Problems with the Jellyfish

Problems with the Jellyfish

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YokoZar
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Problems with the Jellyfish

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The Jellyfish needs some cleaning up. Since it's a shore unit, it's fairly common to have it a considerable distance above the water level. However, in these situations it frequently misses targets that are easily in range, even stationary ones.

The reason it misses has to do with the weirdness of the torpedo having to land in the water and then travel back to its target, which is in some cases above or behind the torpedo after it comes back to the surface.


Perhaps if the torpedo were actually an underwater missile and capable of turning around in place this wouldn't happen. Or perhaps that wouldn't be necessary if the Jellyfish was smart enough to "bomb" units when it could. Either way I'm fine with Jellyfish having 100% accuracy, as it's certainly an improvement over endlessly missing a target right next to it.
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Re: Problems with the Jellyfish

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I get sad whenever I see a noob with a jellyfish as his base defense.

Wait, it's a torpedo? Thought it was an unguided depth charge.
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lurker wrote:I get sad whenever I see a noob with a jellyfish as his base defense.

Wait, it's a torpedo? Thought it was an unguided depth charge.
If you attack ground with it you can actually make it coast very very far. I just found a way to make it seal off the entire top lake on tabula v3 by attacking the ground next to the jellyfish and having it bounce.
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Nono, this is a noob. He put it in his base. He's not giving it orders. It's a land map.
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CCBlackmilk
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Re: Problems with the Jellyfish

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TBH, in maps where you can pass through WATER with vehicle and kbot units, I use the Jellyfish as defence. Not only is it more powerful then an llt it also has more range, it's like a nerfed plasma laser defence.

I forget which map it was, havent play Spring in months

Regardless to say, if the unit itself is better in another situation then what it really is for, then, something is very very wrong.

And yes I have noticed it missing every once in a while too, but, I rarely use it unless:

A)I'm using it to attack GROUND units
B)Some noob has subs surrounding my base
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REVENGE
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Re: Problems with the Jellyfish

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The depthcharge system doesn't work very well / isn't designed for land based units like the Jellyfish. Some reworking of the weapons code should fix it.
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Pxtl
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Re: Problems with the Jellyfish

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Just cut the damned buggy thing and make the torp launcher into a hovering-above-the-water structure that is immune to underwater weapons like a hovercraft is.
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Pxtl wrote:Just cut the damned buggy thing and make the torp launcher into a hovering-above-the-water structure that is immune to underwater weapons like a hovercraft is.
This isn't a terrible idea actually.

Still it would be nice to have a means of attacking water units when you're on a cliff overlooking them.
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Re: Problems with the Jellyfish

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Could prob just make it ballistic and high trajectory, it'd be less accurate vs scout boats but still effective vs most things.
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det
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Re: Problems with the Jellyfish

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Check out the CA depth charger, it bounces off land into the sea and then tracks. Works really well.
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det wrote:Check out the CA depth charger, it bounces off land into the sea and then tracks. Works really well.
Yep, +1'd.
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Join CA and check epic depth charger, it will change ur life ! JOIN CA NOW ! RoyalCock wants u !
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Wombat wrote:Join CA and check epic depth charger, it will change ur life ! JOIN CA NOW ! RoyalCock wants u !
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