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[Felicitatem Parco]

I just wanted to throw this out there... but the "Power Draw" system will probably not be too realistic in terms of electrical power draw from a nuclear reactor.. Think about it... do you expect power draw to be based on the damage inflicted be weapons, or by the amount of electricity needed to operate the weapon?

I, for one, do not expect AC/20s to draw minimal "power" even though the reloading mechanism is not NEARLY as energy-hungry as the electromagnetic accelerators on Gauss Rifles (capacitor-driven magnetic solenoids) or PPCs (the electric fields used to accelerate hydrogen nuclei), or the capacitors and diodes for lasers. Firing SRMs only require enough energy to spark an ignitor charge... I can do that with the Massive Power of my pizeoelectric propane grill ignitor.

If my prediction is true, then we need a new name for the system. If it's a system that somehow taxes your reactor, but it is based on damage output rather than actual electrical energy draw, the perhaps we can call it...


Ghost Tiredness
Ghost Fatigue
Damage Tax
Weapon Fatigue
Output Tariff...

Come on, what are we going to call the system if it's not based on electrical power draw?


(I like Ghost Fatigue, personally)

Edited by Prosperity Park, 14 June 2016 - 09:51 AM.

[cazidin]

Ghost Heat MK II
Ghost Power
Ghost Energy
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Ghost Senpai
Ghost Damage
Ghost, Ghost.
Ghost in the Shell
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Ghost and Ghouls
Ghost Cat
Ghost Dog
Ghost Goat
Ghost Name

Any of those work?

[Bud Crue]

Trying for more of alliteration flavor:

Lethality (Load) Lethargy ?
Pain Drain?
Damage Demand?
Blast Burden?

[Felicitatem Parco]

Bud Crue, on 14 June 2016 - 10:02 AM, said:

Trying for more of alliteration flavor:

Lethality (Load) Lethargy ?
Pain Drain?
Damage Demand?
Blast Burden?

Ooohh, I like Pain Drain.


How about:

Battle Burden
Fire Fatigue
Ghost Sloth

Or,

Force Meter.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 14 June 2016 - 10:13 AM.

[Bud Crue]

Prosperity Park, on 14 June 2016 - 10:11 AM, said:

Ooohh, I like Pain Drain.


How about:

Battle Burden
Fire Fatigue
Ghost Sloth

Or,

Force Meter.

I've got dibs on Ghost Sloth. That would make a great name and reflect my skills (Slow, and my shots pass by my targets like a ghost).

[Quicksilver Aberration]

cazidin, on 14 June 2016 - 09:56 AM, said:

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Winner.

[Metus regem]

Overly complicated?
Possibly poorly thought out?
Filled with loopholes?


Any of those fit?

[C E Dwyer]

Magic Moonbeams of ZOGG!

[EvilCow]

Metus regem, on 14 June 2016 - 10:31 AM, said:

Overly complicated?
Possibly poorly thought out?
Filled with loopholes?

It wouldn't be PGI style.

[Felicitatem Parco]

I'm leaning toward Pain Drain, Ghost Fatigue, Force Meter, and Ghost Power.

I chuckle at the idea of how an autocannon will potentially draw more "power" from the reactor than a relativistic particle cannon..


So maybe we can call it Ghost Physics.

[EvilCow]

Prosperity Park, on 14 June 2016 - 10:44 AM, said:

I'm leaning toward Pain Drain, Ghost Fatigue, Force Meter, and Ghost Power.

I chuckle at the idea of how an autocannon will potentially draw more "power" from the reactor than a relativistic particle cannon..


So maybe we can call it Ghost Physics.

Is it an assumption of yours or they will really make damage=energy regardless the weapon type? that would suck so hard.

Edited by EvilCow, 14 June 2016 - 11:00 AM.

[wanderer]

Handwavium Penalty.

[Andi Nagasia]

Personally i like Power Draw, but i suppose Alpha Draw or Weapon Draw would work too,
(power doesnt Always have to Mean Energy, or Electricity, but instead Force or Alpha)

[Big Tin Man]

The Heisenberg Energy System.

We're not certain how it works, how much it will take, but it's there.

[Felicitatem Parco]

EvilCow, on 14 June 2016 - 10:59 AM, said:

Is it an assumption of yours or they will really make damage=energy regardless the weapon type? that would suck so hard.

It is an assumption of mine that fits the information we have available. Do you really think PGI will simply let us fire all the missiles and autocannons we want (as they require minimal electrical energy) and only assign a serious power draw to energy weapons?

This system is supposed to replace Ghost Heat, so they have to lump missiles and AC into it. And since those weapons are nearly powerless, I'm assuming they will just give them big bogus Power Draw values that fit in line with their damage output.


So, Ghost Physics.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 14 June 2016 - 11:07 AM.

[Moldur]

I like Damage Tax.

[Alistair Winter]

[1453 R]

Or they could just scrap the system altogether and let people fire as many whatevers as they want whenever they want, so B33f can Direstar entire enemy teams to death. That sound better to you folks?

Seriously. For a group of players so violently opposed to anything and everything that could potentially be called something within hailing distance of an alpha strike, you guys sure are quick to dismiss anything and everything Piranha does to try and curb heavy alpha hits.

[wanderer]

I have no problem with alpha strikes.

I have problems with alpha strikes that can magically hit with instant, perfect, and total accuracy even at significant ranges to a single armor plate, crippling or vaporizing a target with ease.

[LordKnightFandragon]

Im going to call it precisely what it is

Ghost Heat. It is nothing new, nothing anything but Ghost Heat...its just this Ghost Heat might actually accomplish lower alphas to a probably negligble degree.