Why doesn't CCP add a weapon customization mechanic?

it would be pretty simple to be honest and could open a whole lot of aspects of the game for people to explore.

At the loudout options you would just add weapon to vehicle and dropsuits. From there you could customize a weapon much like you can dropsuits and vehicles.

The basic form of weapon customization would just be a sight slot, maybe a stock slot and internal mechanism slots. the IM slots would have fire rate modifiers. Lock on time and accuracy modifiers. Damage ratio modifiers (how much it effects shields and armour). Range modifiers (obviously would effect projectile velocity and damage). And obviously, Damage modifiers. Maybe you could add a 'Trait' slot to make a basic assault rifle into a breach, or tactical assault rifle, treating weapons exactly like drop suits.

A more advanced option might be added that could be added to dropsuits as well were parts could be found as battle rewards and these parts could be put together in various ways. So could could put a breach mechanism in (making a slow firing, high firepower weapon), tactical sight on it (from the tactical assault rifle), normal stock on it (that has a better recoil reduction than breach or tactical) and a tactical barrel (more accurate/predictable).

Adding the more advanced option could open up the idea of a scavenging in the inevitable horde mode.









You will made horde/PvE won't you CCP... you did say you would...

Why doesn't CCP add a weapon customization mechanic?

it would be pretty simple to be honest and could open a whole lot of aspects of the game for people to explore.

At the loudout options you would just add weapon to vehicle and dropsuits. From there you could customize a weapon much like you can dropsuits and vehicles.

The basic form of weapon customization would just be a sight slot, maybe a stock slot and internal mechanism slots. the IM slots would have fire rate modifiers. Lock on time and accuracy modifiers. Damage ratio modifiers (how much it effects shields and armour). Range modifiers (obviously would effect projectile velocity and damage). And obviously, Damage modifiers. Maybe you could add a 'Trait' slot to make a basic assault rifle into a breach, or tactical assault rifle, treating weapons exactly like drop suits.

A more advanced option might be added that could be added to dropsuits as well were parts could be found as battle rewards and these parts could be put together in various ways. So could could put a breach mechanism in (making a slow firing, high firepower weapon), tactical sight on it (from the tactical assault rifle), normal stock on it (that has a better recoil reduction than breach or tactical) and a tactical barrel (more accurate/predictable).

Adding the more advanced option could open up the idea of a scavenging in the inevitable horde mode.
You will made horde/PvE won't you CCP... you did say you would...

Who cares about customized guns, only you will see it. Dropsuits on the otherhand.....I don't care about either because I'm not playing Project Runway.

Who cares about customized guns, only you will see it. Dropsuits on the otherhand.....I don't care about either because I'm not playing Project Runway.

I think having weapons with slots for fitting upgrades would be a great idea... Just kidding, I can just imagine all the ARs with damage mods and hip fire spread reduction mods jammed into them.
Also, isn't this type of system already implemented somewhat through leveling specific skills in each weapon?

Only doing it in a way that hides it's OP-ness behind mods, instead of getting a solid base before adding it?

P.S. Don't we already have this with Assault/Tac/Breach/etc variations of most weapons as well as all racial variants eventually?

The T3 weapon systems, are supposedly going to be a "build-it-your-way" kinda job

you get a basic frame for the weapon, then you choose your magazine casing, barrel type, firing mechanism, working assembly and of course your attachments.

So lets take the hmg as an example, you choose a dual mag cross threaded mag casing, gives incredibly fast ROF and high mag capacity, but reload speed is phenomally long[/qoute]

Magazine capacity, yes. Reload speed, yes. ROF, probably not, and if yes, the increase would be negligible.



The barrel would do diddly squat to the performance of the bullet (or damage REALLY), turning from a copper bullet to an armour piercing bullet. It would just make it more accurate at short to medium range, far range being effected by wind once the kinetic energy dwindles.

[quote]then you go for a full auto firing mechanism, and a spooling working assembly, that speeds up ROF overtime, decreases heat but comes at the price of accuracy and ads (presume Aim Down Sight) capabilities.

If its just going to be T3 instead of T1 T2 and T3 then thats gonna be pretty ****. I don't see the same happening with vehicles and dropsuits. I can kind of accept it if they made it that the weapons get more customizable the more advanced they are, but to outright lock customization to T3's then CCP is going full ******.


I wanted to say a system like that but it sounds a bit out of place when the dropsuit AND vehicle loadouts use the same system; Weapons, low power modules and high power modules. Having a system that picks out each individual part would be too out of place. They could of easily done it with vehicles and probably done it with dropsuits.


But my interpretation of it isn't like yours were it seems like yours is like Borderlands were a part effects the netire gun and not its own part, if you know what I mean. I'll explain.


(*)Magazine capacity, yes. Reload speed, yes. ROF, probably not, and if yes, the increase would be negligible.

(**)The barrel would do diddly squat to the performance of the bullet (or damage REALLY), turning from a copper bullet to an armour piercing bullet. It would just make it more accurate at short to medium range, far range being effected by wind once the kinetic energy dwindles.

(***)Again, the mechanism (both firing and spooling) would do diddly to the damage, ADS or accuracy, simply effecting the ROF and heat.

The other reason that critiziing your post reminded me is that due to there being electromagnetically (EM) driven weapons, as well as 'projectile' (bullets with gunpowder) means that each part would work differently, meaning the HMG (projectile) barrel would simply effect accuracy, while the Assault rifle (hybrid) would effect damage and accuracy and the scrambler (EM) would effect just damage (and probably focal point), and the laser rifle (EM) would be focal point (and probably damage).

Making the system you proposed would be WAY too complicated.