Allow OBs and direct SADAR blasts to stun T3s.

[Crab_Spider]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Allow point-blank hits from orbital bombards (being within 2x2 tiles of the 4x4 tile blast radius), direct hits from SADAR rockets, and predator explosions (which are about 8x8 tiles), to stun T3s, but any other source of such bullshit is still in.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): Heh, some things are fair game. A direct blast of a bombard would cause critical damage, and it's a well known fact Queens SOMEHOW can't take an explosion of high magnitudes (for some reason, the Matriarch, despite being bulletproof to bullets designed to pierce exoskeletons of xenomorphs within a few shots, was killed by an explosion of several gasoline rigs), which is what these explosions are. If a Queen was caught in one blast of an OB, it should be a game over.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): ...Per summary.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):

[Sarah_U.]

+1 for making big explosions stun T3s, or at least stagger them (Frozen / knocked back)

But then again, OB landing on the queen with her being knocked around would be hilarious, but a bit unfair in some scenarios... ANYWAY! +1 as stated.

[MrJJJ]

+1, if you manage to hit a giant xeno in the fact with a orbital cannon or a rocket launcher, it deserves a stun instead of just shrugging its shoulders and fucking off

[SpecialAgentOrange]

Only if the SADAR doesn't stun crushers.

[Crab_Spider]

Only if the SADAR doesn't stun crushers.

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[Kwin_Original]

+1 to this and more. Why no chrushers?

[Crab_Spider]

+1 to this and more. Why no chrushers?

Crushers should be affected by OBs and blasts from predators, but eh... I don't know about HE SADAR missiles which is more of a low hanging fruit right there. I'm aiming for things that require actual skill and correct precision of the player rather than it being blanketed as "you're in the radius therefore you deserve it".

[Casany]

Crushers should be affected by OBs and blasts from predators, but eh... I don't know about HE SADAR missiles which is more of a low hanging fruit right there. I'm aiming for things that require actual skill and correct precision of the player rather than it being blanketed as "you're in the radius therefore you deserve it".

"The AP rocket is deflected by the Young Crusher (528)'s thick exoskeleton!"
If HE rockets don't work on crushers then they are literally immune to the SADAR

[Crab_Spider]

"The AP rocket is deflected by the Young Crusher (528)'s thick exoskeleton!"
If HE rockets don't work on crushers then they are literally immune to the SADAR

You know, if AP rockets are being deflected, you should probably make a bug report.

[Casany]

You know, if AP rockets are being deflected, you should probably make a bug report.

Even then, if I were to hit a crusher full on with an AP rocket with no damage reduction it'd still have enough health left to run away. Same with ravagers

You have three choices here
HE, which does low damage and no stun
AP, high damage but doesn't crit T3s
WP, lights the enemy on fire and deals moderate damage, no crit

If HE doesn't stun, then literally the SADAR is basically useless against all T3s

[DrPng]

+1, I support OB being able to stun and kill Queens and ravagers, but for any other explosive it should be immune for the crusher. Or for all the T3s, they could just be staggered back as Sarah_U said.

[Kwin_Original]

Crushers should be affected by OBs and blasts from predators, but eh... I don't know about HE SADAR missiles which is more of a low hanging fruit right there. I'm aiming for things that require actual skill and correct precision of the player rather than it being blanketed as "you're in the radius therefore you deserve it".

I think I get this point, but couldn't there be made a difference between just standing in the radius and a direct hit?

[Boltersam]

Given that OBs are shots fired from a military grade troop carrier's guns, I don't think anything has the right to not be annihilated by that.

And on the other side of the coin, SADARs are specifically made for anti armour. That's their schtick, and they should be able to perform that role.

Idea: Have AP rockets "Crack" a Crusher's armour, removing it for a set period of time and leaving it vulnerable to other Marines.

+1.

[Biolock]

I really think the OB should kill anything caught in it, predator, marine, and xeno alike; but I'll +1 this suggestion since it's pushing that way.

[Kwin_Original]

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Idea: Have AP rockets "Crack" a Crusher's armour, removing it for a set period of time and leaving it vulnerable to other Marines.

+1.

I like this idea.

[Imperator_Titan]

I really think the OB should kill anything caught in it, predator, marine, and xeno alike; but I'll +1 this suggestion since it's pushing that way.

True. It's really weird how the Almayer's guns can destroy other ships of it's size but can't kill a predator that is basically a buffed up human with next generation technology.

On topic, +1 because marines need some way to punish overly aggressive xenos.