DUST Search - Flamethrowers, they'll be a thing, right?

KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote:

I wish to become a god of blood and flame, melting the flesh of enemies with ionizing plasma! I wish to walk across a battlefield littered with the burning remains of thousands of enemies, and to crush their charred skulls under my heavy boot.
If CCP makes it happen, and I will murder in their name; it will be GLORIOUS!
I will create an alt, and form a mad cult of war that exclusively use the plasma flamethrower. Imagine a battle where an entire team of heavies wielding plasma flamethrowers are running wild with religious fervor, speaking in ancient forbidden tongues as they massacre the unsuspecting fools that dare to defy them.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=57328&find=unread
My idea for a flamethrower

[Request] Heavy weapon: Amarr plasma flamethrower

KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote:

Yes this is another flamethrower thread, but unlike the others, I intend to flesh out details beyond "I want something that shoots fire", and explain why it would be a great addition to Dust 514's arsenal.

[Why a (plasma) flamethrower?]

Visually, there is something really beautiful and scary about a fire (or something fire-like such as plasma), could be the caveman fascination with fire.

Flamethrowers are always always fun, and that's why its the most commonly requested weapon type in Dust 514... seriously, search "flame thrower" or "flamethrower". This requested A LOT.

Increasing the game's variety of exotic weapons is good.

The Amarr are the only ones with a heavy suit (for now), but they have no heavy weapon to go with it. The Amarr used heavy plasma weapons in Templar One, so it fits.

[How it should work]

It should be a heavy weapon.

It should fire in a cone similar to the shotgun, but with less spread. The cone fire would allow it to hitmultiple targets at once.

It should have less range than the HMG, but more range than the shotgun.

Damage per second should initially be less than the HMG, but the "lighting people on fire" part comes witch continuous damage over time.

It should be able to not only light enemies on fire which does continuous damage, but it should also be usable for scorching the inanimate objects like the ground to seal off paths to enemies; this would make it a great area denial weapon.

[Why it won't be overpowered]

Less range than HMG, and less damage per second.

[Skills]

Plasma flamethrower operation: 3% damage bonus to all fires started.

Plasma flamethrower proficiency: 5% fire duration per level

[Variants]

Burst: Fires in powerful semiautomatic bursts, and would basically be a heavy shotgun.

Tactical: Bigger magazine, more range, but less damage.

Scorcher: Lower damage, but more fire duration (things stay on fire longer).

Breach: Small magazine, high damage.

[What it could look like]
It could look much like fire like this or this, though prefferably with a distinctive color like purple (game needs more color variety). It could look like lightning like this or this since lightning fits the definition of plasma. Perhaps something in between.

In case you didn't click... seriously, look at that, nature is awesome. Anyway, please CCP, let me burn people alive. Thank you for reading

Edit:
Standard Plasma Flamethrower
Damage: 420 (estimate) per second (more than AR, less than HMG)
Persistent burning damage: 30 per second
Persistent burning duration on shielded/armored objects: 5 seconds
Persistent burning damage on non-shielded/armored objects: 15 seconds (burning objects inflict the persistent burning damage to anyone touching it)
Range: 50 meters
Magazine size: enough for 7 seconds of continuous fire
Capacity: 3 magazines worth


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Another Heavy SOB TRUE TEA BAGGERS 9	Posted - 2013.03.31 01:18:00 - [1] - Quote KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote: I wish to become a god of blood and flame, melting the flesh of enemies with ionizing plasma! I wish to walk across a battlefield littered with the burning remains of thousands of enemies, and to crush their charred skulls under my heavy boot. If CCP makes it happen, and I will murder in their name; it will be GLORIOUS! I will create an alt, and form a mad cult of war that exclusively use the plasma flamethrower. Imagine a battle where an entire team of heavies wielding plasma flamethrowers are running wild with religious fervor, speaking in ancient forbidden tongues as they massacre the unsuspecting fools that dare to defy them. https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=57328&find=unread My idea for a flamethrower [Request] Heavy weapon: Amarr plasma flamethrower KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote: Yes this is another flamethrower thread, but unlike the others, I intend to flesh out details beyond "I want something that shoots fire", and explain why it would be a great addition to Dust 514's arsenal. [Why a (plasma) flamethrower?] Visually, there is something really beautiful and scary about a fire (or something fire-like such as plasma), could be the caveman fascination with fire. Flamethrowers are always always fun, and that's why its the most commonly requested weapon type in Dust 514... seriously, search "flame thrower" or "flamethrower". This requested A LOT. Increasing the game's variety of exotic weapons is good. The Amarr are the only ones with a heavy suit (for now), but they have no heavy weapon to go with it. The Amarr used heavy plasma weapons in Templar One, so it fits. [How it should work] It should be a heavy weapon. It should fire in a cone similar to the shotgun, but with less spread. The cone fire would allow it to hitmultiple targets at once. It should have less range than the HMG, but more range than the shotgun. Damage per second should initially be less than the HMG, but the "lighting people on fire" part comes witch continuous damage over time. It should be able to not only light enemies on fire which does continuous damage, but it should also be usable for scorching the inanimate objects like the ground to seal off paths to enemies; this would make it a great area denial weapon. [Why it won't be overpowered] Less range than HMG, and less damage per second. [Skills] Plasma flamethrower operation: 3% damage bonus to all fires started. Plasma flamethrower proficiency: 5% fire duration per level [Variants] Burst: Fires in powerful semiautomatic bursts, and would basically be a heavy shotgun. Tactical: Bigger magazine, more range, but less damage. Scorcher: Lower damage, but more fire duration (things stay on fire longer). Breach: Small magazine, high damage. [What it could look like] It could look much like fire like this or this, though prefferably with a distinctive color like purple (game needs more color variety). It could look like lightning like this or this since lightning fits the definition of plasma. Perhaps something in between. In case you didn't click... seriously, look at that, nature is awesome. Anyway, please CCP, let me burn people alive. Thank you for reading Edit: Standard Plasma Flamethrower Damage: 420 (estimate) per second (more than AR, less than HMG) Persistent burning damage: 30 per second Persistent burning duration on shielded/armored objects: 5 seconds Persistent burning damage on non-shielded/armored objects: 15 seconds (burning objects inflict the persistent burning damage to anyone touching it) Range: 50 meters Magazine size: enough for 7 seconds of continuous fire Capacity: 3 magazines worth I completely support this idea in every way, we need more heavy weapons! Honestly though it would be extremely hard to balance, it's suppressive effect in CQ alone would give it a significant advantage over existing CQ focused weapons.