Couod we get some more Rapid Fire Weapons?

[Sunleader]

We really have very little in regard to Fast Firing Weapons.

How about an Autocannon.
Refire Rate and Damage sitting between Cannon and Multicannon.

Or an Ioncannon.
Shooting Ionized Metal Pellets with an refire rate a bit faster than a Pulse Laser.

Could even make use of already existing stuff.
For example an Micro Plasma Accelerator which shoots smaller Plasma Projectiles but at an much higher rate of fire.

Or a wordplay. Pulsed Laser (not Pulse Laser but PulseD Laser)
An Laser which Shoots only very short but very Potent Laser Pulses instead of longer Pulses and Bursts.
Graphic similar to point defense.

My personal favorite would be.
Positron Particle Thrower.
A MashineGun Weapon which would shoot highly Energized Micro Projectiles at an Rate like the Multi Cannon. Damage type Therman as the Particles dont have enough mass to cause Kinetic Damage.







We need more variety of Weapons

 

[goemon]

how about a Xanthic Re-Structtion Destabilised Zenon Emitter?

Spoiler

MARVIN:
Nice, aren't they?

 

[Sunleader]

how about a Xanthic Re-Structtion Destabilised Zenon Emitter?

Spoiler

MARVIN:
Nice, aren't they?

Fine with me

Importand part is we get some Weapons with Rapid Fire in between refire Rate of Pulse Laser and Multi Cannons.
I mean come on.

We got
5 Weapons that Fire Semi Automatic.
1 Weapon that Fires Burst
1 Weapon that Fires Automatic
And 1 Weapon which Fires Beam.

Notice something ?
We got more Semi Automatic Stuff than we got other Weapons in total....
And that in a Game with Fast Paced Maneuver Combat where anyone rational would have mostly Full Automatic Weapons....

We should at least get get two or three of each other Firing Speed!!!



Take a look at Games like Freelancer.
Its Stone Age Game by now. But it has more Weapon Diversity than ED xD

 

[Lestat]

Not bad ideas. Please note. Each weapon might have a downside. Rapid would either Equal heat or reload time.

 

[Sunleader]

Not bad ideas. Please note. Each weapon might have a downside. Rapid would either Equal heat or reload time.

Aye no Superweapons.
A Rapid Fire Laser Gun would need Energy.
The Particle Gun for example would need Ammo And Energy.
Autocannons due to high Calibre and Fast firing speed would overheat fast etc etc.


To begin with the Weapons itself are examples to incite some tought.

Importand is we get more Weapons which are Full Automatic or at least more than Semi Automatic firing Speed.

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

I'd like some more rapid fire energy weapons.
Star Wars Style Pew Pew Lasers are a staple for sci fi games. And ED has none. Lol

Except point defence.

 

[Sunleader]

I'd like some more rapid fire energy weapons.
Star Wars Style Pew Pew Lasers are a staple for sci fi games. And ED has none. Lol

Except point defence.

Haha yeah tought that as well.
God it looks so awesome when an Anaconda with its Point Defense starts Firing all around xD

And we got nothing in that Direction for Weapons. Its so Frustrating.....

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Haha yeah tought that as well.
God it looks so awesome when an Anaconda with its Point Defense starts Firing all around xD

And we got nothing in that Direction for Weapons. Its so Frustrating.....

Heh, I love it when an Anaconda with all round PD goes off.
It's single handedly the most awesome looking thing to ever see in combat.
Yet it's totally harmless. Lol

 

[DocLooshkin]

Hello, Sunleader.

+1 for the basic idea. I'd love to try the plasma equivalents of multi- and frag-cannons.

The Pulsed Laser you've suggested seems doubtful: in ED, a laser is a beam of coherent light, just as in real life, rather than any kind of projectile. It shouldn't really be anything other than a beam, of whatever duration. Then again, FD might decide that the Rule of Cool is more important here.

The Positron Particle Thrower could be interesting. On the one hand, this is basically an anti-matter weapon, which would make it ridiculously dangerous and illegal to have in any remotely sane place. One little malfunction and Mr Dennis Parker's line about not needing a rocket to fly through space would suddenly take on a new and terribly personal meaning.

On the other hand, this is the famously homicidal and suicidal population of ED we're talking about - at least some of them are surely capable of authorising weapons capable of vapourising their owners, along with half a space station, so why not? If the inevitable war with the Thargoids goes badly, I'm sure this would become a favourite toy for everyone.

 

[Sunleader]

Haha xD

Just saying.
But a Pulsed Laser is not that Unrealistic.

Its actually the most feasible method right now.
Because its much easier to dissipate the Heat from 6-12 mini Lasers that Shoot through a Single Lense in Small Short Pulses.
Than it is to Dissipate Heat from a Single Large Laser that Shoots one long Pulse.

It costs either more Energy or does less damage than a Pulse Laser. But its more Heat efficient