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Sunday testing release notes.
DrTentacles:
Spire does not work in long-range combat. Its components are too exposed, it's impossible not to hit hull if you are firing in it's vague direction, and it's low armor/decent health combo means you instantly have one person tied in up repairs.
Atruejedi:
--- Quote from: Letus on March 08, 2016, 04:32:48 pm ---I'll put up my two cents on the Spire...
It's a floating gun platform. It's supposed to be able to turn.
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This. Aesthetically and practically, the Spire appears and should function as a slow-moving, sturdy weapons platform that can spin relatively quickly. It should have good armor and hull (I'll leave the numbers up to you), should be able to maneuver up and down relatively well and rotate relatively well, but it should be SLOW! Speed should be its primary weakness, and it should have no particular strength or weakness beyond that.
BlackenedPies:
It's the second fastest ship in terms of acceleration
Letus:
--- Quote from: BlackenedPies on March 08, 2016, 06:24:56 pm ---It's the second fastest ship in the game in terms of acceleration
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Doesn't look like it should be, but either way, to make this ship "easier to flank" would be to either reduce the speed...or reduce the turning speed.
Neither answer will sit well here. (Didn't they try to reduce the forward/backwards acceleration a while back...like a year or so ago?)
With a reduced speed, you still keep your ambush capabilities and sniping capabilities, AND insta kill capabilities, but the way you play would be risk over reward.
Do you risk charging in knowing you can overshoot and have a hard time turning? If you do...the reward can be instant death for either ship...
The big thing it would do is you're going to see 3 engineers on a Spire (which I guess is normal...) one being buff engie with burst rounds on that hwatcha...
And face it, hwatcha has stopped being a gunner's gun for some time now...I don't recall the last time I used heavy clip to snipe out components with hwatcha in ages...just grab burst rounds and go.
Atruejedi:
--- Quote from: BlackenedPies on March 08, 2016, 06:24:56 pm ---It's the second fastest ship in terms of acceleration
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Doesn't mean it should be. The Spire does not look the part and most likely wasn't designed with that intention. I've heard it was supposed to be a city defense platform. I'm judging based on aesthetics. Similarly, the Squid should not be so resilient, the Mobula shouldn't rise so quickly, etc.
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