[netburnr]

I know a few people have suggested something like Tractor beams or harpoons for dragging disabled ships...but I don't think anyone brought it up for PvP.

Think the Enterprise, TNG series. If a ship was trying to flee, the Enterprise could use its tractor beam to stop them from getting away. In some cases when the ship in question or outside forces where causing the ship to pull harder than the Enterprise could hold they would have to divert all power.

I'd like to suggest something like this for Evo.

Perhaps scout type craft would be useful for this as they are really fast, and can't really stand on their own in a fight. But they could chase down those running fighters and hold them (or at least drag their speed down a bit) so that the wingmates can catch up to it.

Good idea, bad idea, thoughts?

[project3wc]

i'd like to see this if ships would get disabled before being completly destroyed and if players could eject. that way you could 'capture' ships or something.

[netburnr]

This topic is more for a PvP styled Tractor beam, something to catch people with and hold them down....

[GrimGriz]

Originally Posted by netburnrol

This topic is more for a PvP styled Tractor beam, something to catch people with and hold them down....

See also roots, snares, and slows. This would be fantastic for the wizard class, or maybe the priest ships.



+1

[project3wc]

meh i tried.

rooting people would just make everyone fight as if it was the civil war all over again. stand in front of each other and shoot till one of the two fall since there would be no point on moving around when u got a tractor beam aimed at ur a....

[netburnr]

But unlike a click and forget missle, you actually have to chase the person down and put the beam on them, and hold it. More skill than a "root"

[Wild_Bill]

could get really interesting depending on the range of the weapon, i.e. insight or thief. Be even more interesting if the fleeing ship had a turret

[netburnr]

Originally Posted by Wild_Bill

if the fleeing ship had a turret

Uggg.. Not you too Bill.

I was thinking maybe a 500d distance....perhaps 750d

I imagine you would be chasing someone down, get right up in their butt, hit the tractor, and then nail the brakes, causing the person to slow down a bit so the other fighters can come in and finish him off.

Of coarse the person being dragged down can flip over to defend himself, but again, he is loosing valuable running time.

[Wild_Bill]

ah! but could he actually "flip" the ship? Thus my "turret" gibe. Currently all our guns face "forward" which means we are all vulnerable from stern attacks. Add in either a stern mounted gun or the turret and what was so simple now becomes both complex and more dangerous. If you look at current tug boats, etc you very seldom see the towed vehicle with any real manueverability.

[rotate1x]

would tractor beams also be used for picking up cargo in space?

instead of picking them all up with a stroke of a key, you have to aim at the cargo before activatin the beams.

[Istanbul]

rotate1x: I'd assume a similar system to the displacer-burglar/insight would be used for picking up things floating in space.

[netburnr]

For dropped loot boxes I would think it would be like EvE where you just got fly to it and pick it up. No special equipment needed.

As for the tractor beam disabling the maneuvering thrusters, I hadn't thought of that. I would say it only keeps the ship withing the range that you hit them, but they can still turn over to attack.