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Coleus Rattus
Villore Sec Ops
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.02.03 18:47:00 -
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If you want a game where bows and crossbows fit in, go play Chivalry! that's an awesome game!
But I don't think they'd work in dust, despite them being en vogue in FPS games recently.
What I do think would work would be a similar weapon for our scouts, that fills the role of a silent, nigh undetectable weapon for guys who like to sneak around on the battlefield as opposed to plinking at people from the sidelines.
Make it reasonably powerful (1 headshot, two body shots kill), but slow, so you'll die using it when an enemy is alerted to your presence, make it silent so the shooter won't show up on radar (well, actually I'm not sure if that "feature" is in, or planned...).
Or like the Nova Knife merely as a humiliation weapon... |
Olav Grey-Mane
The Exemplars
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Posted - 2013.02.03 18:56:00 -
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It would be like throwing a small rock at a tank... it wouldn't do anything. No way a BOLT could hit through a shield and dropsuit AND kill. You'd get one shot off than your dead. |
Terry Webber
Gothic Wars Consortium
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Posted - 2013.02.03 19:40:00 -
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I agree that crossbows wouldn't fit in this game. |
Hult Duz
Ahrendee Mercenaries
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2013.02.03 20:23:00 -
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Maybe a crossbow blaster like that of Chewbacca of Star Wars. It's bolts should have unlimited range, encouraging long range sniping. The idea of it possible shooting a webifier or a static net that immobilises the enemy for a few seconds and announces the trapped(netted) enemy on everyone's radar. Or a secondary option or bolt functions the dramatically interferes with the electronics of an enemy. |
Nexus Tau
Nox Aeterna Security
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Posted - 2013.02.04 00:49:00 -
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Better idea! What if it was a leecher? It can take away shleids and armor, the higher the level, the more it takes |
Nexus Tau
Nox Aeterna Security
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Posted - 2013.02.04 03:06:00 -
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Any more Ideas?
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Nexus Tau
Nox Aeterna Security
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Posted - 2013.02.04 06:29:00 -
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Hello? |
C Saunders
Serenity Prime
Kraken.
158
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Posted - 2013.02.04 07:51:00 -
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So lets copy black ops 1, then copy black ops 2, then copy battlefield 3.
NO
To many games have crossbows, we need a unique weapon not a blatant rip-off of a different franchise. |
Jotun Hiem
Sanmatar Kelkoons
Minmatar Republic
413
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Posted - 2013.02.04 07:59:00 -
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What would even be the point?
Why would you have a crossbow in a battlefield filled with plasma guns, miniguns, and railguns? It's just a massive step back. |
Martin0 Brancaleone
Maphia Clan Corporation
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2013.02.04 08:09:00 -
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We are wearing super advanced armor that use nanobots to self repair and powerful energy shields capable to stop plasma rounds.
We kill each other with railguns, plasma rifles, laser weapons and orbital support.
We are immortal demi-gods of war.
HOW DO YOU THIK A PIECE OF IRON PROPELLED BY ELASTIC FORCE WOULD EVER DO ANYHING?
Go biomass yourself.
Please. |
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Ten-Sidhe
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
414
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Posted - 2013.02.04 08:28:00 -
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If somebody wants to shoot a bolt in New Eden, They would probably do it same way a mass driver shoots grenades, magnetically. Already done in deus ex series.
Quote:"Rather than a traditional tension based crossbow, the boltcaster accelerates a bolt electromagnetically. The bolt injects a toxin that inflicts non-lethal poison damage over time.GÇ¥- description of Boltcaster, Deus Ex: Invisible War
So something like this could fire any ammo a cross bow could, but with more force behind it.
I personnally would rather just have a high damage, no blast radius tactical mass driver instead. Fires a big metal lawn dart sized flechette instead of a grenade, longer range of tactical means a flatter arc, so easier to get a direct hit then standard mass driver. |
Nexus Tau
Nox Aeterna Security
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Posted - 2013.02.04 20:57:00 -
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Nice! |
Nexus Tau
Nox Aeterna Security
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Posted - 2013.02.04 21:03:00 -
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Martin0 Brancaleone wrote:We are wearing super advanced armor that use nanobots to self repair and powerful energy shields capable to stop plasma rounds.
We kill each other with railguns, plasma rifles, laser weapons and orbital support.
We are immortal demi-gods of war.
HOW DO YOU THIK A PIECE OF IRON PROPELLED BY ELASTIC FORCE WOULD EVER DO ANYHING?
Go biomass yourself.
Please.
Dude, really?
It is very silent
It is light
[*]And I am pretty sure at this age of tech it can disable a dropsuit's defenses |
richiesutie 2
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2013.02.04 21:18:00 -
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one word
ZIPLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cade Orion
Tronhadar Free Guard
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.02.04 21:56:00 -
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I'd have to say no to this. I mean what would be the point - we are way way in the future and with our suit armor and shields - a crossbow just wouldn't work. Yes it's fine in BF, but not Dust. |
Erikka Longstick
old dude clan
0
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Posted - 2013.02.05 15:13:00 -
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i for one agree. no crossbows, But instead of crossbow make it a rail gun. only used by scouts part of a basic loadout for monitoring troop movement long range electromagnetically charged sensors, can be used against the movement of troops or vehicles . as a type of laser based trip wire or attached to a vehicle . with the ability to transmit straight to either squad leaders or field commanders. this is my .02 cents |
Prangstar RND
Ahrendee Mercenaries
Legacy Rising
63
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Posted - 2013.02.05 15:31:00 -
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if we're getting crossbows, then I want lightsabers/ swords. The knova knife is stupid, why not something like the plasma sword of Halo. |
Nexus Tau
DEMON KILLERS
27
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Posted - 2013.03.26 21:39:00 -
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Bump |
Nexus Tau
DEMON KILLERS
27
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Posted - 2013.03.26 22:31:00 -
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Anyone agree? |
Jathniel
G I A N T
115
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Posted - 2013.03.26 22:43:00 -
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I don't mind the introduction of crossbows. I always welcome variety, BUT...
