DUST Search - The Problem with Closed Beta Sights

Aeon Amadi wrote:

Kara Anschel wrote:

Aeon Amadi wrote:

/Shrug

Mass Effect 1 explained it as having a "magazine" which was really just a big block of metal that was fed into the gun and had shavings fired out as fletchettes through a rail-way, thus eliminating the need to reload. With the exception of explosives and lasers, I could see this being a suitable explanation in Eve Online. All in all, the explanation doesn't really need to make sense as Eve Online developers have already admitted that they don't operate on Newtonian Physics.

Practicality, however... is a completely different story...

Except, in Mass Effect they just shot bullets at each other. Not traditional rifle rounds, rail slugs, laser charges, motherfucking plasma, grenade shells, etc. etc. So no, that explanation wouldn't make sense.

If they wanted to explain it that way, they totally could. Makes more sense than manufacturing lead rounds in a factory by default 23,000 years into the future. It's nanites. There's not exactly a handbook on what nanites are capable of and considering that, by definition, the explanation for Mass Effect's weaponry explains -rail slugs almost to the letter- I think it's a pretty bullshit argument to completely discount the realm of possibility considering railguns fire projectiles that do not contain explosives or propellants.

All in all, it's Eve Online/Dust 514's creative license. Far as I'm concerned they can explain it with black magic, witchcraft and voodoo and I wouldn't complain as long as it was practical.


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Cat Merc Ahrendee Mercenaries Dirt Nap Squad. 8049	Posted - 2014.04.04 05:41:00 - [1] - Quote I want my four eyes to have a use dammit! My intentions is to have a fun game for everyone. If I seem to be biased, I have good hard data to back it up.
Cat Merc Ahrendee Mercenaries Dirt Nap Squad. 8052	Posted - 2014.04.04 06:00:00 - [2] - Quote Aeon Amadi wrote: medomai grey wrote: Lore that makes logical sense?! It's a witch! Burn it! Ever wonder how nanohive's nanites magically become the munitions for your weapons; nanites becoming plasma, gunpowder, battery fluid? The only way this is possible is if nano-hives stores these materials or alchemy. And nanohives don't look like they could store the required energy for alchemy. /Shrug Mass Effect 1 explained it as having a "magazine" which was really just a big block of metal that was fed into the gun and had shavings fired out as fletchettes through a rail-way, thus eliminating the need to reload. With the exception of explosives and lasers, I could see this being a suitable explanation in Eve Online. All in all, the explanation doesn't really need to make sense as Eve Online developers have already admitted that they don't operate on Newtonian Physics. Practicality, however... is a completely different story... Yeah, it doesn't really fit when we're firing plasma, lasers, etc'. In ME it's just bullets and sometimes lasers. My intentions is to have a fun game for everyone. If I seem to be biased, I have good hard data to back it up.
Cat Merc Ahrendee Mercenaries Dirt Nap Squad. 8052	Posted - 2014.04.04 06:03:00 - [3] - Quote Aeon Amadi wrote: Kara Anschel wrote: Aeon Amadi wrote: /Shrug Mass Effect 1 explained it as having a "magazine" which was really just a big block of metal that was fed into the gun and had shavings fired out as fletchettes through a rail-way, thus eliminating the need to reload. With the exception of explosives and lasers, I could see this being a suitable explanation in Eve Online. All in all, the explanation doesn't really need to make sense as Eve Online developers have already admitted that they don't operate on Newtonian Physics. Practicality, however... is a completely different story... Except, in Mass Effect they just shot bullets at each other. Not traditional rifle rounds, rail slugs, laser charges, motherfucking plasma, grenade shells, etc. etc. So no, that explanation wouldn't make sense. If they wanted to explain it that way, they totally could. Makes more sense than manufacturing lead rounds in a factory by default 23,000 years into the future. It's nanites. There's not exactly a handbook on what nanites are capable of and considering that, by definition, the explanation for Mass Effect's weaponry explains -rail slugs almost to the letter- I think it's a pretty bullshit argument to completely discount the realm of possibility considering railguns fire projectiles that do not contain explosives or propellants. All in all, it's Eve Online/Dust 514's creative license. Far as I'm concerned they can explain it with black magic, witchcraft and voodoo and I wouldn't complain as long as it was practical. Nanites are magical. End of story. My intentions is to have a fun game for everyone. If I seem to be biased, I have good hard data to back it up.