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Suspension of belief
Nutter:
It allows for some more advanced tech in the fluff, though. Railguns and lasers on human tech, for example.
Stilettos and pulse detonation engines (Firebird) as well.
--- Quote from: Crystan on September 12, 2012, 12:14:16 pm ---Probably some of you misunterstood me. I just talked about the look - not about the functions etc. :>
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But really, it doesn't. Sure, it's got the whole metal tube rockets go in thing but...that's pretty much it.
Triaxx2:
Pulse Detonation? You mean the thing that was invented by the time of World War II? So it could be used to power the V-1 Rocket?
Flying Steel:
--- Quote from: Nutter on September 10, 2012, 10:49:33 pm ---Isn't it based off the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle?
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Indeed it is. I was instructed to model it off of that real-world weapon system. If there are no special licensing issues, it might even make sense for it to be explicitly identified as such, in game.
One of the game's premises is that earthly smart weapons are easily defeated by alien countermeasures somehow. So simple, robust and overpowered weapons from previous generations of warfare are brought back into service to be used against them.
ergotoxin:
--- Quote from: Nutter on September 13, 2012, 01:55:22 pm ---It allows for some more advanced tech in the fluff, though. Railguns and lasers on human tech, for example.
Stilettos and pulse detonation engines (Firebird) as well.
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Laser and railgun weapons might actually come to widespread use much much sooner than 2084.
Naval railguns are developed by the US. Laser weapons are actually used since the 90s. One of the more recent examples is the FIRESTRIKE:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/14/weaponised_rayguns_hit_shelves_in_time_for_xmas/?d=154600
I was myself quite surprised that UFO:AI takes place in 2084 and these weapons aren't developed yet.. guess army isn't funded so well in the future :D
I'd hate to lose the opportunity to research these weapons though, research is what I always loved about x-com/ufo! Much better solution might be what OllyG suggested - setting the starting year to 2020s or perhaps 2040s-2050s.
Just my two cents :)
BoogieMan:
As far as the seemingly dumb at times AI for the Aliens, I decided to view it as their arrogance. Meaning that they think that they and their tech is so much better they don't have to be as careful about cover and don't view our soldiers as all that much more dangerous than civilians.
Seems to me while they do have superior tech, we're more skilled at war and tactics. And if you take away the tech our soldiers are better.
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