Spiral Knights - Remove the shock on the small Kilowatt Pulsar (and Trolaris) bullets.

Remove the shock on the small Kilowatt Pulsar (and Trolaris) bullets.

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Mon, 02/25/2013 - 09:20

Autofire

Imagine this...

"You jerk...you've slain all my allies! I'll get you..."

Uncloaks and swings Flamberge.

Striker turns around and starts shooting what he has in his hand, a Kilowatt.

BZZZZZT

Striker swings his Swift Flourish several times until I die.

What's wrong with this scene? No, it's not that I have a Flamberge (go ahead and criticize it, anyway), it's the Kilowatt. Not its spread, but the shock. That was close range shooting, mind you. This gun expands expands at long range. Shouldn't the shock be kept to long range only?

In PvE, this can be OP also. Shoot at any distance and you'll ALWAYS have the same chance to shock. When they get shocked, you can walk away until they are far enough to get hit by expanded shots. The shock helps you distance yourself at close range. (Looking at it in the way of balance, I technically wouldn't need another weapon-I could shock them and get away, rather than swing a heavy sword to make distance.)

I think, rather than remove the push or the clip size, it should be making you vulnerable by not shocking (or reducing the chance of shocking) at close range. With things like this, you don't remove a large portion of it's uniqueness, and yet nerf it in a way that makes it less safe to use.

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 09:29

Powernexus

Im a ....... CHROMA WHELP

:o! do you know what this means?
GIGAWATT PULSARS WILL RULE!
what would be the point without the shock. a less-damage dealing elemental pulsar? this would be not fair for the small bullets. riots would start. (i want mah crownz bak!) and then... OOO decides that due to riots, there will be no pulsars. the close-range shock gives LIFE to the small bullets, now you are turning them to piles of Non-Shockers!
even worse...

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 10:00

Autofire

I meant GIgawatts too...

>.>

Oh, and they really changed shard bombs. We had riots...and no one cared...

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 10:00

Zeddy

I agree. Small bullets need to be more useless than they currently are. They currently aren't very useless at all.

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 10:05

Powernexus

A Pulsar upgraded with Spiral

A Pulsar upgraded with Spiral technology to deliver an unpleasant shock on impact. Pulsar shots become more powerful the further they travel.
they never said that the pulsar shots were supposed to be WEAK

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 12:09

Skold-The-Drac

oh look

Pulsar revamp #: derp

All for pulsar revamp, but really it just won't happen.

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 12:12

Autofire

You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

Pulsar shots become more powerful the further they travel.

What about if they only gain their shock potential when they are large? For real, you want to keep a gun this unsafe safer. To do that, you keep it from gaining an electrical charge until it is a good distance from the gun, no?

They never said that pulsar shots were supposed to be STRONG right after they leave the barrel.

@Skold-The-Drac

Why do you jinx us so?

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 13:34

Mupt

Bliep

You are CRAZY, CRAZYYYYYY!!!!

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 13:36

Autofire

You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

Uhhh....me?

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 15:55

Cactac

I used to be a gunner and

I used to be a gunner and these guns were KILLING MACHINES for undead and constructs, a little bit OP, but not too bad.
The shock kind of makes that like of the gun unique, but what it really needs is a slight nerfage of the pulsar lines, with a better Supernova.

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 21:04

#10

Hexzyle

How about if the bullets

How about if the bullets collide with something at close range, they disappear without dealing status nor damage? That would follow the whole "catalyzer/pulsar" theme that way, where the chemicals/discharges are harmless until mixed

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 21:16

#11

Canyew

FYI I love my Polaris.

Wait! I know how to solve this thread! NOOOOOOOO! There, problem solved

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 21:29

#12

Skold-The-Drac

Jinx

[reference to ultimate law of universal truth founded by man known as murphy]

That, and i'm trying to keep the streak going, many suggestions i've utterly doubted happening ever.. Have come to pass.

Guildhall update (didn't foresee such competent work of it anyway)
Pets (anyone can tell you i'd be among the storm of scorn raining down on pets threads)
Rss stab, (the bomber's lament, didn' foresee devs killing it)
Chaos buff (guildmates at one time spoke of it.. I devoted myself to nixing such convos(also bomber's lament 2.0))
And now this, which won't happen now that everyone's seen the pattern. All's a matter of perspective to the near psychotic though.

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Remove the shock on the small Kilowatt Pulsar (and Trolaris) bullets.