you missed the devpost abotu the new officer weapons.. PLC with 2 in the clip.. FULL AUTO SHOTGUN! and a few other things..

You are obviously either using out-of-date information (Precision Rifle says hi), or are stupid. Every race should have a weapon for a particular role.

Such roles include "area denial" (MD, LR), "AV" (Swarms, PLC, somewhat the Breach MD), and "close assault" (MD, shotgun). Obviously, some weapons fulfill multiple roles, often through the use of different variants; for example the assault variant of the MD is better for area denial due to its incredible blast radius, while the Breach has enough direct-shot damage that, if tweaked appropriately for it's efficiency values against vehicles, it would be quite respectable as an AV weapon.

That's not to say that ever race should have a weapon that functions the same way- a Mass Driver uses its indirect fire capability as well as a large blast radius for area denial, while the Laser Rifle uses pinpoint accuracy and ultra-mega-death DPS to do the same thing- but that there should be a weapon to fulfill a given role for every race.

I also want to point out that using different variants to fulfill a given role with the same basic platform is actually an interesting way to do so, and potentially a logical one as well.



As for you, OP... I like this idea. Moreover, it mechanically fits very well with the scrambler rifle (both have a charge mechanic), while also being something one could use the overheat to balance out- after all, a longer-range blapshot gun is somewhat difficult to balance, IMO, and the overheat mechanics lead to a couple of things:

1. Limiting the number of full-charge (IE, full-damage) shots before overheat is an excellent way to balance the potential damage output; it would be a little like the charge sniper rifle, where you can partially charge for multiple rapid-fire shots at much lower damage, or you can take the time to fully charge for a blapshot.

2. Also syncs well with the Amarr Assault bonus. This is self-explanatory.

It's also my opinion that the term "fusion rifle" is very well suited to an Amarrian shotgun-analogue designation.

I'd love it for my Amarr logi, because then I'd pretty much have a LASER SHOTGUN for city engagements rather than using the CR (dat lack of PG dependence yo) or the current shotgun (it's okay, but it's still not shiny golden laser awesome).

Any shotgun that can kill people in less than 3 hits and can be used by a scout is no welcomed shotgun.

I'm more disturbed by a Minmatar preferring Amarr tech over our own.

TRAITOR.

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The mass driver is not a unique racial specific type of weapon. Logibro confirmed that it was a "launcher" type weapon i the same category as the swarm launcher and plasma cannon. The Amarr lack a launcher weapon.

The sniper rifle is also not a unique racial specific type of weapon. There are plans (for Legion at least) of a Minmatar racial variant called the precision rifle. It was shown at Fanfest, and it is featured in this image released by CCP http://dust514.com/media/wallpapers/sniper-overwatch/

Your claims of balance are clearly false when you count up how many weapons each race has.

Amarr: 3 [SCR, LR, SCP]
Minmatar: 5 [SMG, FP, CR, MD, HMG]
Gallente: 5 [AR, IOP, SG, PLC]
Caldari: 7 [SL, FG, SR, RR, BP, M-SMG, NK]

One race has 7, while another has only 3 weapons. Far from balanced.


@OP: Fusion rifle seems like a perfect Amarr shotgun, and I would be fine with one in Dust... though I'd prefer something more creative.