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Moonracer2000
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Posted - 2014.05.17 23:49:00 -
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I'm not sure if this is possible as a "server side" only option but it has been in my head a lot lately.
Just like rifles have 'assault variants' this would be just another mass driver. same look and feel, same fire rate. The only difference would be that it fired a round that functioned closer to a flux grenade. Decent blast radius, high damage boost to shields, very high damage penalty to armor. It is essentially the same weapon with different ammunition.
I was originally imagining this as a heavy weapon type (since that would flip that suits role to more of a frontline support/suppressor) but that seems unlikely. Though perhaps It could be treated as a new heavy weapon? Just make the Flux variant require heavy skills and require a heavy slot. No new model needed. Justify it with a much higher ammo reserve.
Just a wild idea.
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Moonracer2000
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Posted - 2014.05.19 10:15:00 -
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An AV round variant wouldn't be a bad idea. It would be far more practical than the plasma cannon.
I think one problem with making a 'flux' variant Mass driver would be how powerful a commando would be if they carried one of each. Fire off a flux, switch to a regular Mass driver and eat away at their armor. Not sure if that would be too good of a combo.
And I agree with people that it should do little, if any armor damage. At most something like 190% shields and 10% armor damage? And the total shield damage should be nothing close to what a flux grenade can do.
I still feel like this makes more sense as a heavy weapon (and more interesting). You'd be incredibly useful in a group, but unlikely to get many kills on your own. Unless you matched it with the right sidearm and were good with both. It would offer a different role for heavy class and encourage teamwork.
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Moonracer2000
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Posted - 2014.05.19 14:59:00 -
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At this point in development I think (hope) most players would be flexible with reusing existing content to make new items.
I would not be opposed to copy pasting the mass driver into a new weapon and altering the damage type. Give it a new name and say it is a racial variant. If such a thing could be done. Balance wise this would make a lot more sense, since no other weapon offers a variant that has the damage type flipped like this (that I can think of).
And if it can be done, it opens the door to many other weapon possibilities. Like the sniper rifle converted to an AV anti-material rifle I saw someone pitched elsewhere.
Ashes to ashes, Dust to PC.
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