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2003-07-13, 01:27 PM
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Corporal
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i had mentioned this before but i wanted more peoples opinions....
what would you all think of VS having some sort of recharging system on their weapons? like they would still have 200 ammo but instead of reloading the energy would sort of just recharge back into the energy chamber to which it is dispensed? It makes sense because alot of energy based things like maxs and aircraft recharge their energy, the only difference with the weapons would be that they have an ammo limit which will remain the same. So... how does it sound? 
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2003-07-13, 01:32 PM
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Colonel
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Ok...
Soudns good to me...the idea I mean but I am worried the recharge may leave the person vulnerable for a period of time, unless the recharge speed is as fast as other empires reload speeds, then it would be cool because it would make VS more distinct and individual |
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2003-07-13, 01:46 PM
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Well they could make it where a VS weapon can fire say 25-30 rounds & then has to recharge for 3-4 seconds, or slightly longer than it takes a Terran or NC to reload. This would make the VS weapons unique, give them a real advantage, while at the same time not making their weapons too overpowered.
The downside to this is that it could be unabalancing in that the VS could carry alot more regular equipment which could prove to be too much of an advantage. However, that may be balanced by the fact that TR/NC weapons tend to be better overall. Anyway, it would have to be something that would be playtested extensively. |
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2003-07-13, 01:46 PM
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it's always semi-amazed me how the people/person responsible for designing VS weapons seemed to have this fetish for really really low ammo counts. what is it, 8 in our AA MAX? I dunno, I never touched the damn thing. 20 for our lasher, a whopping 60 (post patch) for our quasar. I'm almost amazed every time I think about the lancer and it's 6 shots.
as far as the idea proposed, I'd kinda be against it. there's times where I see a breif break in the action and I want to top off the ammo-in-clip myself, right at that moment. relegating that kind of authority to an automatic recharge system just wouldn't work. get in the middle of heavy action, you'd be screwed, and walking around defending you'd feel like you're 'wasting' ammo by not shooting.
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2003-07-13, 02:23 PM
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Corporal
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thats why i think they should test it. to get those bugs out and find a unique way so that it would please you and others
by adding and subtracting a few things they could make it work fairly. i think the Rate of recharge would determine your feelings on "wasting" the unused ammo you know? they would probably make the recharge JUST below the ROT you know? but perhaps if you sit still or something it increases the recharging you know? there are endless things to work with so that the majority could be pleased. |
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2003-07-13, 03:15 PM
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Corporal
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It's far to complex an idea.
But, do you mean the weapon has 200 shots without realoading? Do you still have to carry ammo? Or, does the weapon just recharge on it's own? Clip size and Inventory load out are part of the strategy of the game. Just because it's an energy weapon doesn't mean that it should have Huge Power Supply. Also, the idea that Reavers and Max have capcitors - so why can't energy weapons. It's not the same thing. Vehicles and Max Suits could have Generators that replenish the power. |
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2003-07-13, 05:07 PM
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Sergeant
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I'm not completely sure I get it either.
Do you mean like, say you have 200 rounds worth of energy cells in your inventory. Every VS weapon would have a capacitator (similar to MAX capacitators I guess) that would subtract energy every time you fired, and regenerate energy, removing 1 unit of energy from a cell in your inventory for each "tick" of capacitator regeneration. Meaning, firing too much in a short time would cause your weapon to need time to charge from your energy cells, and when you run out of cells, the capacitator no longer regenerates. Is that it? If so, I don't see the harm. Infact in essence it would give VS a small teamplay advantage, because if you fire in bursts, or one shot every now and then, you can give constant covering fire because you wont need to reload. Though, if this is what you meant, I guess this means VS would gain a small advantage at long range. I found with most weapons they dont recoil quite so much when you're crouched, so you can take people out from long range with automatic weapons if you let the accuracy return to full after each shot. Other empires would have to reload occasionally doing this, but VS wouldnt need to because they would have to delay so their capacitator can catch up anyway. In short range head-to-head I guess it wouldn't give VS any more of an advantage though. |
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2003-07-13, 07:30 PM
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Corporal
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ummm.... :o
1. nothing about the weapon will change except the reloading. you will still get the energy in packs of 50 or whatever... i just used 200 as an example of how much a VS would normally carry on him and im sorry i forgot to mention that. 2. i compared it to reavers and maxs because the energy they use for boosts regenerate and i thought that in a way, VS could adapt that to a gun and say "this is basically how our energy sources work" the end. Last edited by Conceptor; 2003-07-13 at 08:48 PM. |
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.... if such an idea were to catch on. it would make more sense too.
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