The lightning spire : emp based superweapon

ive noticed zk dosent have any emp based superweapons so id like to propose one:

the lightning spire
nuke type superweapon
cost 3500
load time 1 minute
cost 300e/s to load at maximum speed
~bb range

targeted lighning storm (nuke sized area)~geting hit by 5 stileto
20sec emp timer

maybe give it a animation 10-15 seconds before it hits of a massive lightning cloud so people with mobile units have a chance to GTFO


uses: nuking shieldspammers, taking out porc whores, zapping antinukes, poor mans nuke, assisting assult


the actual cost of a functional lightning spire is 3500 for building, and 4000 for singu so its fairly balanced




imo would be cool thing to see ingame

the counter is not porcing XD

thats what the 15 second warning animation is for, it tells you to move your shit

also closing ddm/anni would work too if your grid dosent get knocked out

the other option is investing in a 3500m shieldball, sneaking in a skuttle/sythe, building a spare antinook, or having enough reserve units to defend the emped crap for the 20 seconds that it would be vulnerable

i opted for charging cost rather then grid link to prevent people from just rushing one out as soon as grid is linked, and making it so that building 10 lightning spires dose actualy drain your econ (recuring cost of 3000e/s instead of onetime cost of 300e for all of them)

I like letting the emp weapon have no charge up and just fire whenever you tell it to, but if you dont charge it up, the emp discharge should be very weak. Make it exponential to encourage charging. At full charge it could disable a large area for ~20 seconds or whatever, but also it could fire weaker bursts for a smaller radius and shorter disabled time.

I liked the classic idea of big guns draining e when they fire. Maybe even give the thing a slider of how much e you want to pump into it. I dont think its the only weapon with an energy cost... but other weapons should cost more e to operate imo.

I want nukes to emp the area below them if they explode in the sky. I often read that's what nukes do and think it would be really interesting to try this in ZK.

Oh, wait, plasma also causes emp. So let's also enable emp for that, too. And Energy Machine Gun? well, no-brainer, it should cause EMP too. Long live the emp-glaives.

Speaking of glaives. Since bandit no longer regenerates, can we at least have it turn its torso with speed worth mention? Currently it's vastly outclassed by glaive while costing more.

I want a version that shoots flame. It will be called the Spire o' Fire.

I want it to dance too... Dancing Choir Spire o' Fire!

I support it being a missile so that antinukes can stop it.

i am totaly against antinukes for this...

if you want an anti against lightning spire, i would be in support of a small, but verry strong shield structure costing ~800m to block the lightning strikes from a specific structure (antinuke, anni, ddm) over a verry small area (~150)

a powerfull long range anti- anything in my opinion is crap, it ruins the game, and provides too much porc potential, especialy against a weapon that is a porc buster.

imo antinukes should also cost more, to encourage that you actualy try to kill enemy nuke instead of retardporc...

In the case of a nuke I think EMP would be somewhat unnecessary. On one hand if the nuke hits pretty much everything will be dead so EMP would be redundant. In the case of EMP in with anti-nuke I fear that it would make the nuke impossible to defend against. Even if you had an anti-nuke; the EMP would ruin whatever you were doing so defending against a nuke would become pretty much impossible. I like the idea of an EMP superweapon, though I would guess it should be cheaper unless the time was through the roof.