++++ Small Weasel Petition ++++

[paradise!]

IMO, the brick should last a bit longer

brick time seems a bit short. Other than that, it's pretty cool.

[Mootland Farmer]

What the Weasel has now, is what people in the latter posts of this thread have asked for. I am curious as to what your thoughts are with the new modifications, so please share them here or ?message me.

[Maverick X+]

Whether you use it or not... their ability to attach to a terr at such a low (earned) bounty makes them extremely overpowered.

And i agree with you 100%, I may not do it at all but i do believe 20 is too low.

[Kontrolz]

Again, thank the LT whores for giving levs a bad rep... they are nowhere near as overpowered as you make them out to be

Whether you use it or not... their ability to attach to a terr at such a low (earned) bounty makes them extremely overpowered.

[Maverick X+]

Again, thank the LT whores for giving levs a bad rep... they are nowhere near as overpowered as you make them out to be

[Kontrolz]

At the rate X's are getting upgraded at least once a month, i'm half expecting next month they start start spawning with a 100% shield that lasts for like 20 seconds... So now x's have X-radar, a rocket, a repel, AND a brick along with the complement of the increased bullet speed they implemented 2 months ago... they are starting to become a little unfair at this point....

Yet still nowhere NEAR as overpowered as a levi

[Maverick X+]

At the rate X's are getting upgraded at least once a month, i'm half expecting next month they start start spawning with a 100% shield that lasts for like 20 seconds... So now x's have X-radar, a rocket, a repel, AND a brick along with the complement of the increased bullet speed they implemented 2 months ago... they are starting to become a little unfair at this point....

[Veloce]

signed

[bandcampgirl]

Pure pub was soooooooo much more exciting with the last second inconceivable flag grabs from a weasel sneaking in through the holes.

[Maverick X+]

It doesnt have to help with basing, does a lev help with basing? no but its still around laming everyone isnt it. The aim of this thread is to bring back the small weasel not "get a mile over an inch" or "to help basing". The small weasel is a fun ship and the best ship in fact.

I think youre wrong anyway it makes basing more interesting and fun. If you think it disrupts basing then ban it from the basing pub like levs are. As it is now its completely useless for everything.

The bolded statement made me lol....

[CaptainPoopface]

Even when the Weasel isn't in base, it can still be useful. Ships are really only limited by the imagination of the players.

Well, I've tried imagining the weasel going through the holes, but it still doesn't...

I agree with Subverter that sneaking through holes is essential. I disagree with the idea that it ruins basing, as I've also said many times, but to make the argument moot, just ban the weasel from purepub, same as levi. Better a useful weasel in one arena than a useless weasel in both.

In fairness to Moot, I asked him when he would fix the weasel offhand in pub, and the next day, it had a brick, so at least he is listening.

Try one of the old maps like ?go elitebase, and play that weasel. It feels like a god weasel compared to the current one. Afterburn for days, fast bullets, some decent speed and handling. Actually useful. Remember that? Those were the days.

Dads revenge, wherever you are, may your hemorrhoids be forever raging, and may you pass enough kidney stones to never have to pay for golf balls at the driving range.

[Kontrolz]

X-Radar with little or no energy cost would be good for the weasel. Also, the brick should definitely last for a little longer. The only real purpose it serves at the moment is warping terriers from the flagroom or warping levis/random people for the fun of it. Don't get me wrong that is a lot of fun but the brick could definitely last a little longer to serve a solid tactical purpose in the base or in a fight.

[DankNuggets]

At first I thought the repel was overpowered. It was basically 1/3 of a shark that could occasionally get a kill with bullets (though not in a fr battle due to stray fire).

Then the bullet speed was increased and it could hold it's own again.

The repel was maybe a little over powered, but it compensated for the large size and slow speed of the weasel.

The brick isn't very useful. It can be used to warp people out of base, but unless it's the terrier, they are going to attach right back in. It doesn't last long enough to really block of the flag room, and unless you're being chased very closesly, most people can manuver around it. You can't regreen a brick.

I think I've used it successfully two or three times to block off the flag room and actually have an effect on the game. It is possible. However, it isn't going to do much in a heated game, and doesn't have nearly the impact of a repel. I think to make it a bit more useful, it would have stay in place a little longer or be extended to 4-5 blocks (not sure how that would work if you tried to place it in an area too small). Or, allow it to be greened.

However, the most important change in regards to weasels involves xradar. I can't really think of a reason why they don't have it, and why they can't use it with zero energy cost. It would help against cloaking, but only giving any slight advantage to the weasel itself. It makes the ship more useful and at the same time counters its most valuable tactic.

[Kontrolz]

It doesnt have to help with basing, does a lev help with basing? no but its still around laming everyone isnt it. The aim of this thread is to bring back the small weasel not "get a mile over an inch" or "to help basing". The small weasel is a fun ship and the best ship in fact.

I think youre wrong anyway it makes basing more interesting and fun. If you think it disrupts basing then ban it from the basing pub like levs are. As it is now its completely useless for everything.

I was replying to subverter and his post was about how it didn't help basing.

I think the buy system is much more important than the weasel anyway.

[Mootland Farmer]

The point of giving the Weasel a brick was to make it useful in base. Even when the Weasel isn't in base, it can still be useful. Ships are really only limited by the imagination of the players.

I am looking into making the ?buy system more accessible, like I said in another thread. And by all means, I do not consider giving the Weasel a brick the final thought. Adding the brick was merely a change to invoke some thought in the players minds as to how they could now use the ship.