funny rails

[rich plank]

the range being across the system would either be unfathomably overpowered or completely and utterly useless

you'd either be able to hit a guy when they don't even know that you exist or you'll just miss them by about a kilometer

also, the only con being that it's expensive, requires more batteries, and eats all of the ammo? those are hardly cons late game

[jagged wasp]

yeah he has a point

[grand urchin]

Well I dunno how to fix that, maybe add a cooldown that is extra lon, and is automatically demasking the ship (pinging it/giving visual on the ship) AS SOON AS YOU FIRE for about 30 secs. That way you can't snoip someone across the system, but you can use it against stations or very brain dead people

[grand urchin]

You do know that you can't see across the system... right?

With a singular ship that is

[grand urchin]

Missing is an issue with every weaponry, in this case it is alot moar sad

[grand urchin]

And I did mention if the railgun is max lenght

It is exponential growth

Sorta

And it starts at default max range and starts growing after some point

So you have to dedicate a sniping ship to snipe across the system

And since the rail is long as hell, it requires alot more batteries

Besides the breech could require triple ammo

And the price of one piece could be ×12

So very very expensive

And it could also consume processed uranium, diamonds and proccesors

Not alot tho

2 of each

Per 1

Very expensive, right?

[rich plank]

showing where you are when you fire wont stop you from shooting at them, you'll atleast be able to get your first shot off

[rich plank]

use a second ship

[rich plank]

so you know that it's going to miss constantly, so you basically just want an incredibly niche weapon that'll basically only be avble to take out stations?

[rich plank]

the price of ammo is 4, so that'd be 48 per. not much

[rich plank]

like i said, reactors aren't much lategame. uranium, diamonds, and processors can be made for a somewhat okay price if you can mine it

[vocal tide]

maybe not ACROSS THE WHOLE SYSTEM , but more like double the original max range , so 1.2k meters instead of 600 meters. There's ways to easily get past the whole energy consumption issue , and ammo is merely solved with a factory at hand. It's like treating railguns as if they were deckguns

[grand urchin]

Hmmm

Maybe

Maybe 4 times the range tho?

[grand urchin]

Maybe it could be fixed by having a charge time before you fire, like 10 secs

Then you have 20 secs of staying visible whilst the shell is flying

[rich plank]

the railguns ingame already have a charge time, 10s wouldn't be too much as a comparison for it

if the railgun is going to have longer range, it should have less damage and pen

[grand urchin]

I mean before firing

[grand urchin]

That wouldn't make much sense... but sure

[rich plank]

it would

lighter projectile = more speed

[grand urchin]

Hmmm

Smat

So like can we agree on 2.4 kilometers?

2400 m

[grand urchin]

If you don't know the conversions (for any reason)

[fiery acorn]

thats insainly OP Railgun is already OP enough in career

[grand urchin]

Just less pen and damage

Like 4 times

Tho only for max length of a rail

So that building ships to avoid direct combat with lon range railguns will have some sense

[fiery acorn]

kites are already a thing and work fin in career, plus make killing stations just that much easier

2km is insane

regardless of how long the rail has to be

[grand urchin]

I know bout kites

[grand urchin]

I just wanted to snoip the enemy battlestation

😦

[fiery acorn]

but from 2km???

[grand urchin]

Yessir

[fiery acorn]

ok mod the railgun then

as a mod sure have whatever

[grand urchin]

Yippi

Only thing is: the only mod I know that changes rails to range only doubles everything

I want it quadrupled

[grand urchin]

Imma rework the idea

[kindred ledge]

you can always mod it yourself