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orbiting chaos swarms

Dec 28, 2004 ananzi link
Get close to an asteroid. Target it. Point your nose at just the right angle beyond the 'horizon' of your little asteroid. Fire your chaos swarms. they will shoot off into the distance, trying to turn to hit the asteroid, but never turning enough, instead, they end up making 1 or 2 orbits, flying right by you, before they peter out. Big fun.
Dec 29, 2004 toshiro link
I remember something similar done back when race tracks were first introduced to ven...

Although I can't remember the player's name who did it first (if I said the one I'm thinking it was, there's bound to be someone saying "Oh that, I did that waay beforehand..."), it went something like this:

Target yourself (Do this by cycling targets, forgot the keys, methinks it was "[" and "]")

Fire some swarms.

Get buddies to watch you play atomic model.
Dec 29, 2004 genka link
I started doing it after watching scuba steve do a couple. After a while, I was the only one left...

It was especially fun to get some unsuspecting newbie to sit still for a few minutes and then watch his or her reaction to the beeps
Dec 29, 2004 roguelazer link
I used to do this way back when.
Dec 29, 2004 ananzi link
Dec 29, 2004 Fnugget link
those are my fireworks. try a rag, 2 chaos, 3 firefly. (firefly looks cool)
i have yet to test any real use to self targetting missles
Dec 30, 2004 toshiro link
It'd protect you from people who want to ram you (in the sense of ship touching ship), sort of like those rotating shields in the arcade shooters.

Then again, who would do that (except for people who try to kill each other's vults by wingbugging them)?
Jan 02, 2005 Shapenaji link
doesn't the size of the roid matter? considering that swarms have a particular turning speed?
Jan 02, 2005 mr_spuck link
Getting a Rag packed with fireflys and Swarms, targetting a Wormhole and shooting the whole load at it looks pretty too :D
Jan 02, 2005 Fnugget link
wormhole, pretty smart move spuck. we can get loads of people to fire at a WH. plus, i suppose you can scare the **** out of people following CTC.
Jan 03, 2005 Viper2560 link
hahaha sounds like a plan, lets do it! :D
Jan 03, 2005 harvestmouse link
wormhole's the best idea I heard. since you can't actually hit it :)
Jan 03, 2005 genka link
--"doesn't the size of the roid matter? considering that swarms have a particular turning speed?"--

Asteroid? Who said anything about asteroids?
It's so much fun with an unsuspecting Itani who has the instructions of 'Definatly don't move.'