Can you fire nukes out of artillery?

[Antarata]

If not, that should be a thing

[impetus_maximus]

OP + OP = too OP

[Antarata]

They are expensive anyway.

The only time where that would be a problem would be in pvp multiplayer. Just build an artillery cannon near their base and load up a nuke. If you are quick, you could very well place it, load, fire, pick up the artillery and run away before the enemy artillery lands it's shot.

[THE kilroy]

Perhaps you would be interested in the orbital ion cannon mod

[avrilianb]

Originally posted by THE kilroy:

Perhaps you would be interested in the orbital ion cannon mod

I prefer nuclear over ion Cannon.

[Gluth]

Why use nukes when artillery can shot few shots per second and there is no critter hut which could survive direct strike? It will clean up all existing bases in perimeter and won't allow critters to set a new one.

Fun things are happening when you have clean perimeter and extend artillery range, and suddenly, you see all your cannons, across whole base, are shooting at once, and then all those poor homeless critters are coming to chew your walls and eat some fresh laser shots.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95YsMbkMge0

[THE kilroy]

Cause artillery does clear all the natives surrounding the nest targeted, where as nuke vaporizes quiet the square footage. Also would be cool looking and makes way more sense than a shoulder mounted rocket launcher deployment. But i still agree with max to n that nuops are already kinda op

[Gluth]

It does not have to clear them, critters got triggered by nest attack and nicely go to the place from fires were shot. If you surround artillery with turrets you will get rid both of their huts (on site) and critters (near the artillery).

[Antarata]

I just thought of an alternative to launching a rocket with a sattelite.

An ICBM. With a nuclear warhead. It would obliterate a massive chunk of the map, killing all forests, biters, player-built things and (possibly) reduce the amount of ore in affected deposits by 10%