Galaxy design flaw

MGP · 2012-07-30, 05:11 AM

I haven't noticed that before:

Oh boy. Putting a gun inside the engine. You just don't do that, unless you want a colorful explosion once the engine is on.

Nash · 2012-07-30, 05:15 AM

Man, i'm glad it's JUST A GAME

Thunderhawk · 2012-07-30, 05:17 AM

Of all the things you can worry about...... this ?

Piper · 2012-07-30, 05:17 AM

Could be worse, they could put a giant penis decal on it somewhere, like they did with the tail of a Mossy in PS1.

No longer have a screenshot of one to post for those that have never seen it, let me check the ol' web'a'roo.

Oh hey TH.

Long time no Teamspeak. How are you and SoT doing these days?

MGP · 2012-07-30, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by Thunderhawk

Of all the things you can worry about...... this ?

Yep. Because I'm bored of worrying about Beta.

Sledgecrushr · 2012-07-30, 05:20 AM

Thats a very interesting find. What I like about the gun there is when the galaxy is depolyed that gun is still usable.

DOUBLEXBAUGH · 2012-07-30, 05:37 AM

So when that moves at lift off and landing, does it effect the gunner?

Sledgecrushr · 2012-07-30, 05:39 AM

Most likely the gunners view point will rotate down with the wing. Though it looks to me that the turret will still have 360 degree control it will just be pointing down in flight.

Fafnir · 2012-07-30, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by Sledgecrushr

Most likely the gunners view point will rotate down with the wing. Though it looks to me that the turret will still have 360 degree control it will just be pointing down in flight.

The gun is static when Galaxy shifts it's VTOL engines. I guess it's rotating axis is attached to the wing, not the engine.

Greenthy · 2012-07-30, 06:26 AM

We might as well look at the airfoil design, wing loading, max lift, etc...
Something tells me 99% of it won't be realistic

The gun would idd be better off placed on the hull and have another turret(-dome) on the top for defense from above.

Death2All · 2012-07-30, 06:33 AM

The biggest design flaw for the Galaxy is that it can't cloak when deployed acting as an AMS.

Cloaked AMSes, tucked away in obscure areas got spotted easily in PS1. You're telling me that no one is going to notice a gigantic landed Galaxy?

yaokay

Toppopia · 2012-07-30, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by Death2All

The biggest design flaw for the Galaxy is that it can't cloak when deployed acting as an AMS.

Cloaked AMSes, tucked away in obscure areas got spotted easily in PS1. You're telling me that no one is going to notice a gigantic landed Galaxy?

yaokay

Soldier 1: "Hey guys, does this tree seem odd to you?"
*Galaxy sitting behind a tree painted very poorly with green camo*
Soldier 2: "Hmm, now that you mention it, this tree does look different to everything else."
*Soldier 3 walks up to it and taps it, hearing a hollow sound and muffled voices*
Soldier 1: "Why does that tree sound hollow? And why does it sound like people are inside?"
Soldier 3: "Maybe its one of our new defenses disguised as a poorly painted tree so that no one pays attention to it"
Soldier 2: "Well, i guess we can't argue with High Commands infinite wisdom."
*Soldiers wander off*

BlueSkies · 2012-07-30, 06:54 AM

Higby has talked about deployed galaxy cloaking as a possible certification they are looking at.

Bruttal · 2012-07-30, 06:59 AM

really don't think these galaxies were given proper thought when making them respawn points. When i first heard about them making them respawn points i thought maybe while in fight you could spawn on them and jump out of the galaxies after grabbing your gear

Sledgecrushr · 2012-07-30, 07:13 AM

A deployed galaxy will require manpower to defend it. I think that is an excellent idea.