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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0005881AI War 1 / ClassicBug - GameplayFeb 14, 2012 2:41 pm
ReporterSpikey00 Assigned Tokeith.lamothe  
Status assignedResolutionopen 
Product Version5.024 
Summary0005881: FRD/attack move + larger tractor distance over weapon range = eternal pursuit
DescriptionUnits such as the widow golem emit tractor beams that have greater distance than the ship's weapon range themselves, so putting them in FRD or attack-moving results in a carrot-on-a-stick situation if their target is one that is being tractored.
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Internal WeightFix Before Major Release

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keith.lamothe

Feb 14, 2012 9:09 am

administrator   ~0019081

The black widow golem has a range of 19k, and its tractor beams have a range of 12k, so I don't think it's because the guns can't shoot the tractored stuff.

motai

Feb 14, 2012 10:18 am

reporter   ~0019096

might be a situation where he is in a system with a radar dampener? might need to add the reverse of tractored ships can always shoot the source of the tractor. or else have tractors affected by the dampening.

keith.lamothe

Feb 14, 2012 10:26 am

administrator   ~0019099

If you have a save where this is happening, please send it my way :)

Spikey00

Feb 14, 2012 1:24 pm

reporter   ~0019124

Whoops, I didn't notice the radar jammer (and apparently the normal range of the widow), but yep that would be the cause of it. I blame the drowsiness. >_>

Best if the weapon range always exceeds the tractor range, so radar jammers should affect tractor range.

Hearteater

Feb 14, 2012 1:38 pm

reporter   ~0019127

Would it make sense for tractor's to shorten when the ship can't hit the tractored target? This would solve more general cases of this problem, especially if you entered a system with a radar jammer after you'd already picked up a target at max tractor range (damping affecting tractors doesn't fix this case).

TechSY730

Feb 14, 2012 1:42 pm

reporter   ~0019128

Sorry for the off topic comment, but I am laughing really hard right now imagining this. It's basically like tying a stick with a carrot in from of it on the head of a horse or rabbit or something.

"I keep running towards it, but I never get any closer. WHY!"

Hearteater

Feb 14, 2012 2:41 pm

reporter   ~0019135

Now imagine an Exo with a Blackwidow chasing around a a ship they can never catch.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Feb 13, 2012 10:44 pm Spikey00 New Issue
Feb 14, 2012 9:01 am tigersfan Internal Weight => Fix Before Major Release
Feb 14, 2012 9:01 am tigersfan Assigned To => keith.lamothe
Feb 14, 2012 9:01 am tigersfan Status new => assigned
Feb 14, 2012 9:09 am keith.lamothe Note Added: 0019081
Feb 14, 2012 10:18 am motai Note Added: 0019096
Feb 14, 2012 10:26 am keith.lamothe Note Added: 0019099
Feb 14, 2012 10:26 am keith.lamothe Status assigned => feedback
Feb 14, 2012 1:24 pm Spikey00 Note Added: 0019124
Feb 14, 2012 1:24 pm Spikey00 Status feedback => assigned
Feb 14, 2012 1:38 pm Hearteater Note Added: 0019127
Feb 14, 2012 1:42 pm TechSY730 Note Added: 0019128
Feb 14, 2012 2:41 pm Hearteater Note Added: 0019135