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Turrets (stationary)

Nov 10, 2004 UncleDave link
Please, please, please put them back in... we have all asked, and asked, and asked, and I'm gonna do it again... they're just fun to have around, and maybe they could provide some cover at the wormholes in aligned space.

Turrets = fun
Nov 10, 2004 Hoax link
yesh
Nov 10, 2004 Celebrim link
They are certainly alot more interesting than these silly super-bots that use magic equipment noone else has access to.
Nov 10, 2004 sheepdog link
we want bot gadgets too.
Nov 10, 2004 KixKizzle link
TURRETS, TURRETS, TURRETS (starts chanting)

/givemoney Devs 2c
Nov 10, 2004 Phaserlight link
Seconded, especially at the wormhole in Azek J1.
Nov 10, 2004 Spider link
Turrets!

/givemelon Incarnate
Nov 10, 2004 Celebrim link
"Turrets = fun"

If I could expand on this eloquent assertion...

"Killing bots belonging to a faction > Killing random meaningless bots"

Bring back inter-faction conflict. If you brought enough guns, you ought to be able to get in fair fight with a system's defences. The rights of the n00bs to gank things in peace aren't completely superior to the rights of the oldbies to blow things up good.
Nov 10, 2004 ctishman link
I agree. Turrets would be a great thing. Sure, they can call a strike force if someone attacks them, but the current station bots are really uber.

P.S. I can see you slowly coming back into form, Celebrim. Starting with one-line posts, then a paragraph, now a paragraph and some sundry lines. I suspect within a week or two, you'll be back to multipage books.
Nov 10, 2004 Durgia link
Turrets attatched to the station (or close to it) that could fire on any person is in violation of the no-fire-zone would be better then the def bots are IMO.

Then a few turrets surrounding the wh's on the border between Serco and Itani and UIT would be good, though the large diameter of the wh's would make it somewhat difficult.
Nov 10, 2004 silentsuicide link
pfft who needs turrets... just stick a few people in busses and have em sit around a station for a bit.
[S7] Turret#2

but seriously perhaps uber turrets around stations and def bots (a few less than normal) around whs and able to respond to moniterd sectors.
Nov 10, 2004 Celebrim link
"P.S. I can see you slowly coming back into form, Celebrim. Starting with one-line posts, then a paragraph, now a paragraph and some sundry lines. I suspect within a week or two, you'll be back to multipage books."

The first chapter is in the thread on weapons balance.

Actually, I sent a few chapters to the developers behind your backs. Some of what I wanted to say, if the ideas were any good, were the sort of things that makes for a richer game if the first time you encounter it is a complete surprise. So, since coming back, I've actually been a little busier than it may seem.
Nov 10, 2004 ctishman link
Good. I saw those single-sentence responses and wondered if you'd picked up a drug habit.