Another "Crazy Weapon Idea"©... I'll really try my best to keep it short this time!
DESCRIPTION:
A Nail-Gun, similar to that of the Quake-series, with special functions similar to the "Shuriken Gun" of the Painkiller-series.
Primary Fire:
Shoots small, metal spikes at a not-so rapid speed (about 3-4 Nails per second). Take note that these "bullets" are non-hitscan, highly-conductive and persist in the map for a reasonable duration... This has something to do with its secondary and special functions...
Clip size:
20 Nails per clip, 2 clips per Ammo Pack... This is just my personal recommendation. If you guys wanna suggest others, feel free to post.
Fire Modes:
1) Like I said above: very-accurate, induces less chaos, but fires not-so rapidly. This fire-mode lets nails stick to targets' bodies, again for a reasonable duration, because it plays a vital role in its secondary and special functions... The damage of each nail in this fire-mode is about 8-10.
2) Slightly less-accurate, induces more chaos, but fires rapid bolts (about 9-12 per second). This fire-mode enables the spikes to pass through multiple targets, but it cannot penetrate walls. This fire-mode also heats up the spikes when the trigger is held down, progressively increasing its base-damage (from 8-10 to 16-20 tops, just before an entire clip is exhausted). However, the nails lose their capacity to conduct electricity in this mode (oops! Spoiler! Hehe...!).
Secondary Fire:
The first of this weapon's unique abilities... Holding down the Secondary Fire key will make the weapon fire a short, continuous stream of electricity (just a few meters past being a melee weapon). This can only stun targets for a few seconds with minor damage (4-5 per second), because the electric stream can only last 5-7 seconds, after which it needs to recharge. However, users can improve its range and/or damage by doing the following:
1) Set up a trail of metal nails in the immediate vicinity - this improves the weapon's range by letting the electric stream "jump" from one spike to the other, opening a whole lot of strategic options for the game.
2) Riddle a target's body with metal nails - this improves the weapon's electricity-damage. Each spike (on a person's body) adds +2 to the weapon's base-electricity-damage, but it doesn't improve its stun.
Dual Fire (Primary+Secondary):
When the Primary Fire is held while the weapon is emitting electricity (Secondary Fire), the metal nails fired are immediately charged with electricity, increasing its damage significantly by +5 (I told you guys this is weapon is Painkiller-inspired!). This only works for the FIRST fire-mode of the weapon, the SECOND fire-mode will not have its spikes charged.
SPECIAL FIRE:
The second secret of this weapon... Holding down the Special Fire key will make the weapon charge-up its electric beam, enabling it to unleash a devastating lightning bolt (Tesla-Coil style!) with a base damage of 50-60. The lightning bolt can only be fired when it is fully-charged (about 5-6 seconds), and it will overload and damage its user when charged for too long. It would also have a 3-second cool-down period after firing, just to avoid spammage. The same bonuses apply here as with the Secondary Fire:
1) Setting-up metal nails in the area of impact scatters the bolt, increasing its "area of effect" (instead of being a Lightning-gun style hitscan), therefore inflicting damage to more than one target.
2) Riddling a target's body with metal nails before hitting him/her with a lightning bolt significantly increases its damage by the number of bolts on the target's body. Each spike adds +5 to the weapon's lightning-damage. It also adds the possibility of blinding the target and/or having his/her ammo explode from the clip of the weapon s/he is holding. These "side-effects" only have a 5% chance of happening.
There we go! This weapon is still open to suggestion!
EDIT:
The exploding-ammo-thingie was scrapped because... well... it's just too unrealistic...
