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Offline Mr.Bando

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Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« on: August 21, 2014, 06:40:23 am »
-Decrease both angular and longitudinal drag by +(some meaningful percentage)%
-Can cause damage to balloon or hull per second to balance out its use
-Slight engine thrust decrease

The intended effect of this is to allow your ship to "drift" or strafe sideways using existing forward/backward momentum.
No intended lateral speed or turning speed increases so moonshine/kero and claw is still prefered for doing what they do.
« Last Edit: August 21, 2014, 06:47:56 am by Mr.Bando »

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Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2014, 07:03:27 am »
Cool!
Crab-like strafing, drifting :P

Would be quite hard to pull that off in a galleon, but rather rewarding!

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Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2014, 12:00:37 pm »
This tool would actually play into an idea I have been pondering. Turn you ship the way you need to behind cover, and have an ally push you into firing position. With less drag, you would be a lot easier to push. Squid pushing a Galleon sideways into battle.

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Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2014, 02:46:22 pm »
This tool would actually play into an idea I have been pondering. Turn you ship the way you need to behind cover, and have an ally push you into firing position. With less drag, you would be a lot easier to push. Squid pushing a Galleon sideways into battle.

I like the idea but...galleons already have guns on the side. They are actually the ship that needs the least amount of pushing into battle XD

Also, MULTIBALLOON DRIFTING?!??!?!


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Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2014, 05:22:22 pm »
I meant advancing on the enemy team, not taking cover.

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Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2014, 08:56:51 am »
Make it last some time afte use like hydro so it can be combined with other pilot tools too.

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Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2014, 12:46:48 am »
Instead of damaging balloon over time, make it double damage taken from fire stacks.

That makes sense when you cover your balloon in a flammable substance, right?

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Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2014, 02:05:05 am »
That would allow for a whole new way of movement and it could be rewarding for good pilots, although it seems OP for a galleon if it can both move forward and have guns facing on a target at the same time

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Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2014, 11:58:24 am »
Mobula strafing, anyone?

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Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2014, 05:28:18 am »
Well, the tool name doesn't have to be "Greased balloon"

You can call it "Extra rudders" and have it DOT some other component


I can also imagine what would happen to your ship if you get rammed or bump a building in labyrinth with this on.

Pinball anyone?
« Last Edit: August 25, 2014, 05:30:40 am by Mr.Bando »

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Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2014, 12:51:56 pm »
It could actually be very helpful in a ramming situation, especially for Squids. Generally, you can't maneuver far enough away to avoid a second ram. Kicking this on would let you bounce away and give you a bit more time.

I like the name 'Greased Balloon', though.