Chosokabe Ite
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.10.26 04:53:00 -
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It's so much fun to just sneak up behind some poor sap, knives charged. More fun than it is to to actually make the kill. Why? Because as you creep closer, you know he isn't expecting what's about to happen. So I though to myself "Why not make a suit meant for stealthy blade kills?" And Thus I present the idea of the Assassin Dropsuit and the Impaler.
The suit would be kin to a scout suit but have a lower scan profile. It would also have lower shield and armor to counter balance the following features. The suit would be hard to spot, not just through low scan, but because it would utilize cloaking. The cloak would have limits of course, sprinting would distort the cloak to where you appear as a blurry silhouette, and using weapons brings you out of cloak. Unlike in EVE, you can turn the cloak on and off without waiting time. Remaining unseen is it's best defense due to it's low shield and armor. But at the same time, it can't kill while cloaked. So one needs to choose carefully when to strike.
It's signature weapon would be what I call the Impaler. A futuristic push dagger, only with a longer and thinner blade meant for penetrating armor. you use it exactly like nova knives by charging it up to strike. What also charges is a Flux Glove on the opposite hand. If you're close enough to the target when you strike, you grab the victim with the glove, depleting his shield. This sets him up for the killing impale. Yes, I would be an instant kill, but you are visible and vulnerable through the assassination animation. That and the victim can still be saved if you're killed before the impale part of the animation. This weapon is a primary weapon instead of a sidearm, that makes the user lightly armed if forced to engage in ranged combat.
It would take a lot of skill to wield the impaler, I say it should require nova knife proficiency lvl 5 to even start training the impaler skill. The same goes for the Assassin suit, lvl 5 scout suit (whatever race) requirement. This along with the price would make sure that it isn't overused.
So what do you folks think?
Good? Bad? Could work but needs work? |
Chosokabe Ite
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
72
|
Posted - 2012.10.26 06:20:00 -
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Zat Earthshatter wrote:Makes an epic Tech-2 version of the Scout, which is slated to have a form of cloaking as well.
Although it doesn't seem to have much use in-game, such a function would be a potential match-winner.
when used to take out a critical healer unit in the types of tactical fights this game is meant to foster, the results might be more devastating than an Orbital Strike.
After giving it some thought, I guess it could be used to hunt snipers or maybe even commanders when command suits are released. But you're right, other than that there isn't much it can do. Too one track....well, time for more thinking. |