I don't see it having any true purpose in a match that some other weapon cannot accomplish.
The railgun sniper rifle is the Dust equivalent of a pre-medieval era bow, or a renaissance era crossbow.
The fletchette replaces the arrow and bolts, and electromagnetic capacitors replace the string.
But the physical principle for projectile deployment is the same.
A crossbow would fill a super tiny, nearly non-existant niche.
Perhaps its bolts could have a point of glowing plasma just like the nova knife.
I still don't mind having one though. 
Maybe as a portable sidearm. |
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slypie11
Planetary Response Organisation
Test Friends Please Ignore
26
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Posted - 2013.03.26 23:05:00 -
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might be able to do something with it. Maybe attach c4 to the end and make it a remote explosive launcher |
ladwar
Dead Six Initiative
Daringly Inserting Large Dangerous Objects
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Posted - 2013.03.26 23:27:00 -
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if this gets added i would like to beat people down with rocks
ammo= umlimted/whatever you can find
types: pebble(militia), stone(standard),rock(advanced) boulder(proto)
can throw (1/5/30/600 damages) or used as a melee weapon (2/50/250/lol your dead, for damage)
range 45m best damage ranges 10-25m |
Ulysses Knapse
Nuevo Atlas Corporation
146
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Posted - 2013.03.26 23:49:00 -
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People don't seem to agree with the idea of crossbows. It would make for a perfect stealth weapon, however. A silent nanite injector tipped bolt that fills the target with hostile nanites that consume biological flesh and corrode electronic circuitry. Instead of being a real 'weapon' in the sense that it deals instant damage, it could deal damage over time as well as disrupt sensors and other electronic systems. The bowstring could be a ultratense nanofiber composite that shoots with far more force with far less noise. A perfect espionage tool. It wouldn't be used in open combat, of course, it fires far too slowly for that. Perhaps it could deal more damage and cause more interference when hitting the brain or spine, due to the hostile nanites having easier access to our fragile little gray matter. |
Jathniel
G I A N T
116
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Posted - 2013.03.27 01:12:00 -
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ladwar wrote:if this gets added i would like to beat people down with rocks
ammo= umlimted/whatever you can find
types: pebble(militia), stone(standard),rock(advanced) boulder(proto)
can throw (1/5/30/600 damages) or used as a melee weapon (2/50/250/lol your dead, for damage)
range 45m best damage ranges 10-25m
We shall stone the infidel technologists!!! |
mollerz
s1ck3r Corp
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Posted - 2013.03.27 03:24:00 -
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I would just walk up an melee any crossbow user to death as they futilely shot me.
In my scout suit. |
Godin Thekiller
KNIGHTZ OF THE ROUND
17
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Posted - 2013.03.27 03:42:00 -
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Skihids wrote:Panther Alpha wrote:I'm sorry but crossbows in this game, doesn't feels right. Where you will put the arrows?, in the back of your high-tech armor suit?  They come in a clip like all other guns
Last time I checked, we had mags, a cylinder, a mini capacitor, and batteries. We are not in WWII anymore. |
Nexus Tau
DEMON KILLERS
27
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Posted - 2013.03.27 05:06:00 -
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Keeping this up
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Kray Dytt
THE DOLLARS
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Posted - 2013.03.27 11:18:00 -
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JohnDS Wolf wrote:
Second, do you even know how a crossbow works? obviously not sence you called the ammo BOW's, which are a different weapon. They are called BOLTS and they have to be handloaded as well as the string (which is twice as LONG as the body if you layed it next to the crossbow) needs to be pulled back.
O RLY?
Seriously though, while I imagine a futuristic, highly efficient version of the crossbow could be created, I'm also not really sure what use it would have in-game. It's unlikely to ever be more effective than the types of modern weapons we have now... |
Daedric Lothar
Onslaught Inc
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Posted - 2013.03.27 14:51:00 -
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Normally I try to refrain from trolling, but you guys are all mental. Like was already pointed out, this is a highly advanced society, we don't need rocks or bows.
Now instead of living in caves, lets try going the other direction.
Rifle projection rounds that home in on the target mid flight and adjust to hit people around corners.
Weapons that are all in one inclusive, like phasers. You can set for single shot, burst fire, full auto or nuclear bomb. Maybe a few more settings, but those things can do just about anything.
Automated defense firing weapons. If you can see a target on your HUD, when it appears in front of you then you automatically shoot. (I know this would suck for an FPS, but this is a legitimate weapon these people would actually invent) Same goes for suit based rear facing defense units and such. Think like Iron Man.
Speaking of iron man, what about that laser pulse grid thing that chops up everything in the second movie. That seems legit.
So yea, Tony Stark was in a cave and made super awesome stuff. Lets not have super awesome stuff and then hit each other with rocks.
That is all.
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GarryKE
Psygod9
62
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Posted - 2013.03.27 15:57:00 -
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Screw crossbows. Plasma cannons! |
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