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Haerr
Molon Labe.
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.08.02 11:41:00 -
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I have a few suggestions for tweaking the PC:
Make the projectile larger - this would make it easier to hit with.
Make the projectile do damage to nearby things while mid air - as in it would do damage while passing close to things.
Change the 'charge up' to either be a small fast projectile, with less drop, or a large slow projectile, with more drop - would make it a bit more intresting to use.
- Change the magazine to a plasma container - the longer you charge the more you drain from the container
Hmm maybe do it the other way around: make it fire a slow large while not charged up and a small focused while charged up - so that it is easier to hit vehicles with it.
I am sure I had a few more thoughts about it... I'll get back to you guys on that. In the mean time feel free to share your thoughts on the suggestions. o/
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Haerr
Molon Labe.
League of Infamy
22
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Posted - 2013.08.02 12:47:00 -
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PLASMA CANNON
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PROJECTILE
STAGE 1 - BLOB - quick charge up --- http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Comet_NEAT.jpg
Slow
Prominent Drop
Large Projectile
In-Flight Damage to nearby things
Loses cohesion quickly
STAGE 2 - BALL - average charge up --- http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/SidingSpring1.jpg
Average Speed
Average Drop
Medium Projectile
Low In-Flight Damage to nearby things
Less damage on range
STAGE 3 - COMET - slow charge up --- http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/sci-esa-int_36304.jpg
Fast
Less Drop
Small Projectile
No In-Flight Damage to nearby things
Stays in shape
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Either different versions of the Plasma Cannon
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Charging the Plasma Cannon makes it go to higher stages. ( This is the one I prefer! )
In which case you can add a version that lets you 'hold the charge' for a small time, maybe ~6secs before it overheats and you lose the charge
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VERSIONS
Accelerated-Faster Projectiles
Assault-Charges up quicker
Breach1-Can hold the charge for ~6secs before overheating
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Breach2-Takes longer to charge up but does more damage
Burst-Fires 3 weak in a row (or maybe as the cycled missile launcher)
Specialist-Draws less CPU/PG
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ADS-Add a range finder with estimate flight time and estimate drop over time
( Range: 100 meters, Time in air to reach 100 meters, Drop while traveling for x sec )
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CLIP / Magazine / Container
No need to change it, only having 1 shot is kind of fun when you get used to it!
Maybe change the reload time depending on charge up and/or version of the PC
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SoooGǪ what do you guys think? |
Haerr
Molon Labe.
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.08.02 13:28:00 -
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The two things that really stands out when using the plasma cannon are:
The Projectile is too small - if it was larger it would compensate for it moving so slow and having so much drop
No in-flight damage to nearby things - it's a ball of plasma, surely it would burn the shields if it passed mere milimeters from someones head
Otherwise I find it very fun to use, not always very effective but definitely one of the more charismatic weapons we have access to.
That being said: I've mainly used it against infantry. It's very decent at removing the shield from madrugars making way for you to follow up with AV-greades. Hitting dropships and LAVs with it is how ever very difficult.
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