The Terran Raptor

nah its alright.

my only advice is keep on posting and back up or just support everything you post. believe me i went down as far as -17, but i never gave up. i learn from my mistakes and keep on going and look at where im now. well i cant say im a terrific poster now or im very mucy much honored here, no, im still hated by many and i still post badly a lot. but the thing is everything is better now compared before and im glad i didn't give up against flames and "idea" haters alike. ^^

goodluck and dont worry guys like you are very much supported than the other way around.

and the thor shoots particle beam or something it doesnt have a rail gun. almost all uver cool mech got laser weapons etc. and the thor looks advance enough to have laser technology.

 

I would like to know WHY you think the ability is bad furrer.

 

btw thanks furrer when you said my idea about the nomad seem nice in the omnidiscussion thread, but you were probably joking. lol

 

I was not joking, REALLY.
aMp. In the right moment it would be able to kill very much... 24 mutalisks fighting 3 raptors, they use their aby´s, GG

 

not quite but almost

 

The abbility would be really good if it wasnt so strong...
But its also a bit, what should i say, boring or old/not new...

 

Yes, the ability will be good if it wasn't already on the Phoenix. Talking about phoenixes, an idea for a Terran AtA special ability is the ability for them to be able to detect enemy fighters from a greater-than-line-of-sight distance (which maintains the Terran theme of early detection). This ability can be adjusted to avoid imba, such as only having this long detection range in the 11 oclock to 1 oclock direction (makes sence; modern fighters nowadays have many restrictions due to their radars).

Anyway, once the enemy fighters are located, each Raptor (love the name) can fire a long-range missile. Each Raptor only has one of these (due to having one external hardpoint) and must go back to base to reequip (cost?). However, the missile is only their secondary weapon, with their primary being lasers (or rail guns, whatever). Dig or diss?

I got this inspiration from the F14 Tomcats and their Phoenix missiles. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-54_Phoenix.

 

That's a perfect idea! But yes, their primary gun will stay as rail guns. What could we call this ability? I think it should be called the Tracer.

 

L89: I do like the seeker missile idea. It's a nice feature without being a ripoff of the Pheonix's Overload.

As for the Raptor's main atack, I agree with the majority of the thread that mini-railguns sound awkward on an AtA ship. Even if they fired faster than a normal sized railgun, you'd need multiple guns that with alternating fire to get a decent rate. I'd rather go with lazers, or dual plasma torpedo launchers ;D

 

I did say that there is two mini rail guns.

 

I'm just not sure that two would be enough is all - anything that has two guns/claws/what have you gets that merged into one attack. I was thinking four railguns, two firing each cycle.

 

I think it should have four rail guns, six lazer cannons, eight gatling guns, ten photon torpedo cannon, eight thousand mini machine guns and it needs to be bigger then the sun. Yup. that an air counter.

 

Do I detect a hint of sarcasm in your post, or is it just me?

Let's try to keep our posts at least somewhat constructive, shall we?

 

Don't you mean the Death Star?

 

Wheh i read about the ship i got a mental picture somethig similar to the wraith and was armed with teh rail guns, now i had four, two on each "wing" that would fire one after another keeping a constant stream of moderate fire that could shread through lighter craft but couldnt pierce the thicker neosteel hulls of, say a battlecruser, or the carapice/metals of their couunterparts. I couldn't quite picture a bomb area but the missles sound great, however i still cant find myself agreeing with the name raptor. It just does not seem to fit along with the other new unit names...well anyway if I had to rate the idea as of now id give it a 8/10. I'm generally a pretty critical on judgements so 8's are really good unless I am totally extatic about something.
afterthoughts
Diddnt like the name or the bomb idea, and id like it if there could be a discription of its look, cluster rockets sound fun though.

 

Rockets and rail guns ftw, ronin. lol