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Old 2012-06-05, 09:36 PM   [Ignore Me] #4
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Re: Galaxy Gravity Tether / Tractor Beam


Unfortionately, tether beams are very awkward and would not work well in a multiplayer game. The X game series has tether beams on spacecraft, and even that was awkward.

Being able to tether something instantly is too mobile.

Being able to tether an enemy is as bad as a one shot kill.

Greifing is very likely, as previous poster has stated.

The distance between craft and tether is difficult to work with.

All in all, it's a good attempt, and good work trying to flesh it out, but it just wouldn't work in a multiplayer setting, especially in Planetside. There's a reason you only see them in a few single player games.

Good try, but it seems a more tedious vehicle docking would work better for PS, a fast tether just gives too many problems to the game.
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