."

What are some ideas??

[Jarlo]

Hell ya! More targets for my sparrow max is always good!

[NightWalker XI]

I thought you were in an all infiltrator outfit...

Anyways, empire specific Aircraft would be cool but I'd rather get lockups and CTD's fixed first

[JakeLogan]

I wouldn't It would just cause more pissing and moaning about this empire or that empire being overpowered. leave the aircraft alone the commonpool equipment is the only balanced thing in the game.

[Zentenk VA]

Vanu could get a flying saucer, TR could get a bi-plane and NC can get a Flying Fortress.

[MilitantB0B]

I thought that the bomber was the perfect time to add empire specific aircraft.
TRs bomber could been a carpet bomber. Large area of destruction, but low hit per bomb.
Ncs could of been a specision, "Smart Bomber". One bomb at a time (not per pass, just at a time) that are guided.
And VSs could of been a stealth bomber. Not too sure about this one.

I don't know about the VS one, but the others sound cool and follow in line with the empires traits.

[Smaug]

Originally posted by JakeLogan
I wouldn't It would just cause more pissing and moaning about this empire or that empire being overpowered. leave the aircraft alone the commonpool equipment is the only balanced thing in the game.

Well of course they're balanced, everyone can use them.... hehe this was just the funniest thing I have ever seen posted. Anyways yes they need empire specific everything! Specifically sniper rifles :P.

[NeoTassadar]

NC: Two-seater with the speed and armor of a Reaver. Instead of rockets, it carries a very limited supply of missles that have a nice blast radius, twice the damage of a Phoenix, and a little faster than Phoenix. Wouldn't be as bad as it sounds, they have to come down to you.

TR: Aircraft equivilent of what initial despriptions of the Prowler was (sorta). Big, slow, heavy armored anti-air gun platform. Four-seater, one pilot, three gunners. The gunners all have pretty much modified Strikers, that are only half as accurate when used on ground targets.

VS: One-seater small intercepter type aircraft. Is faster than and can outmanuever a Skeeter, but only half armor, and has a very limited supply of chaff or a anti-lock field or something to deal with the fact that otherwise missles of any kind would chew, swallow, digest, and excrete it before the pilot noticed the thing was a little warm.

Just some ideas...

[MrVulcan]

Yep, I thought that the bombers would be emp-specific

NC- Slow, 1 Heavy bomb
TR- Slow, Cluster bombs
VS- Faster than ohter 2 but less health, (Stealth/or/Ubber afterburner), if stealth then med bomb, if uber afterburner then med powerful single shot laser (like the VS AV weapon but more dmg)

each would have 1 piolit/1bomber, and no other weapons so that any other air could easily take it down if it didnt have escorts.

Anyway, right now I would like to see perhaps some empire specific intercepters (pure AA) like skeeters, but AA. They would be like flying AA maxs the way that their weapons worked.
They would have skeeter moneravilibity, and health, be very thin from the front/side, but be wide due to their wings (so it would be easy to take them our via ground but hard via air).

[JakeLogan]

Well Smaug that was kind of the point. the only thing that is balanced is common pool equipment because everyone can use them . like whats going on with the HA weapons 1 rules the other suck in comparison the same thing would have happened with empire specific aircraft one would rule the others suck. Then we get into another pissing and moaning contest and then again something gets nerfed.

[Smaug]

Actually not everything is severely unbalanced. The medium assault category is the most balanced imo. The gauss is a little strong but has smallest clip size, the cycler is very fast but weaker, the pulsar has the longest range and has a moderate clip size and moderate damage. So with some careful planning, and testing you can make a very balanced category.

[BUGGER]

Originally posted by Zentenk VA
Vanu could get a flying saucer, TR could get a bi-plane and NC can get a Flying Fortress.

ya kno i kinda like that, but then the fortress would wip the shiznizz outa my bi-plane, but hey, atleast i could wip the shit outa saucers.


well really, its gota be very movible (VS), very fast(TR), and slow (NC), and i dunno about weaponry, cause vs got all funky weapons and i dunno if i would call em medium or sumtin since tr is soft and nc is hard......