2 Slots Item Suggestions

[Suicide_Run]

Um....I seen alot of item suggestions in the other thread but it feels to me that we are still stuck on the good old way items are.

 

Like theres those signature + mount/emit/gun/bomb slots....but why cant/dont we have normal items that takes up 2 different slots?

 

For example:

Flak Cannons (or insert some fancy name for Pd 2)

Slots: Gun and Bomb

bombdelay = 250..or more?

Price: 50k or more/less?

 

A pd where it doesnt take up a sig slot but doesnt allow people to rush well with it due to bombdelay not allowing people to item spam and you being not able to shoot anything at all.

 

Offense Mount, Max: 1/2?

Slots: Mount and Emitter

thormax +1

burstmax +1

burstdamage +25

bulletdamage +1

Price: 15k

 

A mount that increases the offense power of frontline attackers.

 

Feather Boosters

Slots: Sublight and Armor

Speed +5

Thrust +5

Rotation +3

Maxspeed +1

Maxthrust +1

Bombdamage +10

Price: 30k?

 

Taking the metal plating and using the space to increase thruster power.

 

Though I dunno if people think it is a good idea. So opinions?

[Dr Brain]

The major issue with items like these is where to file them in the ?buy menu (not that it's a huge issue, mind you). There's no technical reason it can't be done.

[Unix]

File them in a new category - Like universal or multi type etc

[vetta64]

or file them in both catagories they affect.

The suggested items dont look like the best things to throw into the game right now, but the principle is better thatn having only one sig.

[Deathmonger]

These 'packages' take away some of the customizability, IMO, since they'll either suck compared to individual components or they'll be uber. I'd like this idea better if the items just took up slots in the same category, e.g. a 2-slot emitter. You could then get the same kinds of tradeoff effects by bringing back slot converters.

 

For example, you could create a special 3-slot 'turbo rocket mount' that you can only fit by using a capacity upgrade or a converter that sacrifices an emitter or an addon. You could do this with reactors and sublights, too. That would allow more extreme customizations.