Ulysses Knapse
Nuevo Atlas Corporation
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Posted - 2013.04.13 23:10:00 -
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ARF 1049 wrote:Ulysses Knapse wrote:ARF 1049 wrote:alright since our dropsuits are made to handle planets different heat and weather and whatnot flame throwers wouldn't do a whole lot correct? No. Heat burns, no matter where that heat comes from. not when your suit is specially designed to absorb heat some of those planets are scorched or freezing so i dunno i think since the acid affects armor it makes sense but i get what your coming at but instead of lead we shoot plasma instead of solid armor we have electronic shields so how about instead of fire we have acid?
1. Hot air is a whole lot different than flaming hot napalm. Flamethrowers will burn you, dropsuit or not.
2. Minmatar shoot lead (and titanium) all the time, and it works well for them.
3. We have both shields and armor, remember? Short-term memory or...?
4. Damage from plasma weaponry is 50% thermal.
5. Acid is weak, and sometimes doesn't even affect certain materials. Heat affects all materials, especially you. |
Ulysses Knapse
Nuevo Atlas Corporation
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Posted - 2013.04.14 02:16:00 -
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Jason Pearson wrote:Ulysses Knapse wrote:
5. Acid is weak, and sometimes doesn't even affect certain materials. Heat affects all materials, especially you.
Dear Sir. Please inform the acid vats I occasionally fall into that they shouldn't be harming me, you know, the ones on the Biomass map and can be occasionally found surrounding the hack point of certain null cannons, as they don't seem to have read the latest memo. Thanks.
You assume that the liquid is acidic. For all you know, it could be basic. Yes, that's right. Bases can be corrosive, too. And besides, that is a pool, not a spritz here and there. Besides, the fact that it kills you is almost certainly for gameplay, not realism, because if you got trapped in a pit it would suck, and because you would be campy as **** if you could just sit down there shooting at things that have no idea that you are there. Hell, we don't even have water yet, so even having it act as water would cause problems. Realistically, there are some materials that aren't even affected by most acids. Furthermore, to actually kill you the acid would have to seep all the way through your dropsuit and into a vital organ or something. Heat can seep through materials that can withstand it. Acids, being matter and not energy, cannot.
It is such an asinine idea to assume that acid-based weapons could ever work in actual battle. They cannot, which is why militaries have never used acid on an appreciable scale (compare that to flamethrowers, if you would). Why? Because acid cannot kill you quickly on contact. Heat can. |