The XB-42 is one of the first units that was modeled for Armageddon Onslaught when AO2 was in conceptual stages (eventually the concept was backburned). I never originally planned to use the model at all after that.
The XB-42 is modelled off of the XB-0 from Ace Combat. I then Armageddon-ized the design and ended up with a 14km wingspan monstrosity that had a total of 18 engines and more weapons than I could count.
Yesterday, I suddenly thought, hey let's add it to AO. I need air units, and the early tiers need some new Legendaries (XB-42 is a Tier 3 legendary).
I tried to make a strafing pattern on the ship but it didn't work out because halt distance is gay and doesn't work right.
But the XB-42 is no less a revolutionary unit.
For starters, it is the first model I've made in
ten years that has engine glows! Special thanks to SgtHK who helped me work out some problems with the particles and set me up with a superior rendering scheme.
Because the XB-42 retains the settings I was using for its strafe attack, it's technically possible for it to strafe targets if they attempt to engage it when it's traveling at high speed.
The XB-42 also boasts the first hand-made explosion graphic I've ever done.
At moderate range, the XB-42 engages with a bombardment system that deals considerable damage and never stops firing.
But there's something else. A little amusing bug I encountered when attempting to get it to fire a wave attack when it enters max range.
For some reason the XB-42 insists on literally flailing around when it fires its wave attack.
Waves of damaging projectiles fly all over the place. If the XB-42 has significant momentum when this begins, it will actually begin circling around and flailing about in an unpredictable pattern, switching between wave attacks and the gatling system because the turning is actually physically moving it around.
Show them your butt, and when you do, slap it so it creates a sound akin to a chorus of screaming spider monkeys flogging a chime with cacti. Only then can you find your destiny at the tip of the shaft.