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The Spire.
Echoez:
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--- Quote from: geggis on October 08, 2013, 06:34:26 am ---What about sticking the lower port gun at a 45 degree angle too similar to the upper starboard gun? That should open up a trifecta on either side of the ship and make that gun slot more useful. I'd happily see some acceleration and HP buffs too.
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Wait can we talk about this more? This is actually kind of brilliant. If the bottom left gun got arced forward and the top right gun got arced farther forward the Spire instantly gets more cannon for its glass. In an alpha strike the hull engi takes left gun and the pilot takes right gun making a quadfecta.
Furthermore it would finally give the hull engineer something fun to do without getting too far away from the hull.
This would make the Spire truly a glass cannon, fragile, but very threatening if left alone.
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Oh I must have overread this... sounds like a really promising approach. With such a buff the spire could be turned into a truly powerful glas cannon indeed.
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Umm, just to make sure I get it right, is this what you guys are talking about?
(dem art skillz tho)
If that's it, well, that's pretty awkward for the Heavy gun... considering how narrow their horizontal arc usually is.. but dunno.
EDIT: okay my bad, I kinda missread that, so top Left gun stays the same, top Right gun gets turned even more forward and lower Left gun also gets turned further forward?
That's a lot of guns pointing forward, I thought just turning the top gun all the way to the front would be enough, though that could be interesting. Not sure how I feel about the lower gun being angled to the front, usually that's a flare gun spot, wouldn't it be more convenient for it to have some backwards arc as well?
Captain Smollett:
A phoenix claw Spire turns fast enough that the pilot should be able to overcome any adversity caused by the guns only pointing in one direction.
Echoez:
--- Quote from: Captain Smollett on October 08, 2013, 06:42:40 pm ---A phoenix claw Spire turns fast enough that the pilot should be able to overcome any adversity caused by the guns only pointing in one direction.
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I guess you're right, right now that spot is mostly reserved for Flares due to lack of options, with the angle it could very well be something else as well as keep be a viable flare spot.
Spud Nick:
I like the idea of moving the guns on the top and the bottom forward a bit.
Echoez:
Alright after thinking about it and without wanting to make everything terribly easy:
1. Turn the top right (starboard) gun about 15-20 degrees more towards the front.
2. Turn the middle deck left (port) gun 45 degrees towards the front.
That sound alright?
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