Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30638561-20131212005439/@comment-24108228-20131212162738

Flying? I can see what SCARFACIAL will think about this. The only thing in the sky should be my glitch based flying boat. (you saw nothing... I forbid you to patch it!)

In all seriousness, it would be OP as hell. Sure, oil and flax are kinda rare. A bit. The ores? No chance, steel pickaxe trio will get you that in 6 seconds. And then you can fly? Just mine a handful of coal, then sit at flax island. You could make a factory of them. And fly. Screw ladders, lighthouses and welded planks, just fly up there with the dirt cheap balloon. Goodbye floating island, that tribe on plateau, or anywhere really. Just fly above, drop burning leaves off the edge, and if you want, drop a bomb or two. The only people that make ranged weapons anyway are either soloists with a crossbow (you can't make enough bolts for a large tribe), or people next to a chicken spawnpoint with easy access to feathers. You would be defenceless to it, even if the guy in the balloon had only a battle club, and you had mithril.

It is still useable as a troop dropping tool, just add more seats. If you can't do that, because it is too small, add a welded plank, then add more seats. Done. The fact that it cannot be taken down without a ranged weapon, and an incredibly good archer is just adding to the problem. You cant bomb it, as it will be too high to reach with a catapult, and you cant set fire to it even if you dragburned.

I have written a script of what would happen if this was added.

''Tribe Leader: What a great day! Our granaries are full, the village is thriving, and everyone is happy.''

Member of the Tribe: SIR! A hot air balloon is coming!

Tribe Leader: Oh no! They are too high up for us to hit with the crossbows TheRnizam expected us to have!

Guy in the Balloon: Lolololololol ####### noobs!

''Tribe Leader: Noooo! He is dropping burning leaves! Quickly fireproof everything!''

''Member of the Tribe: Its too late! NOOOOO! We spent almost an hour on that!''

You may expect them to have fireproofed everything anyway, but you can drop more than burning leaves from your flying perch, like seats or bombs. It's pretty much dragburning as far as fairness is concerned, as it is simply burning their stuff without any way of them fighting back. And a new way to dragburn is not something we want in the game.

New way to dragburn/ Hot air balloon? Yes No