Close combat weapons? (on hold)

[Guest]

Oddly enough, I don't have the time to find the screenshot, it was a interesting weapon, using one of the engine effects, resized to look like a blade of sorts: It had a range of 80-100m and had a quite the high damage, yet was limited to the hardpoint arcs on said ship.

While I dig up that screenshot, i would like your opinion on this. A high power antimatter "blade" for close combat: Imagine a fighter flying past a gunboat, leaving a deep, molten scar in the ship's armour plating...

imagine it. Then comment.

[Elsdragon]

Make it a bomber weapon, And there you go

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[Beagle23]

It would be overpowered as hell, but I don't care. Anything that is an alternative to the chase-the-tiny-bullseye-in-a-three-dimensional-target-range-while-spinning-in-a-washing-machine-while-the-other-player-warps-around-because-of-lag mechanic.

[Guest]

Basically it would be like Luke ducttaping his lightsabre on the side of his Xwing and went to joust the deathstar.

[swift]

Gravitic imploder lance. That is what we need.

Don't know if it is scientifically sound, but FL isn't anyways. And this thing is awesome.

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[Beagle23]

Make it so it just about fully drains power in three or four seconds of being on, so it can't just be spammed. I think that'd make it viable.

[NewOrder]

sounds cool, as long as its not so close that it causes rams

[Zapp]

I approve.

DRIVE ME CLOSER SO I CAN HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!

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[Janus]

To aid in imagining said weapon, stuff a Lib gunboat forward gun on a fighter, then wave it around a little.

[Beagle23]

How about some fighter-mountable close combat guns as well? Short-range weapon systems that work on a buckshot principle, for kids who can't aim good but want to do other things good as well.