Alshain Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Todays DevNotes came out and I am greatly upset by the news that one of my favorite tanks is being rendered useless. It's a great tank for fine tuning fuel content, it's an eye pleasing design, it works great for rover jump jets, it has a ton of uses. Now, it will apparently have Xenon. I would like to see them reconsider this change. What do you think?EDIT:Success!Max announced on Squadcast that there will be a new Xenon tank and the Round-8 will remain unchanged! Thank you Squad! Edited April 18, 2015 by Alshain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam_Jones Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Why not both?One has LF/OOne has Xenon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windspren Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Hopefully they will see this thread and the poll results and reconsider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katateochi Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 What!? that tank is so versatile, ok it's a little quirky, prone to accidentally stacking two inside each other but it has so many uses. Plus it's the ONLY thing in the game with that gold foil texture; I've used it on Apollo replica landers before just because it had that color! And as you say great for small things (where the oscarB doesn't fit well). Without that tank it basically means that all micro probes will be made out of oscarB tanks, we need part diversity in stock. Why can't they just add another Xenon tank and leave the round-8 alone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KandoKris Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Noooooo not my cute little orange ring.. But but but... All my little craft ... I hope they change there mind I like that little tank it goes so well with the 48-S7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alshain Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Why not both?One has LF/OOne has XenonI think that qualifies under the first poll option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I'm not going to flip any tables over it but I do like the little tank. I used it on one of my favorite 1-person ships ever: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexinTokyo Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I also voted to keep the current Round-8.Taking away one of only two 0.675 m LFO tanks seems to me too limiting in terms of design for small probes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlubber Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Keep it as it is, it is excellent for service modules you can shove in the capsule decoupler. Not only that, many of my probes rely on it. Please Squad, give us a fuel select checkbox. At least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallius Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Keep the old tank, and make a color change for the equivalent size xenon tank. Very simple change, and no more confusing than the Liquid fuel vs. LFO tanks we saw with space planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pthigrivi Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Haha thats funny I was just so effing excited to have a 1.25 xenon tank. I never use the Round8 but I see the appeal. I voted for xenon because we need that tank but having both is fine with me too. Also if you're getting hour long burns you're doing it wrong. Edited April 15, 2015 by Pthigrivi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelib Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I wouldn't make assumptions about the loss of a fuel tank until we see the complete part list. Maybe it's being replaced with something more useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 WHy not make a copy of it for xenon? Or a stock version of real fuels (pick Mixed, LFO, mono, or xenon for anything). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yellow Dart Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I still can't believe that Squad hasn't adopted toggle-able tanks like in B9 so we can choose what we want in a tank. It is such a no brainer, solves so many problems and essentially multiplies the usefulness of the stock parts inventory while decreasing the actual number of parts needed. No more need for Jet fuel tanks and rocket tanks and mono tanks. Just tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlcarneiro Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I still can't believe that Squad hasn't adopted toggle-able tanks like in B9 so we can choose what we want in a tank. It is such a no brainer, solves so many problems and essentially multiplies the usefulness of the stock parts inventory while decreasing the actual number of parts needed. No more need for Jet fuel tanks and rocket tanks and mono tanks. Just tanks.If possible, what he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I still can't believe that Squad hasn't adopted toggle-able tanks like in B9 so we can choose what we want in a tank. It is such a no brainer, solves so many problems and essentially multiplies the usefulness of the stock parts inventory while decreasing the actual number of parts needed. No more need for Jet fuel tanks and rocket tanks and mono tanks. Just tanks.Toggle-able tanks? No, we need procedural tanks. The stock tank and wing system is infuriatingly bad, the devs should take a lesson from the procedural mods, so much better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegrade Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Oh crap, I was thinking that they were replacing the Oscar (0.625m cylindrical), not the Round8 (the life preserver).My current save actually uses a pair of Round8s to provide enough delta-v for my Mun lander - it was 1440dv with it's 1.25m tanks, which fell just a tiny bit short of my requirements for a safety margin/maneuvering. There was no space to neatly add a single 1.25m tank, so I attached the Round8s under the two Science Jrs it carries radially, which pushed it up to 1662m/s.While I'm not opposed to a new tank or the new tank sharing a mesh with an existing one, I don't approve of the loss of this tank. Or the oscar-b for that matter (although that tank is kinda extra-miserable stats-wise and smugly). Also, we need moar 0.625m tanks, not less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelib Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I still can't believe that Squad hasn't adopted toggle-able tanks like in B9 so we can choose what we want in a tank. It is such a no brainer, solves so many problems and essentially multiplies the usefulness of the stock parts inventory while decreasing the actual number of parts needed. No more need for Jet fuel tanks and rocket tanks and mono tanks. Just tanks.I think everyone wants this, but there are likely some challenges around implementing this into career mode in a meaningful way. I would guess that this is probably something on the list, but where remains to be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-RanZ- Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 keep it as is! Why not just add another tank? Going to take more people voting to get the attention of the devs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) I want it to change, I'll just empty it if I don't want xenon.EDIT:Changed my mind. Edited April 17, 2015 by Mad Rocket Scientist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattinoz Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 If the Round8 is going to be for 1.25 inline use then doesn't it need a structural cage around it. Which makes it a whole new model anyway?Why not keep both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twreed87 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Guys, is it possible we've misinterpreted the comment? Have they clarified? They said they were repurposing it, could that mean they're just duplicating the model and texture and providing a second, new Xenon tank and leaving the old one? It does seem really silly to just get rid of a perfectly useful part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragosnat Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Yeah. I have used that to get a little bit extra delta-v's for MY SSTO planes. Very useful for when you only need a tiny amount of fuel. Make it useable for both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Guys, is it possible we've misinterpreted the comment? Have they clarified? They said they were repurposing it, could that mean they're just duplicating the model and texture and providing a second, new Xenon tank and leaving the old one? It does seem really silly to just get rid of a perfectly useful part.Hard to misinterpret this post from HarvesteR in this week's devnotes thread:Looking at the ROUND8's stats, it was redundant with the Oscar-Tank, except in terms of design. We needed an inline Xenon tank much more than we needed another low-capacity LFO tank for probes. You are, of course, free to mod it back to its original specs if you want to, or create another cfg to have both variants. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbia Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 BringBackTheRound8 Petition, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts