My idea is to create, using existing assets, a heavy plasma cannon (mortar), a heavy laser and a heavy HMG (autocannon)

They would be more than capable at taking out vehicles, be proper "H" weapons even if they share a model with the light weapon and be differentiated by firing behaviour and effect.

I believe this can be done with our tools. Now just to balance them.

My idea is to create, using existing assets, a heavy plasma cannon (mortar), a heavy laser and a heavy HMG (autocannon)

They would be more than capable at taking out vehicles, be proper "H" weapons even if they share a model with the light weapon and be differentiated by firing behaviour and effect.

I believe this can be done with our tools. Now just to balance them.

I keep imagining the Autocannon from Space Marine; big, unwieldy automatic heavy weapon that, basically, fires miniature tank cannon shells about 1 per second or so.


I keep imaging the Plasma Mortar as being like the Death Glider's Staff Cannon from Stargate SG-1

I think the main difference is that the 40K one is so big that it's limited to being fitted to vehicles, weapon carriages or carried by genetically enhanced super humans. Also means it makes a decent makeshift AV weapon.

Auto Cannon is so big it take 2 Guardsmen to maintain and operate......and since their use breaks the Codex Astartes even the Marines don't use them solo.

Post-Heresy, only Chaos Terminators use the Autocannon. Loyalist Terminators have the Assault Cannon. The miniature that picture is supposed to be from around the Crusade era, Heresy at latest.

Its all about them Orks brah.

I will drown you in green friends!

(Nevermind if the Mob rule is weird now...)

In other words, hand held artillery.

what do you mean mortar? can you be more specific?
a mortar is artillery. and if it acts as a conventional mortar does it would be a long range minmatar weapon in spirit.
im just curious. ive seen this mentioned several times by players and devs alike.
but ive never seen any thing specific regarding how its appropriate in theme as a gallente weapon when it just doesnt sound like a weapon thats made for me to run straight at you head on.

we should have a slow firing high damage machine gun. like the opposite of an hmg with a slight plasma burn effect to give it a bit of variety as a compound damage build over time. even if it doesnt kill you continue to take damage and it can kill after youve made it back to cover. like a heavy breach ar/rail that. or a heavy melee weapon. plasma sledge. idk thats just a weird one.

and the hmg is already an autocannon. also this is new but how can you have a heavy heavy machine gun? the hmg is already heavy and its name is already a heavy machine gun.
if your talking artillery and an autocannon to complete the min heavy line up they should get a mortar type deal as the artillery and they already have their autocannon.

Ratatti i found you matari AA (anti-armor) autocannon (not that idea of mine but new one) ;p

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFLGeahh8Ws gallente heavy weapon? ;)