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?

firste things first, heres a list of what the race TENDS to use as ammo.

Caldari: explozives, pounder based guns liek mdoern day.
Gallanta: Plasma (a gallante Plasma thrower thats a heavy gun? they don`t have a heavy weapon yes anyways).
Ammar: laser (Laser FG hehehe, that would be cool)
Minimatar: railgun based weapons.

5. Acid is weak, and sometimes doesn't even affect certain materials. Heat affects all materials, especially you.

Actually...

The Gallente (Go Gallente!) use plasma based weaponry. This includes the AR's and Shotguns. Plus, the new plasma launcher, coming SOONGäó

The Caldari use rail gun technology; sniper rilfles, forge gun and rail gun installations. Plus, the new Gauss Gun.

The Amarr use direct energy weapons (I.E lasers and scrambler pistols). Plus the new scrambler rifle

Last but not least (Amarrens may disagree), use gun powder weaponry. This includes the HMG, MD and SMG. Including the rocket firing Flaylock pistol. My favorite weapon type, though my Gallente pride will digress

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.

And I never said that acid cannot kill you. I said acid was weak. You know what else is weak? Hitting someone in the stomach, but if you do it hard enough or do it enough times, you can kill them. You can even do that in Dust, despite our heavy duty dropsuits, or perhaps because of it.

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.

And I never said that acid cannot kill you. I said acid was weak. You know what else is weak? Hitting someone in the stomach, but if you do it hard enough or do it enough times, you can kill them. You can even do that in Dust, despite our heavy duty dropsuits, or perhaps because of it.

Lasers use heat to deal damage last time I checked, go try and walk through a laser.

what on earth are you freakin talking about?! this is a flame thrower thread

You said flamethrowers wouldn't do a lot of damage because they're heat based and our suits are designed to resist heat, lasers prove you wrong.