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Starsector => General Discussion => Topic started by: BillyRueben on November 21, 2012, 07:08:55 PM

Title: If You Could Have A Weapon From Another Game...
Post by: BillyRueben on November 21, 2012, 07:08:55 PM: What weapon would it be? Any weapon, any game.

For me, it's one of my favorite videogame weapons of all time:
The Cerebral Bore (http://turok.wikia.com/wiki/Cerebral_Bore) (from the Turok series): Fires a homing projectile that homes in on an opponents head, drills out their brains, and detonates. I think this would make for a deliciously inhumane weapon in Starfarer. A missile that homes in on an enemy ship, drills through the side of the ship (spewing out crew in the process), and then blows up. Efficient? Not really. Awesome? Yup.
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Post by: Axiege on November 21, 2012, 07:33:39 PM: Samus' Grapple Beam, grab lighter ships and swing them around into their allies :D
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Post by: Hopelessnoob on November 21, 2012, 11:56:11 PM: Void rays beam from SC2 a beam weapon that got stronger the longer it was focused on a target would be amazing.
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Post by: PCCL on November 22, 2012, 12:16:12 AM: void rays? cmon man... think big!

I want the yamato cannon XD
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Post by: Hopelessnoob on November 22, 2012, 12:41:57 AM: I went with void ray because its a unique mechanic. Although a weapon that had a charge time and unleashed a devastating blow after that could be cool too.
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Post by: Gaizokubanou on November 22, 2012, 12:50:04 AM: Quote from: Hopelessnoob on November 22, 2012, 12:41:57 AM
I went with void ray because its a unique mechanic. Although a weapon that had a charge time and unleashed a devastating blow after that could be cool too.

Void ray's increased DPS over time would be a fun mechanic to implement in a game like Starfarer for sure.
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Post by: Gothars on November 22, 2012, 02:06:13 AM: Yeah, that sounds really interesting. Could be a new weapon or spice up things like the HIL. Make a suggestion out of it maybe?
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Post by: Sproginator on November 22, 2012, 06:18:08 AM: Quote from: Axiege on November 21, 2012, 07:33:39 PM
Samus' Grapple Beam, grab lighter ships and swing them around into their allies :D

We need this, Please Alex and co, I'll do whatever you like, just get that in the game :D
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Post by: blamatron on November 22, 2012, 06:30:12 AM: The MD Device, from Ender's Game. No ship will be safe.
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Post by: erynr73 on November 22, 2012, 12:07:17 PM: Quote from: Hopelessnoob on November 22, 2012, 12:41:57 AM
I went with void ray because its a unique mechanic. Although a weapon that had a charge time and unleashed a devastating blow after that could be cool too.
Played a mod with a similar weapon (forgot which one), it was a beam weapon that took couple seconds to fire after activating, then fired for several seconds doing IMMENSE damage (9999 burst). Had a long CD and slow turn speed but anything smaller than a Cap would destroyed or have it's shields overloaded. It was a fun weapon.

Would love to see the void ray mechanic too.
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Post by: billi999 on November 22, 2012, 02:22:08 PM: Without a doubt, the Heavy Beam Cannon of Homeworld 2s' Sajuuk capital ship. It's the single most powerful weapon in the game, being able to destroy the most powerful buildable ships in the game with less than 3 shots, and it requires all 3 of the hyperspace cores in existence (in the games' universe) to fire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-05M3Xt1y8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-05M3Xt1y8&feature=related)
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Post by: Nekora on November 22, 2012, 02:25:47 PM: Screw the Sajuuk, give me the beasts infection beam anyday!

Are they your reinforcements?

Nope, Mine now.
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Post by: hadesian on November 22, 2012, 03:39:21 PM: The super death beam cannon from Project Sylpheed's final boss.

That thing's scarier than a deathstar...
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Post by: legion on November 22, 2012, 04:20:58 PM: All that is peanuts. Gimme a D-gun, a Retaliator missile or 2 and a Implosion Device. Bye Bye Universe, I'm resetting it!
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Post by: billi999 on November 22, 2012, 04:37:23 PM: Quote from: Nekora on November 22, 2012, 02:25:47 PM
Screw the Sajuuk, give me the beasts infection beam anyday!

