Crazy idea: comments and/or ridicule welcome

[joeweal]

A modified version of Thorgrim's beacon gun:
How about a beacon that isn't guiding missiles but transmitting the position of the marked enemy. As long as the beacon is operating, hiding is impossible. It could also enhance the hit chance for GMEs....[:D]

[Shadow Paladin]

How about giving the GME the ability to perform a called shot on the part of the titan housing the engine (after all is that not the part that would generate the most energy) and the GMH the ability to home in on the Heat regulator (a bit harder to explain but I would imagine as it cools down the titan the heat reg area would be the hottest area or else how could it cool down the entire titan). Now to make this harder to use as being able to hit either of these locations from behind cover is very powerful make it that if they miss the locations housing the system their locked onto then they miss the entire entirely. Also you need a green scan to even able to be fire the missle. I suppose you could set a time penalty (lock on time or recharge time) to show how difficult it is to lock onto such a location. If a fire is raging in between the firer and the target GMH's at least might have a % chance to hit that hex instead of the target.

Or you could just tell me to shut up and to stop rambling [:D]

[Thorgrim]

ORIGINAL: Shadow Paladin
How about giving the GME the ability to perform a called shot on the part of the titan housing the engine (after all is that not the part that would generate the most energy)

That was part of the original idea behind the GME [:)]
It would be way too powerful.

and the GMH the ability to home in on the Heat regulator (a bit harder to explain but I would imagine as it cools down the titan the heat reg area would be the hottest area or else how could it cool down the entire titan).

The heat reg is spread out in various locations. [;)]


Rambling is good. [:D]

[Thorgrim]

ORIGINAL: joeweal

A modified version of Thorgrim's beacon gun:
How about a beacon that isn't guiding missiles but transmitting the position of the marked enemy. As long as the beacon is operating, hiding is impossible. It could also enhance the hit chance for GMEs....[:D]

Sounds very good, but I'm not sure it'd see much use. Too limited an ability to be of wide usage IMO.

[Shadow Paladin]

Your right a beacon gun would not be of much use but if you could give small lasers the option to do no damage when they fire but give a bonus to guided missile hits for a time span perhaps equal to their damage or recharge rate they would be more useful. If with the recharge rate it would be like them keeping the beam on to highlight the unit though of course a beam can be broken.

[Thorgrim]

The range od SLs is kinda short for illuminating targets [;)]
It'd have to be used with a spotter unit too, as SLs and GMHs ranges don't exactly match [:)] (GMHs have a min range of 5, SLs have a max range of 4). And a spotter at 4- hexes isn't that much of a good idea [:D]

[joeweal]

ORIGINAL: Thorgrim
... And a spotter at 4- hexes isn't that much of a good idea

Well, if it is my enemy's spotter

[Shadow Paladin]

So a spotter or the GMH titan use the SL as a BG to help him hit a target he would usually have trouble to hit if he uses GMHs, maybe half the range penalty for a succesful lock would be a good idea?

I was talking about GMEs which are relatively close range anyway. A spotter could allow the GME titan to perform called shots at a greater penalty from behind cover or if not perform a much better called shot with a bonus with LoS. With LoS the GME titan could do it, sort of like spending a bit more time and energy targetting the enemy. Perhaps make it that you need 2 seconds for the lock to be transmitted to the battle computer thus giving the enemy a small chance to slip out of the lock if moving at speed.