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nake:

--- Quote from: Linen Murakami on May 04, 2013, 08:40:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: Squash on May 04, 2013, 08:34:04 pm ---Don't worry guys, I know how to talk to engineers. ahem.

Nake, in what situation would the balloon behave the way it does when half destroyed?

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If the air inside wasn't sufficient to hold the mass of the ballon canvas (or whatever it was made of). But then in that case the airship should be plummeting to the ground like a rock.

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Or when filled with water! xD



--- Quote from: LordFunPants on May 04, 2013, 08:15:22 pm ---... it just seems easier for people to identify that the balloons where damaged ...

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I'm not completely sure about that. I think it'd be the same to see that the balloon is half-destroyed if it's flipped upside down.
I'm sure it'll feel strange at first, but I think it's because you are already used to see it the wrong way. And in a few matches you'd recognize it just as fine as you do now.

Imho when you see the picture in the 1st post it really feels wrong. How is this ship floating at all? It's calling to fall straight to the ground!

It's just my opinion. If you have tested it and it really kills the ability to realize that the balloon is destroyed, then keep it the way it is now.

Machiavelliest:
Since the ship is attached to the balloon by cables, wouldn't it just fall down, crush the ship, and everyone on it?  Can you really patch a balloon by hitting the compressor?  I'd say the way the balloon looks is a reasonable request of suspense of disbelief from the playerbase.

Moo:
How about... The balloon is divided internally into several layers. The bottom layer fills first, and when that gets enough pressure, a valve starts letting gas into the next layer up, and so on. Now it makes more sense for a partially-full balloon to be full at the bottom and not the top ;)
Still doesn't explain how hitting a machine fixes huge holes in the balloon itself, but yes, suspension of disbelief.

Linen:
I'm sick of these oversights. Seriously Muse do your damn job. Scrap this game and start fresh. We want REALISM. If you don't commit fully then don't do it all. Look, I've created a list.

1. Create an actual real life apocalypse. Nuclear fallout, zombies, i don't care. As long as it recreates in real life the look and feel of GoIO.
2. Design and build real airships.
3. Design and build real guns.
4. Have players bet their lives on their matches by actually crewing these airships.

Oh don't forget to have an active forum so people can complain that it isn't fun anymore.

So now let me ask a question Muse...
WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE THIS ALREADY

:P

Sammy B. T.:

--- Quote from: Linen Murakami on May 06, 2013, 07:12:51 am ---Awesomeness

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Saaaalute

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