[Vehicle] Helicopters with Different Thrusters

Maybe a lower carry weight compared to land vehicles? So you don't need special airborne weapons, just light ones.

 

Its most likely, that a flying vehicle can't carry so much like a ground vehicle, so only lighter weapons and aswell a lighter armor.

 

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!

 

That is sick and wrong.

GREAT IDEA!

 

I think all aircrafts in starbound should have VTOL ability. An 2D game don't have too much space for a long runway.

 

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Helicopters can carry just as much firepower as ground units, actually. Due to their agility, they require less armor and can return to base for ammo more frequently, allowing them to carry less metal plating and ammo. The result is weapons systems like the Hellfire missile, Hydra 88mm rocket pods, and the 30mm gatling cannon. Compare this to an Abrams, which has one main gun coupled with heavy sensors and armor and a large stockpile of varying ammunition. Abrams has to be ready to slug it out for long periods of time between servicing, so it's much better protected and has reserves of ammo an aircraft can't match. It's like comparing apples to oranges really.

Now, as far as implementing them in Starbound, I'm all for it as long as a way to implement them that makes sense can be found. Helicopters would need to be able to see much further than the L.O.S provided by the player camera normally, because if it's lighter armor and agility are to be of any real use, they need to have time to move behind cover or dodge projectiles. Otherwise, the only viable helicopters would have to be very tough skinned and move more like a hoverbike with noclip on... I don't know, I feel like Starbound's staff did their homework on this one. I mean can you really see a helicopter shoehorning into the screen real-estate this game provides. The vehicle, being 4-8 times the size of the PC, would take up about an 1/8th of the screen without zooming the camera out, and I get the feeling that's not going to be part of the gameplay or we would have seen it by now.

 

Sounds OP

 

Vehicles that are race specific? End of Thread?

 

Exactly, which is why I don't expect to see them any time soon... at least with weapons.

 

I think a good air vehicle would be something like a single person mini jet. You spawn it down and get in. It launches upward or something and uses energy as fuel. It's quick but not too fast to control, has no guns, and is simply a very expensive yet safe way to travel. It's also stylish and shiny~

 

While I would normally argue that getting around the planet's surface would be easier with teleporters or something similar because it's probably already in the game and uses less server-side resources, the game really does need air based stuff. Flying forts and VTOL's always make for interesting challenges to builders, explorers, and fighters, so no argument from me.

 

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What if in order to construct an aircraft, you would have to do it at a certain crafting station from different aircraft parts which could be either crafted or found in some labs? So for example just the basics: Hull, Engine, Pilot Cabin and others. Different parts would have different advantages and disadvantages: some would have better weapon capacity, better aerodynamics, while lacking cargo space, somewhat of an Assault Hull, while the other, will have huge cargo space but will slow down the aircraft and will have less weapon capacity.
So basically what I have in mind is that you could create your own unique aircraft from different parts, upgrades, weaponry and maybe even decorate it in your own way. That would be really awesome.

 

Just noticed the last comment was made on November 28 This is a great topic and I don't want it to die :c

 

there is one way the armed version could appear... trying to kill you... there needs to be more advanced enemies anyway...
in a sci-fi world I expect more guns shooting at me...

 

As an endgame vehicle it oculd be fun so long as enemy bases get anti aircraft units. Jsut give them weak armor. Also being that guy. If it doesn't have a rotating wing it is not a helcopter.

 

Seems like a pretty good awesome idea mate. If you bring the C4, i bring the boogie! (nobody gets the joke :O)

 

Well have you seen this, mate?