Flaming Ballista Bolts

Another Ballista bolt upgrade.

Simply allows Ballista bolts to set fire to wood. Perhaps it would deal less damage to stone, and wouldn't penetrate as far, block-wise.

I really don't have much else to add. It'd be a buffer between explosive and regular, and would effectively be a Ballista bolt wrapped in cloth, like the fire arrows.

 

+1
Ballistas are mostly used for spawn points or ramming players from what I've seen. With this at least people could be interested in using it.

 

Another way that this isn't overpowered is that the bolt would quickly catch fire so allies couldn't use it for climbing purposes. It should also set fire to things faster than normal fire arrows

 

This idea is great, I tend to never use ballistas but it would be great to see this. +1

 

That, my friend, is a great idea. Even though I rarely see Ballista ladders.

These could go in w/ a Ballista bomb nerf, to encourage the flaming bolts instead of spamming the bombs.

 

Why would anyone want this when an archer's fire arrows are easier to get, more useful, easier to aim, cheaper, and don't take up the ever valuable bomb-bolts slot on a ballista? Not to mention the archer's most unique niche is fire ATM, and you wanna take that away from them?

 

When I said "Penetrate", I meant going through a block, as long as it's a 1x1 tower.

This would open the possibility of penetrating a 1x1 stone tower, and burning the shops behind it. Of course, none of this is useful against bomb bolts, since you can sit there and destroy the enemy base in safety, which is why these would go in w/ a bomb bolt nerf.

Perhaps that's too much.

 

Why don't we make napalm arrows? Archers arn't op enough....

 

Don't attract the archer debate. Flaming bolts would effect all classes, anyways.

 

How about every class gets fire arrows?
Problem solved.

 

I kinda like this idea. +1 Especially like @TheDirtySwine said about no ballista arrow ladders.

 

Would it make all bolts after the upgrade flammable or would it be an ammo type that you can buy in the shops?

 

Preferably like the bomb upgrade.