Turrets question

Starkey said:
Do you have any screenshots of a Broadsword-Ferret (or other small fighter) wing flying formation?
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I don't think so... a Broadsword-Ferret wing would be pretty pointless, too (shame on WC2). I believe the smallest Broadsword escorts we'll use are Epees (which is close enough to a Ferret in size), but I don't think I have any shots. I don't play Broadswords much. :p

Starkey said:
Also, I see from the cockpit screenshots that the missile countermeasures are called, well, "countermeasures" :p. Shouldn´t they be labeled "chaff pods", like in WC2?
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What's in a name? They're not called chaff pods because I can't get them to *look* like chaff pods. :p
 
Starkey said:
Also, I see from the cockpit screenshots that the missile countermeasures are called, well, "countermeasures" :p. Shouldn´t they be labeled "chaff pods", like in WC2?
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Well, we concluded pretty early on that if we stuck to chaff pods (which never seem to be used in large quantities), missiles would become a major pain - they're far more persistent in WCP than they had ever been in previous games, and our ships don't have _that_ much fuel to burn. So, we decided to use WC3-like decoys instead, which allows us to explain why there's more of them.

(although it seems we screwed up, since Armada - which takes place after Standoff - has chaff pods. Oh well :p)
 
No, really, I just didn't want countermeasures that don't look like chaff to be called "chaff pods". :D
 
If spoofing missiles with a single decoy is a problem, you can always increase the spoof rate for the missile types--IIRC, ImRec missiles have a default spoof chance of around 30% and FF/HS missiles have a default spoof chance of around 50% Chaff pods in WC2 had a 100% spoof success rate, whereas decoys from later games had only a percentage chance of success.
 
Don´t worry, I´ll harass the Standoff staff only until you release the Prologue :p

(after that, get ready for my daily feedbacks :) )
 
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