Banjo Robertson
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RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2014.12.07 16:24:00 -
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So lets talk about some plasma cannon variants.
I love this damn thing, really fun to run around in that new LP commando suit with the PLC, or an ISK commando suit with two PLC, but I'd love to see some new variants for the weapon.
So, what kind of variants have been used for other weapons? Assault, Breach, Burst, Charge, Tactical have been used for weapons before.
Lets look at the stats of the current plasma cannon.
GameData wrote:
Allotek Plasma Cannon
1501.5 Direct Damage
313.5 Splash damage (plasma cannon, use splash attack!)
3.5 meter blast radius
0.6 second charge up time
clip size 1
max ammo 9
3.5 second reload speed
117 CPU
0 pg
What we don't know: the 'size' of the plasma ball that is used for hit detection, and the speed that the plasma ball travels. We will just say the ball is size A cubic meters, and it travels at V meters per second. We could calculate the speed from in game testing, but I think using a variable to represent the speed is enough for now.
So, what could we do to this thing to make it different?
Forge Gun is probably the best to compare the Plasma Cannon to, its Assault variant has more splash damage, and a shorter charge up time, and fires when the charge is full which the PLC already does. And its Breach has higher direct damage, and longer charge up time.
Mass Driver is another weapon we can look at, its Assault variant has higher splash radius but lower damage, Breach has higher direct damage but lower radius and splash damage
So the Assault Plasma Cannon could have: lower direct damage, higher splash damage or lower splash damage, shorter charge up time, or larger splash radius. I even think a shorter reload speed as a possiblity to represent an Assault PLC.
The Breach Plasma Cannon could have: higher direct damage, longer charge up time, smaller splash radius, smaller splash damage. I think it could also have a longer reload speed, or even the ability to hold the charge instead of firing right away.
The Burst Plasma Cannon is a little more difficult to guess at, as the two weapons with Burst variants are very much not like the PLC. I think this could be given a clip size of 2, and fire in a way similar to the Kubo plasma cannon. The direct damage could be lowered, maybe even the splash damage.
The Charge Plasma Cannon might be too similar to the Breach, but lets say it could hold its charge until you are ready to fire. Maybe the size of the projectile gets increased so that it gets direct hits easier.
The Tactical Plasma Cannon is another tricky one. Perhaps the charge up time or reload speed would be lowered, and the speed of the projectile is increased.
Any thoughts? Should a new variant 'template' be used for plasma cannon? Or should a variant name that already exists be used in a way not consistant with the current variants to just make for an interesting variant?
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