Incorporate a minimum number of "twists" or minimum distance the projectile has to travel before it is armed and will explode. This is a simple feature of most real world grenade launchers as a safety measure and will help ensure the weapon cannot be used as some kind of super-shotgun. It keeps the weapon locked into mid-range combat. You can still give the projectile some damage capability if you get a direct hit at close range...just not explosive damage..

I don't like, removes risk involved with the MD.

Removes risk involved with the MD.

I have to disagree. Personally, I think it adds risk. If you get caught at close-quarters, you're not going to be able to defend yourself with it unless you are a ridiculously good shot with it. Though, a splash radius increase would be nice. Being able to use grenades at point-blank range without being hit at all is sort of ridiculous. There should be a penalty for using it as close-range.

The mass driver is sighted at 5 meters, 10 meters, 20, 30, and 40 meters.

If the safety was implemented, what do you think of the idea that a direct hit would still do damage but not explode if within the minimum arming distance?

I guess I would be fine with that, but what if the user starts panic spamming and actually kills you. :/

If the safety was implemented, what do you think of the idea that a direct hit would still do damage but not explode if within the minimum arming distance?

If the safety was implemented, what do you think of the idea that a direct hit would still do damage but not explode if within the minimum arming distance?

If the safety was implemented, what do you think of the idea that a direct hit would still do damage but not explode if within the minimum arming distance?

but what if the user starts panic spamming and actually kills you. :/

there are stories in RL of rifle grenades and rpg type weapons not exploding when they hit soft targets i.e people or in the case of dust its merc's. the round would penetrate the person and get lodged inside but the impact detonator in the round would not trigger as the target was too soft. the victim would howether die from the kinetic force sustained from the impact or they would sustain heavy internal damage from it.

if we apply this to MD we have a weapon that does radius damage as usual but if it hits a soft target direct then it would do zero radius damage but would impact that player with direct damage instead. add in the minimum arming range and it sets the MD direct into its expected role.

if ccp worked out some sort of impact calculater then impact damage could be worked out on a range/speed basis.at point blank your MD round would be traveling at its top speed but at this range would not arm but would do max impact damage. as it gets further away the speed decreases and the impact damage would decrease.

at close range impact direct damage is all it will do,

at mid range the round arms allowing for radius/impact damage(but for less impact damage)

at long range(outside optimal) then radius damage still works upto its max range but impact damage is reduced upto a point where it does no damage.

Idea from RydogV in another mass driver *****-a-thon thread:



Basically the MD round won't "explode" within the minimum distance and will only deal direct damage to someone if the round hits them. Seems like an idea that should have been in the game already.

I'd say the minimum distance should be 5 meters since that's the highest blast radius of the weapon but perhaps it could be even further. What do you all think?

If the safety was implemented, what do you think of the idea that a direct hit would still do damage but not explode if within the minimum arming distance?

If the safety was implemented, what do you think of the idea that a direct hit would still do damage but not explode if within the minimum arming distance?

If the safety was implemented, what do you think of the idea that a direct hit would still do damage but not explode if within the minimum arming distance?

If the safety was implemented, what do you think of the idea that a direct hit would still do damage but not explode if within the minimum arming distance?

I guess I would be fine with that, but what if the user starts panic spamming and actually kills you. :/

The mass driver is sighted at 5 meters, 10 meters, 20, 30, and 40 meters. It is specifically made to be used in these distances. It is not a mid-long range weapon, it is a close-mid range weapon. Anything further than 40 meters is not sighted and must be guestimated by the user.

EDIT: Instead of running up close to the MD user, engage at 50 meters. This is further than the furthest sight bar on the md, and is easy for you to avoid the shots while mowing him down with your hit-scan 750 bullet per minute AR.