Mastikator2 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 The Oxium Osprey is said to be an offensive Osprey, yet it has poor offensive capabilities and will commit suicide when it is attacked, make it tougher/faster, equip it with a Penta and make it not commit suicide, it would be the corpus equivalent to Bombard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detheroc Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Yeah stick a penta on its nose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zat-bust Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Rudolph the reindeer would be so jelly. That would be so funny in kappa, when you see 20 oxium ospreys with pentas, bombarding you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AscendantWyvern Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Frankly...I agree with this if only to make more varied (and challenging) Corpus variants. I mean....why do the Grineer get to have all the fun? (rhetorical question...I know DE has a hard-on for the Grineer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mak_Gohae Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Frankly...I agree with this if only to make more varied (and challenging) Corpus variants. I mean....why do the Grineer get to have all the fun? (rhetorical question...I know DE has a hard-on for the Grineer) The Corpus ARE religious businessmen. They should technically be hiring Grineer for their soldier work. Maybe in the future the Corpus will get Grineer bodyguards and the Grineer will start purchasing and using Corpus bots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedemon Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I know DE has a hard-on for the Grineer how could they not get a hard on seeing all that twisted and decaying flesh... about the rest they could just get more armor, speed and damage, the suicide i think it made sense in the original oxium event but not any longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiiat Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 an Oxium themed Weapon would be neat, rather than Explosives. a suicide Drone doesn't seem to make sense for a Drone that's featuring a lighter-than-air crystal/metal. unless it's also conveniently an explosive? which in that case... Zephyr should have 1Shields and 1HP! :p not sure what such a Weapon would be though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastikator2 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 an Oxium themed Weapon would be neat, rather than Explosives. a suicide Drone doesn't seem to make sense for a Drone that's featuring a lighter-than-air crystal/metal. unless it's also conveniently an explosive? which in that case... Zephyr should have 1Shields and 1HP! :p not sure what such a Weapon would be though... It's the armor that is oxium, not the weapon. The Oxium Osprey can carry a lot of armor because the armor is super light, so it can be airborne, fast and extremely durable. The problem is that it a) commits suicide (a bad strategy) and b) doesn't have any real firepower, it's a flying tank that commits suicide. It doesn't make any sense. It should have a penta to rain death on its enemies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiiat Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 It's the armor that is oxium, not the weapon. The Oxium Osprey can carry a lot of armor because the armor is super light that does make more sense. but i don't want more of the same Enemies, no thanks. every Enemy shouldn't be a reskin of the Napalm / Bombard. that's bland central. maybe something crazy and out there will come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastikator2 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) By equivalent I mean have the same role. What I propose is that the Oxium Osprey has its suicide retard programming removed and instead is changed to have more speed and be equipped with a Penta (a corpus weapon that the corpus don't use for some reason). This would mean that instead of being annyoing, it would be a real threat. Oxium Ospreys right now have to be killed quickly for no other reason than you wanting Oxium, if it wasn't for Oxium dropping then the Oxium Osprey is literally trivial (since you could just shoot it once and let it kill itself). If it was made faster and more agile while retaining its heavy armor and equipped with a Penta then it would be an actual threat, it would be hard to kill for 2 reasons (similar to the Bombard that you can't approach and has lots of armor), which is that it's hard to aim at and has a lot of armor. Very different from the bombard in how it works, but still a real challenge to the player. A challenge that isn't contingent on the player wanting Oxium. Edit- I should also note that since the Penta is very different from the Ogris, an Oxium Osprey with a Penta could in theory shoot several grenades all over the place and wait until someone approaches them to detonate them. This tactic is very different from the Bombard. The only thing they'd share is lots of armor and bombs. 2nd Edit- The reason I mentioned the Bombard is because the Grineer have several "big gun" type units that are hard to kill and do a lot of damage. While the Corpus only have the Corpus Tech, which isn't that hard to kill and not really dangerous. The Corpus NEED a dangerous unit. Edited March 22, 2014 by Mastikator2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxbomb Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) an Oxium themed Weapon would be neat, rather than Explosives. a suicide Drone doesn't seem to make sense for a Drone that's featuring a lighter-than-air crystal/metal. unless it's also conveniently an explosive? which in that case... Zephyr should have 1Shields and 1HP! :p not sure what such a Weapon would be though... I'll be honest, when DE first announced the Oxium Osprey I was expecting some really tough mini-boss enemy with anti-gravity/shockwave based attacks. Was honestly disappointed that it was just a Fusion Drone re-skin that kills itself. I agree with both you and the OP, either give the Osprey a Penta and have them fire grenades at the player mortar-style, or give them an entirely new, unique weapon. Edited March 22, 2014 by Paradoxbomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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