Better Tooltips, Choosing Special Weapons

posted on June 18th, 2006, 9:23 am

In the description for each ship, would it be possible to describe the ship in terms of its combat abilities? e.g. Good at destroying small ships.

Also, is it possible to choose which special weapons to allow a ship to use? Sometimes, when there are three special weapons, you only want the ship to use a certain one or two so that energy is not wasted.

Thanks

Mike.

posted on June 18th, 2006, 9:28 am

Yeah that would be good. It should say what is ships main weapon. Cause if it tells me it has torps and beams, it doesnt really tell me all that much. I mean, if it has a powerful beam weapon and crappy torps, it isnt really ideal for engaging battleships :S
And that offensive value is just too unspecific ^^

posted on June 18th, 2006, 11:54 am

yea but that would take the skill out of playing, if you were told, this way you have to uses your own knowlage to win a game rather then just building what you are told

posted on June 18th, 2006, 1:46 pm

Cant argue with that!
Though it wouldnt rely so much on skill as on experiance ^^

posted on June 18th, 2006, 2:33 pm

I think addding some tips isn't a bad idea

posted on June 18th, 2006, 4:32 pm

I liked the Beta 2 tooltips that listed the damage and reload times for each weapon.
i also like the colors added to the tooltips it version 3 PR.
and the special weapon chooser would be cool.

posted on June 18th, 2006, 6:37 pm

could you put in the primary role of each ship (eg scout ship etc )