Torpedo/CD Slot based gun

[Horon]

Been thinking of an idea of a new weapon. This weapon function like guns, and has a very small explosion on impact. Well maybe two different ones. A regular version, which...

Does more damage.
Mounted on a Torpedo mount.
Fires slower.
Reaches a bit farther.
Uses a fair amount of energy.

And a light version,

Fires a smidgen faster.
Mounted on CD slot.
Uses less energy.
Shorter range.
Deals less damage.

One effected with Light Fighters, One effective with Heavy and Very heavy fighters. Doesn't use ammo, but uses a decent amount of energy.

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[Jinx]

minirazor much? - or have i missed something. or do you rather mean an ammoless ( like capship missiles ) missile in the torp slot.

the concern would be - fighters are well balanced. - adding one more effective gun on them might mess that up.

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[Horon]

I guess you could say its something like the Swarm used to be, without the homing, or the 2 second wait for it to launch, or the 'uberness' that got it removed...

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[Boss]

In other words...A faster, weaker, cheaper Supernova?

Sounds good to me...

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Just go play the game and have fun dammit.

all in all the conclusion is that disco doesn't need antagonist factions, it doesn't need phantoms, it doesn't need nomads, it doesn't need coalition and it doesn't need many other things, no AIs, the game is hijacked by morons to confuse the game with their dickwaving generic competition games mixed up with troll-of-the-day.

[Ascendancy]

Something like this, may work, of course. A CD Slot based gun would have to be very weak though, maybe 3000 damage or require more power than an Arrow interceptor has, or you could have groups of these guys taking down caps.

Personally though, the way things are are fine, Mini Razors can hardly scratch anything higher than a Gunboat and the big guns of course are restricted to bombers. But, a gun like this may put my interest back into light fighters again...

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The Kalashnikov. Still sees use in the hands of Coalition-aligned anthropomorphic cats Sirius-wide.

[Horon]

3000 damage was not in my plans. This weapon isn't supposed to exactly be a finishing weapon, but to deal damage. 1.5 refire, 500 EP per shot, and maybe around 1000 to 1200 hull damage per shot? Makes a fighter more attack-driven, and not a Mini-Bomber. With my experiences with Light Fighters I don't think that a VHF version would be very helpful on a LF, as it would use too much energy to be truly effective. Thats why I suggested a CD and Torp form. One is suited for VHF's, One is suited for LF's. And since hardly any LF's have torpedo slots, It seemed like a good idea at the time.

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[Ascendancy]

Oh, sounds much better then. Shows you what I know when it comes to reading people's posts...

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The Kalashnikov. Still sees use in the hands of Coalition-aligned anthropomorphic cats Sirius-wide.

[Xing]

sounds interesting.
I'd also love a big area effect - something fun to use against npcs!

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[Horon]

Didn't have a large area in mind, perhaps 30 to 50 meters?

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[Horon]

If I knew how to script I would try making up the weapon to try on my server on my own...

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