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Dagger-Two
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Posted - 2013.12.01 19:34:00 -
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Because CCP hadn't modeled them yet :P
No, seriously. there is no reason to believe these weapons or weapons very similar to them hadn't already existed.
I think someone in CCP went overboard proposing the idea that our weapons are some super powerful things only we can wield. Some, yeah, like the DCMA-1 (the forge gun). No normal person could hold that, but then again a merc outside of a heavy dropsuit can't use it either. But plasma rifles, rail-based sniper rifles, the 'mass driver', all of these would easily be wielded by any ordinary person, and indeed in the lore you can find examples that they are.
Dropsuit armour is not some super special awesome nigh-invulnerable thing. It is not impervious to standard weaponry, and it does not make clone soldiers Master Chief's like so many people like to think. It was around before clone soldiers even existed, and the only think truly special about them is the integrated shield system, which is a huge boon for any soldier, but too costly and difficult to implement for standard troops.
I just hate the idea people get that we're all spartan-like super soldiers. We're not; our clones are genetically engineered to be imposing and quite strong, but our biggest advantage is that we learn from every death and come back always better than before. |
Dagger-Two
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Posted - 2013.12.01 22:36:00 -
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You realize, none of the descriptions for ANY of the weapons say anything like that, right? |
Dagger-Two
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Posted - 2013.12.02 01:35:00 -
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While the notion has been mentioned a FEW times by devs working on DUST, you can hardly ignore the fact that it has not been mentioned in any real canon.
Galm Fae wrote:Almost all weaponry used before our time by individuals in New Eden has had to be lower level gauss weaponry, typical projectile ammunition, or laser weaponry that has been dangerous to operate at best.
You can't possibly believe that before 'our time' weapons like the plasma rifle or mass driver did not exist. Our time has been less than 2 years in new eden's history. Plasma and railgun weapons have existed since well before the first Gallente-Caldari war, over 200 years ago. The technology might be better, more refined, like the difference between an M4 and an M27, but it is silly to state that lore-wise these are all new things.
Weapons like these are mentioned in the chronicles, short stories, and novels, going back almost 10 years, which I will take as canon any day over one dev blog by a purely DUST developer. |
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