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Django Quik
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Posted - 2013.06.20 21:56:00 -
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There's been talk in the past of people wanting different ammo types, especially for weapons like mass drivers. I think there should be a similar thing for swarm launchers to be able to take on shield tanks. Obviously this would need to be balanced effectively, maybe the armor damage is zero like flux grenades or just vastly reduced like explosive damage is against shields.
However, instead of making it different ammo types for the same launchers, make it an entirely new weapon. Much like the scrambler rifle is the anti shield assault rifle, this could be like an amarr version of the swarm launcher (btw what race do swarms belong to?). I guess all weapons should have these different (racial?) versions, so anti-shield shotguns, EMP flay locks, etc. |
Django Quik
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Posted - 2013.06.21 07:23:00 -
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Some good points here but I think the people against the idea are forgetting that it would have to be balanced as to not be completely OP against shield tanks. As CCP have already said, there will be racial variants of all weapon types; yes. at the moment they're only specifically mentioning rifles and pistols but the others will come eventually. Lock on AV variants will be really interesting additions.
Also the comment about making swarms dumb-fire only - the plasma cannon is the equivalent of that and people complain massively about how difficult it is to kill any vehicle using it. Swarms are so slow that they have to track otherwise they'd never hit anything - it takes at least 5 seconds to hit something a few hundred meters away; by that time an LAV or moving tank is halfway across the map! |
Django Quik
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Posted - 2013.06.21 09:45:00 -
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Syther Shadows wrote:The whole idea of changing ammo types is really cool imo
but how to implement it ? and how easy is it to do ?
This will be something that rewards strategic players
(pops head out from cover sees a shield tanker changes to EM rounds)
- fires off shield pops throws explosion on contact grenade to complete decimate them
It shouldn't be as easy as just changing ammo - you should have to change weapons at a supply depot. |
Django Quik
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Posted - 2013.06.21 11:27:00 -
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Roldrage wrote:*Remembers the commando suit*
...Yes, I'd like to see this.
Oh jeez, I hadn't even considered that - you'd be a walking tank killer! That'd be awesome and certainly would make up for the lack of movement speed it's supposed to have. |
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