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Author:  D. Ein [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:39 pm ]
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I'm sure this has been suggested already, but it would be nice to have some kind of a powerful Skrith weapon, perhaps comparing to the RPG or the Railgun. What I had in mind was a continuous beam weapon. Like, you press the "fire" button and it fires out a steady beam, not unlike the second mode of that one gun... uhh... the one that fires green bolts? God, I have worse of a memory than a fish. Anyways, what do you folks think?

P. S. OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!! The gun I meant up there was supposed to be the link gun. :D
Author:  Carsomyr [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:42 pm ]
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Yes, there's a few ideas precolating around here already, ranging from Skrith energy grenades, to some kind of heavy machinegun firing slightly explosive energy bolts and a sniper-rifle type weapon that fires an electrically charged harpoon.

Personally, I'm not real fond of straight-bean weapons in FPS games. They never seem to have a nice feel to them. Sure, they can be useful, but. . .The link gun you mentioned is ac slose as I see weapons getting to being a beam weapon that's actually fun to use, but I still use the pulses in almost every situation because they have so much more FEEL to them.
/rant
Author:  Mr.UglyPants [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:35 pm ]
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how about making a Skirth rpg-esq energy launcher, that shorta acts like the fuel rod gun from Halo.
Author:  D. Ein [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:05 am ]
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Alright, scrap the beam weapon then. The reason I suggested that is because a certain mod (Archon Weapons & Shields) got me having fun with them. Here's the whole thing, if anyone wants to read. For the occasional user seeking actual useful information, skip to the section after it.

Anyway, it all started when I saw the War of the Worlds. The kickass beam thingies that the tripods had, those owned. However, even though the beams themselves kicked ass, what I loved even more was the effect. How the people just kinda poofed into a could of dust after getting hit by it.
About a month later, I download the Archon Weapons and Archon Shields mod. I played it, looked like a typical UT2K4 mod at first. Re-used weapon meches with differently coloured skins, relatively annoying zoom modes, over/underpowered weapons, etc.
However, the REAL fun started when I got to the weapon titled "Thermal Projector". I think it was a re-textured lightning gun, but oh well, doesn't matter. Anyways, I threw the Archon Shields on there, turned the Arena mode on with that weapon... and was blown away. The sheer satisfaction of coming up to a person, cutting their blueish shield orb open by a continuous red beam, then watching them skeletize in a cloud of blood-coloured smoke is undescribable. That's why I thought of a beam weapon at first.

As for my suggestion, I agree with Mr.UglyPants on the idea for an energy based RPG. It could, as well as damage, knock the opponent's shields off by overloading them. Also, while I was typing my little story, an idea came to mind about a WOTW-like weapon. A semi-continuous (fires for about a second after being used) beam weapon, dealing brutal damage but taking a while to recharge. Any comments?
Author:  Morter [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:17 am ]
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Hmm....Instead of Energy Based RPG, what about Energy Based Grenade Launcher? That way we'll have...a grenade launcher XD.

Plasma Grenade, of course.
Author:  ShadowBlade [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:10 am ]
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hmmm.. more people want more skrith weapons.. we'll see.. !mistrust
Author:  Mr.UglyPants [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:16 am ]
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I already thought (with some help of course) of a grenade launcher for the skirth.
Author:  Bjossi [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:32 am ]
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Skrith Grenade Launcher sounds good to me, a violent, blue plasma explosion when the grenade lands somewhere.
Author:  Mr.UglyPants [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:01 am ]
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i like my idea better. (from my new content ideas thread, now that was good)
Author:  darkonxy [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:53 am ]
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you should check what i psoted on the new content ideas thread, the skirth energy shotgun
Author:  Bjossi [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:10 am ]
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I love the idea of an energy shotgun, it is hard to pull it off decently though.
Author:  Mr.UglyPants [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:46 am ]
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yeah an energy shotgun would be great cause it would be so orginal.
Author:  Carsomyr [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:36 pm ]
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It would be. . .but I'm really curioius what it would end up looking like. . .just a sci-fi-looking shotgun shooting energy-colored slugs, sor something more original?
Author:  D. Ein [ Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:33 pm ]
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Energy shotgun? :S

So little originality with energy weapons now, and for a good reason. What the hell CAN you do with energy weapons? Just shoot out blue bolts and the occasional instant-hit beam.

