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Machine gun / Autocannon Discussion
Sophisanmus:
Apparently physics is working hard on the aliens' behalf, most likely with its concussion-dispersing nanoweave armor, or something along those lines which prevents the souping of the alien. Maybe try anti-vehicle rockets instead of anti-personnel/collateral warheads? That could make for a good addition, a rocket that needs to score a direct hit, but does a hell of a lot more damage to the target. Then again, it would be a bit out-of-place until environmental destruction can be managed, or at least some coding in place to allow it to pass through obstacles of minimal thickness...
Nevasith:
aiming humanoid targets with rocket seems out of place- it just sounds wrong. Maybe some bigger calibre rifles with sabot rounds with solid core (or uranium based ammo armour piercing)
Sophisanmus:
The rockets, keep in mind, are HE and IN, which are both feasible anti-infantry weapons. One smashes by proximity, the other burns. Neither needs a direct hit to be effective, nor is that the intended objective.
Nevasith:
yes, you are right of course, but you mentioned anti-vehicle rockets, that are mostly designed to breach an armour at thusly require a direct hit. HE and IN rockets does not however and here I totally agree with you. I wish IN rocked or grenade would leave semi persistent burning path effectively blocking a passage for a few turns
sirg:
No, I wasn't reffering to one of those situations (a miss). There should be some type of attacks that are deadly to aliens, even if they're in the best armour. Otherwise the combat will be ridiculous.
In Fallout tactics you got a similar feeling in the later part of the game, when fighting robots. They were much much more resilient than any living creature, and needed heavy machineguns or new weapons to counter that. However, if you are dealing with robots, you can easely say that they have very strong alloys, thick armor, etc.. they are machines. But a living creature can't sustain powerful hits, even if protected by impenetrable armor, because its internal organs will be destroyed from the shock of the impact. It's like being hit by a train.
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