Combat plays a big role in Trailmakers: Airborne. So let’s talk about it.
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The Airborne campaign will feature enemies for the first time in the history of Trailmakers - and with enemies comes combat.
Without revealing too much about the story itself, you probably already guessed that you start out without much power and gradually grow stronger through the campaign - you know, like any other video game.
You will have few tools to fight with in the beginning but you have to make the best of them because the Robot Pirates won’t go easy on you. They’ll be using different kinds of vehicles and formations so you will have to go full Bear Grylls and IMPROVISE, ADAPT, OVERCOME.
You will be tasked with taking down enemies on the ground and in the skies so you will have to constantly expand your vehicle arsenal to deal with the vast threats of the pirate invasion.
With the new aiming system you can adjust the auto aim to be as challenging as you want it to be. A true warrior will have auto aim turned off for the entirety of the campaign but we wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t do that.
Read about the new weapons [here]
Read about the different enemy types [here]
Battling it out with your friends in multiplayer is nothing new but it’s about to get a lot more interesting.
Jump into a server with your friends, divide the teams, and start blasting.
The 1.6 and Airborne update focuses heavily on parts made for building aircrafts (duh) but why not put a rocket launcher on a tank? Or one, nay, TWO miniguns on a dune buggy? We trust the community to find a way to use the new parts to build ground-based war machines the world has never seen before - or slap some wings on your humvee and have a battle of the hybrids.
“This is where the fun begins” - Anakin Skywalker. High speeds, barrel rolls, Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone” playing in the background. Life is good in the skies - so long as you don’t have your friends dismantling your aircraft with miniguns and missiles.
This type of combat is the mantra of Trailmakers: Airborne. We can’t wait to see what kind of agile death-birds the world’s most creative gaming community can come up with.
Airships fighting in an airborne naval battle is ridiculously fun. It’s more slow-paced combat but nonetheless intense. Inflate the balloons, load the cannons, and set sail (kind of) for a new and exciting battleground in Trailmakers.
But these are just a small sample of the possibilities. We are always surprised by what the Trailmakers Community comes up with and we have no reason to believe things will be any different when it comes to the revamped combat system.
Go out there and make us proud! (soon)
The Trailmakers Team