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Heavy Plasma Cannon
Damage 800
Velocity 160
Energy 12/blast
Delay 0.3s
Mass 800kg
Port Large
Level 2/2/1/-/-
Targeting Okay
About the size of a Devestator bolt, but red like the Plasma Cannon. An enegy weapon for those lower levels to use when trying to up heavy weapons. Right now the only options are BP, Sedina, or... Stingrays. Thoughts?
Damage 800
Velocity 160
Energy 12/blast
Delay 0.3s
Mass 800kg
Port Large
Level 2/2/1/-/-
Targeting Okay
About the size of a Devestator bolt, but red like the Plasma Cannon. An enegy weapon for those lower levels to use when trying to up heavy weapons. Right now the only options are BP, Sedina, or... Stingrays. Thoughts?
Up damage by 100, energy by 8.
i think its a little too powerful
The HX does 800, right? As long as this isn't plasma dev auto aim...
Yes, me likey. Autoaim like the Neutron, but not better (don't spoil the new players first chance you get, plus give them something to work towards).
Alternatively, Stingrays could just be made better (read: proximity, faster, more maneuverable) while reducing their damage.
But this HPC is a good idea.
But this HPC is a good idea.
Stingrays are not an energy weapon. I prefer energy if possible, and new players should have a choice.
Pretty much it's just a Plasma HX that's about 50% more damage and energy. Actually, 837.5 damage would be exactly 50% more.
Stingrays are perfect as they are. DO NOT CHANGE THEM.
They're not designed for attacking light or medium ships. The trouble isn't that they're ineffective for that, but that there's nothing that is effective available at those levels.
The newie L-port blaster suggestion has been discussed at least twice before, and I'm still in support of it.
They're not designed for attacking light or medium ships. The trouble isn't that they're ineffective for that, but that there's nothing that is effective available at those levels.
The newie L-port blaster suggestion has been discussed at least twice before, and I'm still in support of it.
I usually drop a few mega-posis for newbs that I have any sort of interaction with.(2/-/2/-/- iirc)
I do this because the grind until the PlasDev can seem quite long.
The HPC would solve this problem, so [Stamp Of Approval].
I do this because the grind until the PlasDev can seem quite long.
The HPC would solve this problem, so [Stamp Of Approval].
Please... think of the newbies.
Good idea
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Heavy Plasma Cannon
Damage 950
Velocity 140
Energy 20/blast
Delay 0.25s
Mass 600kg
Port Large
Level 1/-/1/-/-
Targeting Okay
Plasma Cannon HX-L
Damage 960
Velocity 160
Energy 14
Delay 0.2
Mass 500kg
Port Large
Level 2/-/2/-/-
Targeting Okay
I say yes. I'll make my own version of the specs and try to put in an at-least-okay name, and we can compare =)
Note: mentally add -ish to all the specs
Another note: All the reasons for choosing as I did are in square brackets
-Plasma Cannon LX
...[don't ask, sounds good]
-Damage: 900
...[that's probably too much, but eh. That's 3600 per second, gat cannon and agt are 4000/second, Plasma Dev mkI is 3625/second]
-Velocity: 175
...[Come on, don't make it really pathetically slow like the others]
-Energy: 25/blast
...[20/blast at 0.25 delay = 100/second, slightly lower than other L-port weapons and Plasma Cannons don't use much energy traditionally]
-Delay: 0.25
-Mass: 950 kg
...[as L=bigger=heavier, gat cannon is 800, agt is 2000, plasma dev is 1200]
-Licenses: 2/1/1/-/-
How's that? I probably FAIL™'d, but eh
Note: mentally add -ish to all the specs
Another note: All the reasons for choosing as I did are in square brackets
-Plasma Cannon LX
...[don't ask, sounds good]
-Damage: 900
...[that's probably too much, but eh. That's 3600 per second, gat cannon and agt are 4000/second, Plasma Dev mkI is 3625/second]
-Velocity: 175
...[Come on, don't make it really pathetically slow like the others]
-Energy: 25/blast
...[20/blast at 0.25 delay = 100/second, slightly lower than other L-port weapons and Plasma Cannons don't use much energy traditionally]
-Delay: 0.25
-Mass: 950 kg
...[as L=bigger=heavier, gat cannon is 800, agt is 2000, plasma dev is 1200]
-Licenses: 2/1/1/-/-
How's that? I probably FAIL™'d, but eh
I dont like the energy/damage ratio
The plasma cannon Hx is the most damage to energy efficient to the cost of speed and DPS if there is a Lport newb gun it should do 900 damage per shot and have ~15 drain per shot that would give another use than a newb gun, then i could slap it on a hog with an hx gun and finish off a deshielded queen efficiently.
(tri HX valk is still way better)
The plasma cannon Hx is the most damage to energy efficient to the cost of speed and DPS if there is a Lport newb gun it should do 900 damage per shot and have ~15 drain per shot that would give another use than a newb gun, then i could slap it on a hog with an hx gun and finish off a deshielded queen efficiently.
(tri HX valk is still way better)
What if the requirements on the gatling cannon were just lowered to say 1/0/1/0/0?
The Gat Cannon has pretty weak auto aim and its damage output is low.
The Gat Cannon has pretty weak auto aim and its damage output is low.
cause the gat cannon sucks too much to be give to newbs
Yeah, that idea was the precursor to this one, but I was met with some heroic responses as to how that wouldn't be beneficial to our children, and our children's children, and how it's our mission to feed and protect the youth of VO, so that one day, when they're all grown up, nobody will fall back on the addiction of spray'n'pray weaponry. Because newbs will totally still be using the Gatling Cannon even after any other large port gun becomes available. Or something like that. Maybe it was that the Gatling Cannon was a tunnel drug to other dangerous substances such as the Gatling Turret? Which is obviously in the game only as a potential distraction to more manly add-ons, such as the Government Issued Plasma Cannon. Okay, I'm done. [/sarcasm]
Don't let me curveball this idea with details. I thought my specs where good, but the main point is, that the first set of specs (by SuperMegaMynt) are also very acceptable.