Spiral Knights - New Gun, Beamers

New Gun, Beamers

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Wed, 08/29/2012 - 19:33

Emlotargh

beam weapons a little like the turrets you can pay to operate in the slime farm.

Beam guns have these things in common:

Beam weapons do their damage over time, have penetration (usually) any status applications have only a small chance of activating on targets that have been affected by a beam for a short while.
You can move albiet very slowly while firing a beamer.

types:

elemental (fusion beam (fire), radiation beam (toxic), Cryogenic beam (ice))
shadow (chaos ray) (with possible random status affect)
Piercing (rail gun) (with possible knockback/knockdown as status)
Normal prismatic (laser) (with stun dazzling status sometimes)

Wed, 08/29/2012 - 21:27

Dukeplatypus

Interesting, yet very much

Interesting, yet very much OP. You need to balance it a bit more.

Wed, 08/29/2012 - 23:41

Xxpapaya

The papaya is sliced

I agree with Duke, according to the description you gave, the beam gun basically is a rail gun with an infinite clip. You could keep enemies at bay for hours even with a clip. You need to balance it out, maybe making it hard to control, and obviously it has to have a range........

Thu, 08/30/2012 - 04:29

Thunderbog

hush draggies. i creep in.

I had a thought of changing Polaris charge shots into laser beams obtained in Ironclaw Munitions Factory. But, I don't know, whatever ye guys think about it.

Thu, 08/30/2012 - 04:36

Little-Juances

Seems hard to find the right

Seems hard to find the right spot for this sort of mechanic.

Penetration will give crazy total damage in groups.
If you nerf the damage, what would be the point of a constant, slow-killing beam vs some quick stronger shots with a regular gun.

Thu, 08/30/2012 - 05:06

Thunderbog

Oh, Juances, remember there's

Oh, Juances, remember there's something called 'penetration damage decreasing'.

So uh.. let's put this. hm.

Juances, may I suggest that the laser beam, perhaps on mine. The charge shot decreases it's power when the laser shrinks for each second? The laser lasts for 3 seconds I guess. I dunno.

Thu, 08/30/2012 - 08:57

Tjaktjak

maybe..

how about just a pulse? just one short burst of laser, then reload, it would be a bit like the mega magnus, except it only has 1 bullet in a clip and it can penetrate.

Thu, 08/30/2012 - 09:02

Little-Juances

Penetraton decrease coudl work on raw damage, dependig on the ratios, but not if it also carries status. Specifically the ice one.
Give it only pure damage to be safe.

Or we could just make a 'fake' laser, by grabing autogun/blitz mechanics, then change the visual effects.

Thu, 08/30/2012 - 10:36

Serell

aw dang it..

I was going to make a suggestion about a beam gun that penetrates just like this, but you beat me to it >.> Anyway sounds cool, I might make some concepts.

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