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Bring Surfboard back

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20 months ago
Why not?
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20 months ago
I saw from another thread that it was buggy, but let's go for it!
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20 months ago
ya, load a submarine, and unload it through a wall into another pond was awesome.
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For the purposes of transporting land units from one place to another, I don't remember Surfboard ever being a better option than at least one of Djinn or air transports in any scenario.

That leaves the usecase of using Surfboard as a firing platform for land units on sea, which also was never very practical. (And possibly a few janky borderline-bug uses.)

Somebody would have to do a lot of work to make Surfboard compatible with the changes that have happened since its removal, and then to maintain it into the future. Perhaps such a somebody can be found, but it sure isn't going to be me.
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20 months ago
For starters I'd want Surfboard to be a Hover rather than a ship. Being able to mingle on the land to load/unload rather than having to reach across the coastline seems like a good way to avoid a lot of the jank.
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20 months ago
I want a floating mobile platform I can build on. That would make water awesome.
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4 months ago
Are the devs working on bringing it back?
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I do not think there are any plans to bring Surfboard back. As a unit it does not have much of a purpose in ZK.

I have spent more time in my life fixing bugs with Surfboard than I have spent actually controlling a Surfboard in a game.
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4 months ago
No
-Somekid Nov. 3 2023
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4 months ago
It's on the FW todo list. The redesigned surfboard would be a hovercraft utility that has hover pathing, and can hold ships and striders with a shield projector and it would be considered a 'firebase' (so units could fire from the transport). Currently it is awaiting a model.
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4 months ago
quote:
I have spent more time in my life fixing bugs with Surfboard than I have spent actually controlling a Surfboard in a game.


But thats not the poor surfboards fault, is it?
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4 months ago
I think it would make sense for surfboard to return as part of a trainfac.
It would be a car that can be attached to the train, so it can't move by itself.
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4 months ago
quote:
I think it would make sense for surfboard to return as part of a trainfac.
It would be a car that can be attached to the train, so it can't move by itself.

train factory mentioned on unrelated thread, drink a shot
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