Drill Rocket
Fri, 2013-06-07 12:54 — sheepluva
[img]/images/wiki/Drill_Rocket.png[/img][h3]Introduction[/h3]Have you ever wondered what happens if a dentist gets into rocket science? You are about to find out!
Use this weapon to teach your enemies a lesson if they think they can play hide-and-seek with you!
[h3]Overview[/h3]The [b]drill rocket[/b] is similar to a bazooka, but instead of just exploding on contact it will drill into the surface of the map and dig a straight tunnel.
The drill rocket will explode when:[list]
[*]leaving the soil it was shot into
[*]hitting a hedgehog
[*]having drilled for 5 seconds
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[h3]Properties[/h3][list]
[*]Maximum damage: 50
[*]Explosion timer: 5s (after it started drilling)
[*]Charge to shoot: Yes
[*]Affected by wind: Yes (while travelling through air)
[*]Ends turn: Yes
[*]Retreat time: 3s
[*]Crate type: Weapon
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[h3]How to use[/h3]Hold the Attack key (default: space bar) to charge the drill rocket and shoot it.
[h3]Hints[/h3][list]
[*]You can shoot with various guns through the drill rocket tunnel! But don't forget: so can your enemy!
[*]If you have a [wiki]portable portal device[/wiki], you can shoot through a drill rocket tunnel to get to the other side
[*]You can drop [wiki]mine[/wiki]s through vertical tunnels created by the drill rocket
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[h3]Trivia[/h3][list]
[*]In old releases there was a bug which caused the drill rocket to explode immediatly if fired directly into a wall (without distance to the shooting hog). This has been fixed.
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[h3]History[/h3][list]
[*]Release 0.9.8: Drill rocket added to the game
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