Arx Ardashir
Imperium Aeternum
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Posted - 2014.01.07 15:59:00 -
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Soraya Xel wrote:I wouldn't class things like the mass driver as a rifle.
Laser Rifle has a near-sniper range, and in a world where each race has a high-range weapon, I expect lasers to be effectively an Amarr sniper rifle. So I'd imagine we'll eventually get long-range precision weapons for the Gallente and Minmatar as well.
Every race has an assault rifle, every race should get an AV weapon, if they don't have one, etc.
I believe the popular concept is that the Mass Driver, Laser Rifle, Shotgun, and Sniper Rifle are the races' "specialist" weapons, as they cover the main weapon philosophies of the races.
Gallente - Extreme Short Range, High Damage
Minmatar - Explosive, low tech (comparatively), gunpowder weapons
Amarr - "Reach out and touch someone" range, laser tech
Caldari - Extreme Long Range
However, things like the Minmatar Precision rifle, which is on the drawing board, seemingly infringe on this theory, as the Precision Rifle looks and sounds like it'll be some sort of sniper rifle, though likely shorter range. We'll have to see if that means things such as racial shotguns and grenade launchers come about because of this, or if the Precision rifle turns out to be something wholly different. Or maybe the Minmatar are just special.
However, on the note of "long-range precision weapons for the Gallente," I have to say that the long-range version of the Gallente's favored Blaster is the rail gun, so I don't think we'll see a unique gun for them, as it'd just be a reskinned rail gun.
In regards to AV, the Caldari have a near monopoly on it, owning 3 out of the 5 available choices: AV Grenades, Swarm Launchers, and Forge Guns. The Gallente have the Plasma Cannon, and the Minmatar have the mines/remote explosives.
@ OP, my response to your post is in my previous ramblings, but I'll TL;DR it here as well:
I don't think these are needed at the moment because of the "specialist weapons" theory that I currently subscribe to, and I definitely don't think the Caldari need any more weapons. They certainly need more suits, but not more weapons, not now.
Amarr HAV Speculation
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