Weapon ideas

[Jinx]

very easy - once you re a weapons effect expert...

the heavy mortar effect is bad ( hopefully no hard feelings, i know you made it ) - but it looks like a fluffy light blue marshmellow that pops up in a rediculously large explosion ( the actual explosion isn t too bad - but the colours are totally off for the rather conservatively coloured freelancer [ you know - brown eagles, grey ships, etc. ] )

so - here is a description of what i d really love to see... :

a heavy weapon like the mortar for battleships only that does not fire when you hit the fire button... but

- plays a charge sound first while it delays for maybe 1 second ( that way you avoid it being used against small targets )
- after that 1 second delay, it releases a maximum velocity projectile that carries an expanding "tail" that expands as fast as the projectile flies ( hence creating a "beam" ) of quite a size ( like the battleship razor - the tails, not the balls, which also look rediculous )
- on impact it should show a fiery explosion - like melting / glowing metal.

how can that be done?

maybe with a missile projectile. - since such a weapon should not be used against a shield - its OK when its a "missile" type.

a missile can get a delay before it "launches" - so when you fire it, you get the 1 second immobile projectile that speeds away "instantly" after its "charged" up.

it would create a weapon that can be used against very large capital ships of at leasat cruiser size. - it cannot be aimed at a small target, cause you cannot fire it with the delay applied to it - but it should be instant once its launched. ( or to be safe - make it 2 seconds chargeup )


i just love the capital "beams" in freespace 2 - and such a concept would simulate those beams. - now i m not sure what kind of projectile a "missile" weapon can have. if they can only show a smoke-trail, it won t work of course

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