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Evlesoa

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'Rocket Launcher without the rocket (instead, a bolt)'
« on: December 19, 2006, 05:34:58 am »
Lol... i know this is korny, but how about, a rocket launcher instead of luci? so it fires these bolts, that do half the damage of luci, and are twice the speed, with NO fallout, except a teeny fallout of 1 foot radius... meh just an idea... Secondary could be, it just spits these out fast as shit, and it does little damage like luci secondary fire

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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2006, 05:49:31 am »
Why not simply suggest to cut the luci-damage by 0.5?

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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2006, 06:55:53 am »
my suggestion was to remove the secondary firing altogether and allow single-charged shots
erm, the other part of my suggestion was a complex system where the luci shots get smaller and lose charge the farther they go, while doing damage to everything within a certain range of the shot. and shots not just stopping when they hit something "organic"
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« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2006, 09:18:32 am »
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my suggestion was to remove the secondary firing altogether and allow single-charged shots
erm, the other part of my suggestion was a complex system where the luci shots get smaller and lose charge the farther they go, while doing damage to everything within a certain range of the shot. and shots not just stopping when they hit something "organic"

This is called a BFG. I think the UAC holds a patent for that one :P
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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2006, 09:43:35 am »
eh, not quite the same (I put a link in there)... and I don't think UAC's patents are valid on other planets without any governments
and patents aren't normally valid for over 1000 years
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« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2006, 10:03:07 am »
Oh yeah, I had forgot about that post of yours.

So, basicaly you wanted to nerf 2 of 3 weapons used to kill big aliens and tranform then into ultimate dretch killing tools. Not sure it is a good idea, I like it when the Tyrants are far away from my base and Pulse rifle with its slow projectile just doesn't cut it :o
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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2006, 12:02:24 pm »
Luci is only lethal to tyrants when up close anyway. Unless you have dumb tyrants who can't dodge the shot(mind you'd have time to wander for a while, make some tea and get back again before it hit you) or from a dretch.

That is unless you're on of the crowd who can knock off full primary fire with the speed of secondary fire.

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« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2006, 12:11:46 pm »
lol, looks like I hijacked the thread
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So, basicaly you wanted to nerf 2 of 3 weapons used to kill big aliens and tranform then into ultimate dretch killing tools. Not sure it is a good idea, I like it when the Tyrants are far away from my base and Pulse rifle with its slow projectile just doesn't cut it :o
with my idea you can safely overcharge shots (if you're careful) and since more charge = more speed, tyrants would have trouble dodging the shots that would actually hurt... if the tyrant is close enough
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« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2006, 01:37:40 pm »
As a sidenote, wouldn't a 'rocketlauncher that fires bolts instead of rockets' just be called a Bolt Launcher.

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« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2006, 11:22:44 pm »
meh yeah... i was just too lazy to change everything in my post, cuz i made it rocket launcher, but then i thought that would require too much work to impliment

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« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2006, 01:00:17 am »
Rocket launcher without a rocket(instead, you throw it).

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« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2006, 01:10:53 am »
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Rocket launcher without a rocket(instead, you throw it).

After the Rocket Propeled Grenade, the Hand Propeled Rocket :D
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« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2006, 07:29:59 am »
Naa, it's a bolt thrower.
It's attack sound will be some human screaming "PERISH YOU CREATURE OF DARKNESS! THE HOLY LIGHT WILL PREVAIL THOU AND THY HELLISH KIND!"

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« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2007, 06:04:29 am »
i like the rocket launcher idea, but the rockets would have to haul ass and do some heavy damage (otherwise its not a rocket launcher :P ), or start off slow and gain speed as they move along.

i wonder if a stickyRPG guns is possible to make  :-?
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« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2007, 06:44:16 am »
I just want a plain RPG. BOOOOM!

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« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2007, 12:24:26 pm »
Why would you want a Rocket-propelled Granger?

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« Reply #16 on: January 02, 2007, 06:36:21 pm »
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Why would you want a Rocket-propelled Granger?

I think you are joking, but that sounds like a good idea! A good distraction for goons to get behind Battlesuits!

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« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2007, 01:18:26 am »
A rocket propelled Granger?

Well, you see, since we won't be getting flying aliens, that's about as close as we can get.