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"Wobble Drives are super OP, want me to show you how to make one?" "Nope, I got this!"

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That seems safe..

What is it though? I've seen Klang-drives using pistons and doors, but never heard of the Wobble Drive

[–] TheSpaceEngineer 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wobble drives aren't talked about often, but they use a spinning apparatus to screw up enemy targeting. Think of a hammer with decoys on the end spinning around a smaller ship... this used to (and probably still does) create problems for tracking within SE's vanilla systems. I imagine it may also create the same problems for Weaponscore as well.

Essentially, hardcore PVP'ers used/use this tactic to create ships that are very difficult to destroy with automatic tracking. You'd typically be forced to use fixed weapons, and depending on the server your on, those may or may not be effective.

Edit: To clarify further, this is definitely not an example of a wobble drive. This is just a Clangtraption that's gone hilariously wrong/right in a great way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, today I learned :D I haven't done any PvP, so never came across this before