Guns Of Icarus Online

Info => Feedback and Suggestions => Topic started by: Mr.Bando on August 21, 2014, 06:40:23 am

Title: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: Mr.Bando 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.

Title: Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: Yarr Vinny Scarr 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!

Title: Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: Richard LeMoon 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.

Title: Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: pandatopia on August 21, 2014, 02:46:22 pm

Quote from: Richard LeMoon 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.

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?!??!?!

(http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MultiTrackDrifting.jpg)

Title: Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: Richard LeMoon on August 21, 2014, 05:22:22 pm

I meant advancing on the enemy team, not taking cover.

Title: Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: Sprayer 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.

Title: Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: obliviondoll 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?

Title: Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: Battle Toads 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

Title: Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: macmacnick on August 24, 2014, 11:58:24 am

Mobula strafing, anyone?

Title: Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: Mr.Bando 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?

Title: Re: Additional pilot tool - greased balloon
Post by: Richard LeMoon 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.