I vote for razor-sharp glowing disk-like hand thrown things. Pesudo-shiruken ftw. :)
Author:  ShadowBlade [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:04 am ]
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yeah.. gotta agree.. we need something innovative i guess :)

man.. that Skrith razor gun would be sweet..
Author:  DarkCarnivour [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:27 am ]
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Skrith shotgun... A shotgun seems more like a terran weapon! A shotgun is a bit crude for a Skrith..
Author:  D. Ein [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:15 am ]
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No, no, no, blade, I'm not critisizing you - I'm just saying in general. Just look at all of the energy weapons in any games or shows: you've got the plasma gun which shoots bolts in Q3... Also the lightning gun in Q3, which is a LITTLE bit more original, because it fires a continuous beam. What else? UT has no beam weapons that fire outside of the parameters I've outlined. Shock rifle, link gun - both do exactly the same thing if you compare them. Ion cannon? Charged bolt.

One thing that COULD be done, though, is a rapid-fire beam weapon. I think that would be a bit spammy, but it could very much work.
Author:  Bjossi [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:01 am ]
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D. Ein wrote:
Energy shotgun? :S

So little originality with energy weapons now, and for a good reason. What the hell CAN you do with energy weapons? Just shoot out blue bolts and the occasional instant-hit beam.

I vote for razor-sharp glowing disk-like hand thrown things. Pesudo-shiruken ftw. :)


Eh, energy weapons have far more possibilities than any other brand.
Change the frequency of a laser and you have a new color with new hazards like light radioactivity if going above 120 nm.

Plus you can use energy in combo with metal, like a railgun shooting a magnesium slug at the speed of light. And of course the black hole generator, nothing can beat that idea when it comes to originality.
Author:  Mr.UglyPants [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:46 am ]
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DarkCarnivour wrote:
Skrith shotgun... A shotgun seems more like a terran weapon! A shotgun is a bit crude for a Skrith..


well maybe the skirth after fighting the UTC decided it needed a close quarters gun capable of killing enemies at close range, so they bulit something that's sorta like a shotgun mixed with energy properties, maybe it fi bullets that hold skirth plasama energy which is what hits the person, cause the bullet casing would be thrown away while the skirth plsama would kill the enemy.
Author:  Carsomyr [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:23 am ]
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. . .the skrth seem like more the kind do develop a sub-gun id they need CQB weapons, rather than a shotgun.
Author:  Bjossi [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:18 am ]
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What about an UTC energy shotgun then?
Author:  Carsomyr [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:54 pm ]
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We already have two UTC shotguns. . .maybe some other kind of close-combat energy weapon, though, that isn't a shotgun? (or a flamethrower)

I'll percolate some ideas on that one
Author:  Mr.UglyPants [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:45 pm ]
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Man whenever i haer the words 'close-combat energy weapon' i always keep thinking of the Halo plasma swords. !lol
Author:  macintosh [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:55 pm ]
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I never could use those darned swords... I just stuck to two pistols and a sniper... hee hee
This forum does have a point, the only REAL reason I like the skrith weapons (and I'm ashamed of admitting this) is that they look cool in bullet time ^^
The skrith could do with some more weapons, I mean, I guess that humanity won the war, but with the ammount of weapons the skrith had, it's no wonder. The humans had a whole arsenel and the skrith had two weapons, granted one of them was an automatic pistol, but still.
I like the idea of a skrith sniper rifle, like the convenant one from halo, beam rifle lower damage, but no real need to reload too often. Head shots need to count though.
Author:  Bjossi [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:21 pm ]
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And maybe need more than one shot to do a headshot if that kind of rifle would have high rate of fire.
Author:  macintosh [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:30 pm ]
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Well I wasn't thinking about it being a good rate of fire, I was thinking the same sort of cool down as the lightning gun... which I hate because it's so gay! I mean come on! it hardly ever hits coz of the stupid delay thing....
Author:  Mr.UglyPants [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:32 pm ]
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if your gonna discuss a Skirth sniper rifle dicuss it on a thread where it was first thought up on.
Author:  macintosh [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:35 pm ]
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sorry, my bad....
Well I'm out of idea's for skirth weapons though, I mean, they've all been said, if you think about it, there aren't that many classes of weapons in real life. Pistol, SMG, MG, Rifle, Snipers, rocket launchers...
How about a skirth mortar... I would say single shot rifle, but that would be more like Red Orchestra...
Author:  Bjossi [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:35 pm ]
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macintosh wrote:
Well I wasn't thinking about it being a good rate of fire, I was thinking the same sort of cool down as the lightning gun... which I hate because it's so gay! I mean come on! it hardly ever hits coz of the stupid delay thing....


That is what aiming practice is for.
Author:  macintosh [ Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:36 pm ]
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again... very true... I've been meaning to try out that mutator
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