Lancer is coming ... !

[GTGD]

It's going to be a replica of the spartan laser from Halo, calling that right now.

[Brusi]

I rekon the Lancer had a pretty cool mechanic for firing, considering you have to keep the the cross-hair over the enemy the whole time.

For the new guys, after pulling the trigger, it charged up for a moment, then fired directly at the cross-hair.

Personally i think the new one should have a slightly different mechanic.

I would like to see it operate as a charge-up weapon.

If you hold the trigger down, then (and not immediately) release it, it will fire a weaker shot. However, you can hold the trigger down for longer to charge it up to full power. The draw-back being that the weapon (and cross-hairs) begins to shake more the longer you charge it up.

So, to hold the trigger down long enough to fire a full power shot would make it extremely difficult to hit distant targets.

This mechanic provides the ability to fire lower powered shots like a sniper and manually and dynamically trade off damage for accuracy. This is directly in line with the concept of VS Energy weapons, where they have no projectile drop but the trade off is damage at range.

Of course there would always have to be at least a little bit of a charge up before any shot is fired, both for balance and nostalgic reasons

[AThreatToYou]

I, too, hope they bring the old sound effect back.

wah-CHOOoo. It was so epic.

[igster]

I'm willing to bet a lot of money that they won't just give it to the Vanu. They'll give it to all 3 factions. Same as we have powerful shotguns now and strikers.
It'll be horrible for the Vanu - lots of mini portable magriders running around! We're kind of used to TR running around with strikers from PS1... But the TR Footzerg all lancer equipped will be a truly horrible thing.

[Spazmodian]

The test version of the Lancer deals 250 direct damage, 200 indirect damage, has a magazine of 6, a cycle rate of 1 second, reload time of 3.5 seconds, damage radius of 1 meter and a projectile velocity of 400(Skyguard/Phalanx AA are 375 for reference).

There is also a 'MRL (Test)' that is TR only and has the same 'HEAVY SPECIAL AV' that looks like it's a Striker. 200 direct damage, 200 indirect damage, magazine of 5, cycle rate of 1.5 seconds, reload of 5.5 seconds, damage radius of 2 meters, projectile speed 30, lock-on acceleration of 100(Speed for other infantry missiles is 40-50 and lock-on acceleration is 500) and a lock-on lifespan of 10 seconds(projectile lifespan is also 10 seconds).

Nothing about a Phoenix.

[Baneblade]

It annoys me that the Sweeper is better than the Jackhammer in PS2.

[Canaris]

so they're going to be making the ES-AV launchers again.
How's that going to work with the Stiker since we already have 3 different incarnations masquerading as it. Or are we just going to get an AV that can lock onto air, ground, max and dumbfire. Cos that's the only acceptable version of the Striker imo.

[MercDT]

Originally Posted by SeraphC

For us new guys ... what's a lancer?



They confirmed buggies will be added to the game. It's on the video of the last Friday night ops. It won't be with this months patch though.

Do you remember the timing of the video where they talked/show this?

[Exigo]

Well I have a feeling the Lancer will be available to all factions.

This is just a hunch but considering the striker(or a similar version) is more or less in the game already my guess is that SoE will maximize their profit and sell it to all. Sad but possibly true.

Then they will make an updated version of the phoenix and do the same with that. Because SoE knows ppl will buy it with SC, sad but mostly accurate.

I hope the Lancer will be empire specific and that they have 2 more "new" ES AV weapons getting released on the same day.

Ex

[Figment]

Did someone just state Lancer Splash Damage of 1m?


That brings me back to the Eliminatorr forumdays. O.o

[PredatorFour]

Sniping libs outta the sky anyone??? Potential game changer here in that respect

[Thunderhawk]

Originally Posted by Figment

Did someone just state Lancer Splash Damage of 1m?


That brings me back to the Eliminatorr forumdays. O.o

Do not mention his name or he might appear.......

[Figment]

Maybe we should start to go in denial early and say Lancer has no splash damage right now.

[gunshooter]

It won't be a lancer, it'll be a redesigned rocket launcher that functions nothing like the lancer did.

[RykerStruvian]

If the Lancer comes back, I hope the TR get their Stryker and we NC get our Phoenix back. Being able to snipe magrider spam from inside a building would be a blast.