Does the infection beam have a range of 20km? I don't think so!
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Post by: Doom101 on November 22, 2012, 09:04:12 PM: The RYNO from ratchet and clank all the way back on the PS2 , basically a huge machine gun that fires homing nuclear missiles :D what could be more fun? a single volley is 100 missiles. i don't think you'd even need to scale it up for ship to ship warfare even though its a shoulder fire weapon for an infantry type unit. just slap some of those on a ship and bam you have instant win! oh and the missiles are so small a ships PD probably wouldn't even notice them.

Either that or the HALO rings like the weapon part of the halo rings, wipe out all life in the galaxy? yep.
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Post by: TheHappyFace on November 22, 2012, 10:20:02 PM: Does the star wars death star count as a weapon ;D
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Post by: ValkyriaL on November 22, 2012, 11:44:45 PM: Aurora Ominae from EvE, creates an expanding black hole that destroys everything in its vicinity, nothing could be more epic.
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Post by: dogboy123 on November 23, 2012, 01:59:31 AM: Give me an airtight version of the Titan from Battlefield 2142, gotta love that thing.
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Post by: Upgradecap on November 23, 2012, 04:23:36 AM: Quote from: billi999 on November 22, 2012, 04:37:23 PM
Quote from: Nekora on November 22, 2012, 02:25:47 PM
Screw the Sajuuk, give me the beasts infection beam anyday!

Does the infection beam have a range of 20km? I don't think so!

Does the Sajuuks beam cannon insta-gib fleets? Don't think so either. Ofcourse, with the beast cannon, you field multiple ships. Oh hey, is that your sajuuk there?

Nope. Mine now.
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Post by: billi999 on November 23, 2012, 08:18:12 AM: Quote from: Upgradecap on November 23, 2012, 04:23:36 AM
Nope. Mine now.

That's if you assume Sajuuk is otherwise undefended. If you're going to use more than one ship of course it will defeat sajuuk, it'd be unbalanced if it didn't - any sufficient amount of ships outnumbering Sajuuk would be enough to destroy her. We're talking about weapons anyway, not ships, so in theory this could be a large weapon that is the single weapon mounted on a specialized destroyer that could outmaneuver anything larger than itself, and vice versa for you and your infection beam thingy.
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Post by: Skyjump on November 23, 2012, 09:02:56 AM: Portal gun Anyone?
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Post by: Axiege on November 23, 2012, 10:15:00 AM: Quote from: Skyjump on November 23, 2012, 09:02:56 AM
Portal gun Anyone?

Nope, too easy. Also not a weapon. And good luck finding flat surfaces to shoot portals onto. And etc etc (thinking of more and more problems, don't wanna type them all).

I want a massive Big Daddy (just because I have to reference a video game) drill on the front of a ship to ram and tear through enemy ships and asteroids.
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Post by: ValkyriaL on November 23, 2012, 10:23:02 AM: I changed my mind, if i were to have a weapon, it would be this, no doubt about it.

Spoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/TEVAS.jpg)
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Post by: liq3 on November 24, 2012, 07:04:07 PM: The particle cannon from CnC generals... but scaled up to ship size. Who needs a ship? Just have a flying laser cannon of death.
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Post by: DelicateTask on November 25, 2012, 07:58:05 AM: Quote from: Hopelessnoob on November 21, 2012, 11:56:11 PM
Void rays beam from SC2 a beam weapon that got stronger the longer it was focused on a target would be amazing.
...flux buildup = higher damage for energy weapons already does that...

I'd want the flintlock pistol from Dishonored. Yup, just tape it onto the hood of my Onslaught and watch me take on the SDF. And maybe, while I'm crushing my enemies, people will take a look at that baby and say, "Wow, that guy's got class."
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Post by: firstattak1 on November 26, 2012, 12:23:32 PM: I want an area of effect wepon, or ship system, just so I can punish those stupid fighters.
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Post by: Gothars on November 26, 2012, 12:40:07 PM: Quote from: firstattak1 on November 26, 2012, 12:23:32 PM
I want an area of effect wepon, or ship system, just so I can punish those stupid fighters.

The Flak cannon is an AOE Weapon, the EMP emitter an AOE system.
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Post by: firstattak1 on November 26, 2012, 03:32:56 PM: I'm sorry I wasn't clear, a aoe around the ship, like a blast o energy. Would to a ton of damage, but would only
effect a small area
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Post by: psycho0222 on November 26, 2012, 09:35:06 PM: Ramming Frigate in HW:Catalyst
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Post by: Axiege on November 26, 2012, 10:12:51 PM: A Murasame Liger or Blade Liger's energy blade, from multiple Zoids games. Put one on the side of a tempest and just fly past ships :D