I like this idea a lot. How many spare batteries do you think a laser or scrambler should carry? I'm thinking 7 for laser rifles, and 10 for scrambler rifles.
An assault scrambler rifle should overheat when about 70-80 automatic shots have been fired to keep it consistent with the current magazine size.

By the title, I mean that all Amarr weapons use batteries instead of magazines/clips/whatever, which are destroyed when you overheat your weapon. So, if you carry Amarr weapons, you will also have a few spare cells

So if you are smart enough to not let your weapon overheat, it would literally have infinite ammo? Idk if you have used the AScR before, but I have literally never overheated it, unless they bump up overheat rate on all weapons it might get out of hand.

By the title, I mean that all Amarr weapons use batteries instead of magazines/clips/whatever, which are destroyed when you overheat your weapon. So, if you carry Amarr weapons, you will also have a few spare cells

Chances are in the future super compact nuclear cells, or very efficient hydrogen fuel cells, will lead to these types of weapons having an infinite set of ammunition.

So if you are smart enough to not let your weapon overheat, it would literally have infinite ammo? Idk if you have used the AScR before, but I have literally never overheated it, unless they bump up overheat rate on all weapons it might get out of hand.

I suggested in an earlier comment that the ASCR should overheat after firing 70-80 automatic shots to be more consistent with its current magazine size.
Also the amount of spare batteries could be much lower than the spare magazines of regular weapons as a tradeoff for the potential infinite ammo.

Would also like to add that overheat is much less penalizing than simply reloading, so that's also a balancing feature.

By the title, I mean that all Amarr weapons use batteries instead of magazines/clips/whatever, which are destroyed when you overheat your weapon. So, if you carry Amarr weapons, you will also have a few spare cells

I think Amarr weaponry should work similar to EVE Amarr weaponry; Frequency Crystals.

So instead of this battery you talk about maybe the battery could be a crystal pack instead. Depending on the crystal type you use, would change its effective ranges and the way to know if someone is using close quarter or a long range crystals would be the colour of the beams. This could also add a new skill subcategory under weaponry = Ammunition; including the different racial ammunition types; Laser, Projectile, Explosive, Plasma and Magnetic (Rail Gun Weaponry)

Frequency Crystals.
Basic
Yellow = Average RoF & average damage.

Advanced
Not too sure if Advanced ammunition type would be needed. Instead the ammunition skill would increase the longevity of the crystals. (Larger clip size.)

Prototype
Red = Long Range - Low RoF but high damage.
Green = Medium Ranged - Balanced between the two.
Purple = Close Quarters - High Rof but low damage.

Also scrambler pistol should get overheat as well

What? Why?

What? Why?

Could you elaborate on this?

I haven't run numbers on the time in each case (especially with all the possible skill and weapon permutations included) but reload takes some time and you can weapon switch while overheat takes some time you cannot weapon switch and you take damage (assuming that the weapon actually overheated rather than just had some heat build up which are are allowing to dissipate).

I'd be interested to know which you meant, full overheat or only dissipation as well as your thoughts on what could be done to balance those two so the combination was in the right spot.

Cheers,
Cross

So if you are smart enough to not let your weapon overheat, it would literally have infinite ammo? Idk if you have used the AScR before, but I have literally never overheated it, unless they bump up overheat rate on all weapons it might get out of hand.

By the title, I mean that all Amarr weapons use batteries instead of magazines/clips/whatever, which are destroyed when you overheat your weapon. So, if you carry Amarr weapons, you will also have a few spare cells

It also means that to implement the type of battery you suggest we would quite possibly be re-visiting how crystals work in Eve as well.

By the title, I mean that all Amarr weapons use batteries instead of magazines/clips/whatever, which are destroyed when you overheat your weapon. So, if you carry Amarr weapons, you will also have a few spare cells

It shouldn't have unlimited, it should simply be able to fire until the crystal breaks. How the hell would you just magically have ******* infinite shots? That doesn't even make sense. If it ended up this way, you should have crystals that have extremely high ammo output (not infinite) so long as you don't overheat and break them. That way it actually makes sense and fits with lore...

Are you seriously suggesting that so long as I don't overheat I have unlimited ammo? How is that fair at all? AND I get 3 more chances if I fail? I won't even consider supporting this unless you follow my above paragraph.

Miniaturized antimatter(the Amarr use this)/fusion/fission/neutron reactors. Practically infinite ammunition(enough that the weapon will rust way before you run out out of energy). It's hull breaches when you overheat, then you need a new one, which you only carry 2-3 extras and can't get more of anywhere. This isn't magic, this is science, and this is actually what we will likely use in the future.