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Arkena Wyrnspire
Fatal Absolution
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Posted - 2014.05.12 22:35:00 -
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The 'feel' of weapons is an important part of immersion.
If you fire a powerful weapon, would you prefer to hear a small 'pew' and see a mostly static screen or would you like to hear a great roaring and have the weapon kick like a mule?
At the moment in DUST a lot of weapons don't feel very satisfying to operate. If you look at the Plasma Rifle, for instance, the firing sound is relatively quiet and there is very little recoil. There is a token muzzle flash and then a bit of a tracer line.
I think that this could be improved. Thematically, the weapon is a terrifying tool of destruction spraying superheated plasma. The feel at the moment just doesn't seem to convey that.
If the weapon had a meatier firing sound and more aesthetic kick - it doesn't have to be actual kick, if that would interfere with weapon balance (the assault scrambler rifle has aesthetic kick) as well as the visuals of the shots being improved I feel that would go a long way to improving immersion and generally make weapons more fun to operate.
For an example of this done mostly right, look at the scrambler rifle. The 'lightning' effect it had on the shots is apparently coming back in Legion (confirmed by CCP Logibro on Twitter) and this combined with little things like the heat sinks glowing red hot as the weapon is operated will make it much more satisfying to use. Lighting effect at 2:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ-DiQQZ3wo
A lot of weapons could have this kind of treatment to make them generally more fun to play with.
You have long since made your choice. What you make now is a mistake.
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Arkena Wyrnspire
Fatal Absolution
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Posted - 2014.05.13 09:29:00 -
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There already seems to have been some work on this in Legion, actually - looking at the rail rifle you can see the slide hammering as the weapon fires.
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Arkena Wyrnspire
Fatal Absolution
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Posted - 2014.05.15 08:48:00 -
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Leeroy Gannarsein wrote:Arkena Wyrnspire wrote:There already seems to have been some work on this in Legion, actually - looking at the rail rifle you can see the slide hammering as the weapon fires. Do you mean things like the way the Magsec's spinny thing spins when you spool it?
This kind of detail, yeah. I'm sure there are lots of nifty things that can be done for most weapons like this.
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Would you describe the HMG as having done it 'right'?
Would a noticeable steam or smoke coming off the barrel of the blaster rifle, as well as a more sonorous sound, perhaps, be the sort of thing you're looking for?
(Forgive my being bad at words; my only defense is that I'm sleepy and it's one in the morning)
Mostly yes for the HMG, something along those lines for your description of the plasma rifle (but not just stuff on that).
Mostly I'm just asking for more shiny bits on weapons like the rail rifle updates we saw in the video.
You have long since made your choice. What you make now is a mistake.
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