Turbolaser Defense Tower image - Rise of the Mandalorians mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
The Empire has fallen and a New Republic is born out of the conflict. But in the ashes of civil war, yet another life stirs...
Turbolaser Defense Tower
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The redesign here was inspired by the Turbolaser Towers in Battlefront 2015. They will have the same stats and such as the original towers but I chose this model because the other towers just didn't make sense. The towers depicted in the original game are supposed to be MASSIVE. We're talking several stories high...a small skyscraper with a turret on top. That kind of scale just wouldn't work right for how Turbolaser Towers are used in EaW ground battles. Hence the redesign...
That door on the rear is a nice touch.
That's actually a little detail I picked up from the BF2015 turbolaser :)
I didn't even see it there until I started looking up references to make this model...and I played hours upon hours of that game.
It's so boxy, I love it! Does it rotate at the middle section, or at the bottom?
As with all turbolaser defense towers, only the top section rotates.
Giant metal box of death. Nice.
"Giant metal box of death."
How to describe the entire Imperial military in 5 words or less...
I was playing EA battlefront 2 today and these were just props for the massive gate to the imperial Base on Endor but I was just thinking these would be be decent replacements for the base game turbo laser towers.
Are all factions getting unique ones ?
because if you check on the yavin map on that game on the first phase there is a different design for a ground turbo laser
Those turbolasers are even more scaled down but yes, the plan was to include unique turbolaser towers for every faction. I don't know if that will make it into the skirmish release...but it is in the long-term plan.
I've noticed that in some mods, the turbolasers will attack bombers and air units, as well as ground units.
Will this be the case in this mod?
Yes it will. All turrets will target everything...it's just that some will be better at taking out certain units that others. The turbolasers will be generally good against everything though, since they are more expensive and so on.
That also makes artillery that more useful.
Exactly. Thats one of my main complaints about the base game is that some units are outright useless except for canon fodder...especially late-game.
If I'm gonna pay credits for it, I want it to have a use. Also...strategy. Canon fodder units just encourage unit spam or "zergling rush".
EDIT: Just for the record, I love zergling rush... But only in Starcraft. lol
So pretty! ALL BUNNIES TO BATTLE STATIONS!
I'm imagining a Peppy Hare portrait appearing in the corner of the screen now... "All bunnies to battle stations! DO A BARREL ROLL!"
Very nice work Far, as always :)
Thank you sir!
Your workmanship is brilliant, the_Farseer! Beautiful job, sir!