The best way to shoot down nukes is to use nukes. Thats how nuclear ICBMs are shot down, not that it has ever happened. But it is theoretically the most effective way to shoot down nukes. So I was thinking, "What if the nuke launchers can be configured as defense?" It would be very interesting, and also very helpful in career against the ai enemies with nukes.
#Nukes can be used as defense against Nukes
rich abyss
calm root
sounds like a really expensive use for something PD can do for almost free
rich abyss
Would be kinda fun tho
especially against swarms of nukes
surreal knot
Nuke sticks flying by shooting down other nukes
rich abyss
nukes travel in a straight line
so all the intercepting nuke has to do is just point ahead of it to intercept it
calm root
hard to say if it would even be able to do that
things target at where the projectile is iirc
and given how nukes have two phases one for targeting the other for launching theres not much room for error
rich abyss
i feel like target lead should just be implemented into game
calm root
maybe some other dedicated missile based PD as it sounds kinda weird given how nukes work in game, there has been a few post for that before
rich abyss
fragmentation missles maybe?
missles that explode in front of other projectiles and send a blast of shrapnel forward, almost like a shotgun
calm root
one Walt commented on https://discord.com/channels/314103695568666625/1092465015036063858
Flack already explode and that is what does the damage so would act like that functionally just feel like Nukes specifically would be a bad platform
rich abyss
one Walt commented on https://discord.com/channels/314103695568666625/1092465015...
looked at that thread
a missle based defense system feels like a definite must
calm root
would be cool to see
peak siren
Nukes have very high HP and speed and it's hard for a barrel of point defenses or flaks to stop a rain of it. However, a defensive nuke can hopefully erase multiple nukes at once, which is expensive but still economical.
somber lotus
what about all missiles can explode in contact with other missiles ?
quiet marsh
what about all missiles can explode in contact with other missiles ?
This has already been suggested and it has been shot down because it would be very niche, does something that pd or flak already do, and it could end in stalemates
rich abyss
would be very effective against swarms of nukes
quiet marsh
Nukes have very high HP and speed and it's hard for a barrel of point defenses o...
how would you make sure 20 nukes dont all try to shoot down the same nuke? It would actually be quite easy to bait them
rich abyss
if this were to be implemented, walt would make sure that doesn't happen
would be very wasteful
quiet marsh
then why do nukes ocasionally fire at random bits of armor or structure?
rich abyss
idk
somber lotus
This has already been suggested and it has been shot down because it would be ve...
no but, in general, when two missiles colides, they explodes
so a swarm can just explode herself, and destroyed nukes by pd destroy the other nukes behind it
proud terrace
so a swarm can just explode herself, and destroyed nukes by pd destroy the other...
name one instance where a nuke got shot down by pd, it's really rare because nukes have a ton of hp, they're also usually sent in groups of 4, swarms of nukes are just ineffective because there is a huge risk since you can easily just turn around and dodge them
overall i think that pd nukes are just a nerf to nukes
you can dodge nukes and every projectile already has something that counters it
rich abyss
now that you say that, only way I can see this being added is if nukes have tracking
and don't take a straight path
quiet marsh
...which is how they used to work and it was changed because it was boring. They were still dodgeable back then, tho
calm root
Nukes now are a lot cooler looking