i have been thinking of a different type of weapon that could be used in the game ( i have posted about it before and the people who told me it was a bad idea were right. thank you for being honest). after thinking about it, it would be interesting to reflect damage back at enemies.
keep in mind this is not completely fleshed out, but i do have a starting idea. what i am thinking about though, is NOT a shield. this new defense type would only take a weapon slot, and only reflect missile attacks, not melee or explosives.
the best idea i have for how it would work, is by creating a quarter circle ark in front of the user. this quarter circle would only flash in front of the player so timing is essential in using this. i am unsure as to weather or not it should have a charge. if it did charge, then it would last maybe two or three seconds and maybe expand to a half circle (or stay the same and reflect all damage).
the take away, is that maybe you would be unable to move like with the auto guns, or when you reflect an attack (to make things exciting) anyone can get hit by it. so people on your team would have to be careful not to get in front of you when using this.
the biggest downsides: to use it to your best advantage, you would have to go solo. and, i am only talking about ranged attacks here. i dont think this would break the game, but it will make it more challenging for players to deal with.
as far as what it would look like... a big glove and when activated you outstretch your hand?
this was all i could think of. again, this is not entirely fleshed out, i just figure it would be nice to repel more than just enemies (the shield bump). at any rate, people are fond of just saying 'no' and 'be quiet you are dumb'. feel free to surprise me with feedback.
i had a thought and i want to run it by all of you
Dom, 07/08/2012 - 23:18
Lun, 07/09/2012 - 12:38
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not nessesarily
one thing that could happen, as you level up this device, is that when you repel an attack. it could do double damage to whatever it hits or triple damage.
Dunno, just sounds a bit... pointless? I guess there's a novelty in bouncing enemy attacks back at them but I can't see it going past that and once the novelty wears off such weapons will be forever boxed.
I suppose what I'm asking is this: Why would I choose this over a different weapon type? Swords will vastly outdamage it. Guns offer safety and more attacking opportunities. Bombs offer a variety of interesting and powerful effects.
If it were a sword that had a drawback in exchange for the ability to reflect projectiles it could work. Like it would have to be a normal damage sword notably weaker than the other swords of the same star level. But not as an entirely new hopelessly outclassed weapon type.