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repair widgets

Sep 11, 2009 Impavid link
How bout a jetisonable cargo widget that repairs your ship when you pick it up?
Sep 11, 2009 ladron link
Wait... how would you get it in your ship in the first place o.O
Sep 11, 2009 Roda Slane link
By damaging the ship of course, silly goose. Half the damage your ship takes is converted to repair widgets. That way when you go boom, your boomer can get a free repair.
Sep 11, 2009 skelbley08 link
ladron's got a point lol
Sep 12, 2009 toshiro link
Er... you buy it at a station, drop it, pick it up. Where's the problem?
Sep 12, 2009 incarnate link
We had this back in the spacequake era (no cheap shots, please) as health powerups. It might not be too hard to add. I'm not sure if we have a simple differentiation for "do action to ship on collision" vs "put in cargo hold on collision".. which might be a little problematic.

It would create very different dynamics, though, for letting people repair themselves. Part of the reason why the repair gun doesn't let you do that, is to emphasize group activities. Plus it would negate one of the uses of capships and stations and such. I'm not sure how I feel about it, but I'm kind of tired at present.
Sep 12, 2009 Azumi link
Make them Samo-heavy. Then you would never carry them if you are out fighting, but an EMS who is not running about could carry a bunch. Group activity ensured. Sleep tight, dream of ponies:)
Sep 12, 2009 Dr. Lecter link
Sep 12, 2009 incarnate link
Lecter: A similar use-case, but quite different in implementation.. just from the "reloading" thing alone. The repair widget concept is potentially much simpler to do.
Sep 12, 2009 Dr. Lecter link
K, just noting for the record. Would ammo-reload cargo widgets also be simpler to do?