Shields
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 1:52 am
Josh, I saw your daily summary regarding your work on shields today. You said that the shields were loosely fitted to the ship. Will that mean that if we have a small ship and attack a very large ship we could get so close that when we fire we don't hit the shields at all and just directly hit the ship? *EDIT* [I just realized that the other alternative is that shields will not only block weapons but they will block ships themselves so if we fly in a small fighter directly into a large capital ship we would collide with the shields before hitting the ship.] I realize this isn't really a suggestion but I just wanted to know if you had already considered this and decided that it would be a cool game play feature or if you might in the future change the shields to a more tight fitting shape in order to not let this situation arise. I personally think this might be a fun feature (being able to fly through the shields on larger ships) although I'm not sold one way or the other and it'll definitely be a drawback to owning and maintaining a capital ship (or whatever size ship would be affected by this). Anyone else have thoughts about this?
Also, if this is a possibility then will AI understand this weakness and work to get in very close and bypass the shields when attacking very large ships?
I also just wanted to say thank you for the daily summaries. Getting to follow along daily on your journey is incredibly fun and immerses us in the process in a way I've never experienced. I really enjoy hearing the breakthroughs but I find that I also like hearing about your not-to-great days as well since that makes it feel real (and credible) and that you're not some guy just telling us what we want to hear.
Also, if this is a possibility then will AI understand this weakness and work to get in very close and bypass the shields when attacking very large ships?
I also just wanted to say thank you for the daily summaries. Getting to follow along daily on your journey is incredibly fun and immerses us in the process in a way I've never experienced. I really enjoy hearing the breakthroughs but I find that I also like hearing about your not-to-great days as well since that makes it feel real (and credible) and that you're not some guy just telling us what we want to hear.