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| ID | Project | Category | Date Submitted | Last Update | |
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| 0012876 | Bionic Dues | Gameplay Idea | Oct 11, 2013 12:33 am | Oct 11, 2013 8:30 pm | |
| Reporter | Lokarin | Assigned To | |||
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 1.000 Launch Version! | ||||
| Summary | 0012876: Tweak to Epic Sniper's Plasma Rifle - AoE type from radial to line | ||||
| Description | Sniper doesn't really need that type of AoE weapon (opinion), so I recommend changing his Plasma Rifle to a Plasma Sniper/Ray. Instead of an AoE splash radius, the thing AoE's everything in a Line. So if you shoot a long distance target at 12 spaces, anything in the line leading up to it also gets hit. This would typically be less targets in open rooms, but more targets in long corridors. And then we get a cool funky beam graphic! Edit: Ok, not the actual Line AoE type like the Welder, that'd be weird. I just mean everything in a line. | ||||
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It would represent a significant nerf of the weapon, since it's a lot harder to find/set up situations in which the Plasma Ray is the perfect solution than ones where the current Plasma Rifle is (bearing in mind it already works perfectly well in long, narrow corridors). It might be better when there are enemies at close range and you don't want to blow yourself up, but having an epic weapon for close-range combat strikes me as antithetical to what being a Sniper exo is all about. That said, the concept is really cool. It's just a shame it would weaken the Sniper as much as it does. |
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It's not for close range, it's still a long range weapon, only it takes out everything it passes through in a straight line. (Well, for the stated 1000 base damage that is). Just aim at the back of the corridor to hit the whole thing. |
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I get that. My point is that it would make the weapon worse at long range (because its current AoE is already great for corridors, and has other uses which it would lose) and better at close range because there'd no longer be a risk of hitting yourself. This doesn't seem like something you want to do to a sniper weapon. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| Oct 11, 2013 12:33 am | Lokarin | New Issue | |
| Oct 11, 2013 1:31 am | Lokarin | Description Updated | |
| Oct 11, 2013 11:24 am | Velorien | Note Added: 0034605 | |
| Oct 11, 2013 3:05 pm | Lokarin | Note Added: 0034610 | |
| Oct 11, 2013 8:30 pm | Velorien | Note Added: 0034613 | |
| Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am | Chris_McElligottPark | Category | Suggestion - Gameplay => Gameplay Idea |
