DUST Search - [Feedback] Militia Weapon Variants

CCP Rattati wrote:

We want to introduce the fun scifi weapons earlier into new players hands. The Gallente Assault Rifle doesn't really strike you as epic scifi, more like the trusty Garand than anything.

1)
We want to create militia variants of the following weapons for now:

Scrambler Rifle
Rail Rifle
Combat Rifle
Laser Rifle
Mass Driver
Plasma Cannon
Heavy Machine Gun

2)
The second part of the roll-out would be to actually racially theme the starter fits so each race has it's proper choice of weapon. Please comment on this, and whether it should maybe be the Assault variant of the racial rifles.

3)
The third part would be to allow all races to have access to the Frontline Suit of the other races, maybe a limited number or unlimited. Please comment on that as well, from lore perspective etc. I feel it is important to show new players they are not limited in weapon selection by their race of choice.

Remember, that the militia variants are to test a weapon, and should not be used after skilling into it, so these will have both some limitations to clip-size, heat buildup and increased PG/CPU requirements.

Discuss.


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Appia Vibbia Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 2849	Posted - 2014.06.09 15:40:00 - [1] - Quote CCP Rattati wrote: We want to introduce the fun scifi weapons earlier into new players hands. The Gallente Assault Rifle doesn't really strike you as epic scifi, more like the trusty Garand than anything. 1) We want to create militia variants of the following weapons for now: Scrambler Rifle Rail Rifle Combat Rifle Laser Rifle Mass Driver Plasma Cannon Heavy Machine Gun 2) The second part of the roll-out would be to actually racially theme the starter fits so each race has it's proper choice of weapon. Please comment on this, and whether it should maybe be the Assault variant of the racial rifles. 3) The third part would be to allow all races to have access to the Frontline Suit of the other races, maybe a limited number or unlimited. Please comment on that as well, from lore perspective etc. I feel it is important to show new players they are not limited in weapon selection by their race of choice. Remember, that the militia variants are to test a weapon, and should not be used after skilling into it, so these will have both some limitations to clip-size, heat buildup and increased PG/CPU requirements. Discuss. As a Gallente player, I'd like to see my Starter Fits come with an MLT Ion Pistol instead of a SMG and Scrambler Pistol And the Gallente Starter Fit Anti-Armor with a MLT Plasma Cannon I'd like to see all the Frontline suits with Racial MLT rifle and Racial MLT Pistol, and 15 copies of each race's Frontline suit. I'd like to see all the Medic suits with Racial MLT Rifle and Racial MLT SMG- giving Gallente the SMG and Amarr Magsec in lieu of their own racial SMG. Also giving a MLT Uplink to Amarr, MLT Nanohive to Caldari, MLT Active Scanner to Gallente, and MLT Repair tool to Minmatar. With 15 copies of each other medic fit I'd like to see all the Anti-Armor suits with Alliance AV weapon and racial pistol. So Plasma Cannon for Gallente/Minmatar and Swarm Launcher for Amarr/Caldari. again 15 copies. And I'd like to see the Sniper starter fit replaced with Specialty weapons" Gallente Shotgun, Amarr Laser Rifle, Caldari Sniper Rifle and Minmatar Mass Driver again 15 copies of the others. Appia Vibbia for CPM1 AppiaVibbia(at)gmail(dot)com AKA Nappia, AKA Mathppia