Don't they know they can use the civilians as init sinksTriggy said:(maybe better than the primaries once they're in range or maybe just they couldn't get their boresight into line)

Don't they know they can use the civilians as init sinksTriggy said:(maybe better than the primaries once they're in range or maybe just they couldn't get their boresight into line)
hiffano said:I thought someone argued that it was a cgi error, because as we all know a narn can't fire a beam anywhere but a straight line forward ;-)
That one and the "Vorchan" destroying a G'Quan in one volley of fire - they admitted this should have been a Primus.Greg Smith said:hiffano said:I thought someone argued that it was a cgi error, because as we all know a narn can't fire a beam anywhere but a straight line forward ;-)
There is a lot of stuff that people consider to be a CGI error - that scene, the Hyperion firing a laser, the size of the WS in season 5, size of the Sharlin in a readout, and the 'her interceptors are down so we can fire a beam' scene in Severed Dreams.
As far as I know, it is only the last one that was ever admitted to be a GCI mistake.
Triggy said:That one and the "Vorchan" destroying a G'Quan in one volley of fire - they admitted this should have been a Primus.
Greg Smith said:hiffano said:I thought someone argued that it was a cgi error, because as we all know a narn can't fire a beam anywhere but a straight line forward ;-)
There is a lot of stuff that people consider to be a CGI error - that scene, the Hyperion firing a laser, the size of the WS in season 5, size of the Sharlin in a readout, and the 'her interceptors are down so we can fire a beam' scene in Severed Dreams.
As far as I know, it is only the last one that was ever admitted to be a GCI mistake.
Target said:Another idea for boresight mechanic, probably been said
You can fire in the fwd arc but treat as slow loading for the next round. Nice and simple. It give you the opportunity to target the ship you want but at a risk.
I prefer the CQ check for a F arc shot too as it keeps things simple for the most part and doesn't actually guarantee that a ship will get a shot, it just provides the possibility.Tzarevitch said:Target said:Another idea for boresight mechanic, probably been said
You can fire in the fwd arc but treat as slow loading for the next round. Nice and simple. It give you the opportunity to target the ship you want but at a risk.
I kinda prefer the other alternative of a CQ check to get a boresight weapon to fire in FA, but I would still wholeheartedly agree to your version.![]()
Tzarevitch
Triggy said:I prefer the CQ check for a F arc shot too as it keeps things simple for the most part and doesn't actually guarantee that a ship will get a shot, it just provides the possibility.Tzarevitch said:Target said:Another idea for boresight mechanic, probably been said
You can fire in the fwd arc but treat as slow loading for the next round. Nice and simple. It give you the opportunity to target the ship you want but at a risk.
I kinda prefer the other alternative of a CQ check to get a boresight weapon to fire in FA, but I would still wholeheartedly agree to your version.![]()
Tzarevitch
l33tpenguin said:I'd rather have initiative fixed to remove the use of small ships as init sinks and some sort of increased survivability for heavy ships over a change to bore sight. If I can have just as much chance of lining up a bore sight from my war level ship with 2 battle level support ships vs. my opponent's war level ship who has 2 dozen patrol support ships, I'd be much happier.
Tzarevitch said:l33tpenguin said:I'd rather have initiative fixed to remove the use of small ships as init sinks and some sort of increased survivability for heavy ships over a change to bore sight. If I can have just as much chance of lining up a bore sight from my war level ship with 2 battle level support ships vs. my opponent's war level ship who has 2 dozen patrol support ships, I'd be much happier.
Maybe I missed the crux of your argument but increased survivability of big ships over a change to boresight is apples vs. oranges. Both are needed imho but they are unrelated problems. I am not sure why one would have to make a choice of one over the other.
Tzarevitch
l33tpenguin said:I'm of the opinion that large ships should rarely get a chance to bore sight small fast ships.
skavendan said:l33tpenguin said:I'm of the opinion that large ships should rarely get a chance to bore sight small fast ships.
That is why no Capital ship would have a weapon that is B arc.