Dark_Caduceus wrote...
There's no point discussing the mathematics of how mass effect kinetic weapons work in a planet's atmopshere (assuming it has one, like earth) because we already understand how they operate based on scenes and evidence in game.
For example Klendagon, which is purported to have an atmosphere (at least the Wikipedia explains) has a gigantic rift due to a mass accelerator weapon; so it's difficult to believe that slugs simply burn up in the atmopshere unless it was an ungodly gigantic slug that if fired.
Also, weren't Reapers using orbital bombardment, at least on Palaven and Thessia? They might not fire slugs, but they do use mass accelerator technology; the Wikipedia states the Thanix Cannon uses a "...liquid alloy of iron, uranium, and tungsten suspended in an electromagnetic field powered by element zero. The
molten metal, accelerated to a significant fraction of the speed of
light, solidifies into a projectile as it is fired..."
Why do Thanix cannons work (which essentially just fire a stream of metal particles suspended in an electromagnetic field), but slugs don't?
First off: You're facts are wrong. You confuse mass accelerated projectils (thats your everyday pistol in ME) with a weapon which is familiar to how the mass relays work. The Projectile that destroyed Klendagon was faster then light. Same technology when ships jump from relay to relay. Not just simply a slug that got accelerated by a rail which uses an e-zero core as its powersource.
Second: No, reapers dont use orbital bombardment. They have airsupport, sure, but no outerspace->groundlevel weapons. Its also stated that their kind of warefare intends to take as many biological matter with them, not to burn it to ash from space.
Third: What works with Thanix Cannons? Bombardment from Space? That never happens. At best you see a Beamweapons fired out of the Clouds, while the Reaperships are decending. Which is at best a couple hundred meters above the ground.
Fourth: "...liquid alloy of iron, uranium, and tungsten
suspended in an electromagnetic field..."
I put the keyword in bold letters. To spell it out: the superheated alloy does never get slowed down before hitting its target. It sounds reasonable that beamweapons burn a path clear for the payload to be delivered. Not that it matters much, since they dont use it from space anyway. But yes, thats one of the reasons why the reapers are so much more advanced and dangerous then any other threat before.
@Costin
Err, no. Pointing at flawed things can be done by anyone, as you can see on every forum. Trying to help to identify the issues and actually help to improve the workprocess cant be done by anyone. For that you need substential background knowledge of how things actually work and are done.
And thats EXACTLY what constructive criticism is about.
http://en.wikipedia....ctive_criticismThats also a big reason why Gamedevs dont give a flying f*ck about the opinion of the masses on a micro level. To give constructive criticism you need to be at roughly the same level of skill as the one you are criticising. You dont discuss quantum physics with a rer.nat without being one yourself or being on a equivalent level of skill. Its just all to likely that you make a fool out of yourself.
Imo Smudboy is a critic of the bad kind. I dont value his videos, since they are not constructive enough for my taste, nor do they give a wellrounded review of the game.
If you think hes right, thats good for you, but that never was the issue to begin with.
Retour en haut
) and left arm looked like he tore it out of the geth trooper.
