First Strike Forums — Starfighters on Ground Maps

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-02-04T22:59:44Z

They will work as well as the devs design.

+ We already have plenty of cool star fighters.

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-02-04T21:39:46Z

Never said anything about adding them to current maps...

My main argument is that Starfighters were not DESIGNED to work on the ground, therefore they wont work as well as airspeeders designed completely for that purpose. +There are lots of cool airspeeders...

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-02-04T18:03:00Z

Aircraft on mos espa would kill more people through crashing than bombing.

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-02-04T03:43:52Z

I agree with TY, there shouldn't be aircraft over Mos Espa, nor will there be. It's an excellent map as it is, and I see no reason to add anything to it.

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-02-04T02:58:20Z

Think of balancing issues though, in BF2 you could hide from air pretty easily if you knew how, but in SW these ships are not anti-infantry, they are made to kill other ships. If anyone played Battlefront 1 you will remember how realisticly powerful starfighters where, killing at-st's with almost entirely with one missile at its cockpit. Not to mention how fast these fighters realy WOULD move, if as a previous post stated, we would like to see combined gameplay, it will not be possible with these fighters. Also no starfighters have a good design for flying in atmosphere, and I think that the design of other craft designed for air travel aids to speed and menuverability, despite the techknowlagy actualy keeping them flying. Remember, this isn't about "what could be done" it's about what a battle would have in it when being fought on the ground(imo) Some new hovercraft for perhaps deployment of troops would be a cool vehicle that would add new gameplay. Maybe you guys could dig up some craft that could match helicopters and such that can be good against infantry(ground battles should be more about classic FPS gameplay and space battles more about well....spase battles, imo).
My first post here, I ordered new computer and plan on installing my copy of BF2142 and then this mod asap!!!

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-02-02T02:15:02Z

They won't be on Mos Espa or Entha.

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-02-02T01:56:07Z

i think that starfighters on ground maps would be a kool idea. Coming back to classic bf2 gameplay,
but i think lots of people who have experience in bf2 would think that bombers would be a pain in the ***. But maybe im wrong. who knos. I like the idea. It would add a lot more excitement to the high pressure close quarter maps like tatooine mos espa.

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-01-18T20:41:10Z

Yeah...and then all the trekkies will turn to US instead of the usual star wars fans...

Now: Trekkies > Star Wars Fans
Later: Trekkies > Star Wars AND FS Fans

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-01-18T20:30:02Z

And some day , Captain Kirk will show up in the cantina, and get kidnapped by Jabba.
Spock shows up to put the nerve-pinch on Jabba , but cant find the right spot on Jabbas neck.
The resulting two man humping sculpture made of Carbonite ...( Kirk in front ) gets honorary mention at the Local Art Museum, after being displayed for 3 weeks.

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-01-18T20:03:01Z

Heh, I know.

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-01-18T20:02:04Z

we are just entertaining ourselves until 1.2 comes out

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-01-18T19:59:00Z

You can go and argue the semantics of when the GCW ended until you're blue in the face, it does'nt matter. The core design mandate of First Strike is to deal in the era covered by the original trilogy. So this means content primarily sourced from the movies, with the use of EU material only to fill in the gaps where no appropriate movie prop/vehicle exists, like shoulder mounted missile launchers and tanks for example. Once we have thoroughly mined this era's material, then, and only then, will we possibly be looking deeper into EU lore for additional material. But that day is quite a while off yet, so stop arguing about it already.

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-01-18T19:34:45Z

z-95 was not used in the original trilogy era. It was replaced by the xwing

also original trilogy =/= GCW

the v-wing was in the GCW and so were many other weird and wonderful fighters.

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-01-18T19:14:58Z

I want the Z-95 Headhunter myself. Originally an atmospheric vehicle, although some of them have been modified for space travel.

Either way, neither the T-16 or T-47 is really that effective when compared to modern, advanced fighters:
T-16: Poorly armed aircraft without shields or armour plating, modified versions suitable for police duty.
T-47: Poorly armed civilian... tug with no armour or shields. Got its pie kicked on Hoth.
V-Wing: Not used in the Original Trilogy era.

Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps

2008-01-18T18:38:04Z

with a combined map all vehicle's should interact with each other. there should not be separate battles going on, one in the air and one on the ground. The air speeders i think would do a better job of this.