Pictures from 1.5 Update

Carnius · Grenadier **Joined**: 23 Apr 2007

Just two pictures this time. Detail of Banshee and Bike. Community request it so here we go.

TEManual_NOD_Bike.jpg

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Little to say about bike. Maybe more health will be good improvement of this unit.

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TEManual_NOD_Banshee.jpg

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Afterburner is possible new ability of banshee as requested by community. It will very likely replace enhanced avionics as upgrade so this ability will be build in. Hopefully this will improve banshee usefulness.

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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

That bike looks pretty good.

As for the Banshee, it is a fighter, so it should attack aircraft by default. Though Enhanced Avionics sounds more interesting IMO than Afterburners.

Valdez · Tiberian Fiend **Joined**: 30 Nov 2008

Banshee looks much better now. The older banshee had some design issues with the pointy wingtips IIRC.

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The banshee is more of a ground support aircraft. Always has been since TS.

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Cantdrawbutmod · Rocket Cyborg **Joined**: 19 Oct 2009

Valdez wrote:

The banshee is more of a ground support aircraft. Always has been since TS.

In TS,there was a fighter and a bomber for each side,so the banshee was NOD bomber.
Since the banshee seems to be based on the Storm Rider (AA/AG) to some extent ,and with the threat of the alien air forces,it could be a logical improvement to give it anti-air ability.

blubb · General **Joined**: 31 Jul 2005

the banshee was afaik supposed to be unit/armor vehicle interceptor, not a bomber, of course everyone used it to attack key structures aswell but its not a real bomber as that.

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Valdez · Tiberian Fiend **Joined**: 30 Nov 2008

Well a bomber drops bombs. The banshee does not do that. It is a ground support aircraft, like the Su-25 Frogfoot or A-10 Thunderbolt. A bomber is dedicated to bombing, like the B-52

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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

No, the Banshee was a fighter in the campaign. However, for game play reasons most likely they used it as a Nod bomber.

Valdez · Tiberian Fiend **Joined**: 30 Nov 2008

You can't call it a bomber unless it does nothing but drop bombs... "bomber" isn't a term used to describe anything that simply attacks ground targets. It's for that reason you don't call the A-10 a bomber, or the orca a bomber (except of course for the orca that does drop bombs)

If it were a fighter, it'd be primarily used to attack enemy aircraft, not stuff like the Mammoth MK II

Back to original topic, whether or not it can attack aircraft by default is up to game play balance. Frankly, the Banshee is one of the top tier units of Nod, and if its default attack is restricted to aircraft, it'd have to be so good at attacking aircraft that it'd make laser venoms redundant as AA.

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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

Well then it is a fighter bomber. Razz

Anyhow, the TS style Banshee is fine. No reason to make it a fighter just because I said it was.