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  Mark November 13th, 2008 @ 12:38 PM

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  Death worm \o/

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  riot November 18th, 2008 @ 10:21 PM

  Tracer - a low-damage or zero-damage, cheap, high rate of fire and relatively high ammo weapon to allow you to obtain an accurate firing solution fairly rapidly. Like a machinegun, but cheaper / more ammo, and brightly glowing :)

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  Norgg November 19th, 2008 @ 09:21 AM

  I might write up a quick guide on how to create new weapons. Should be nice and easy for people to add simple new weapons (such as the tracer), or weapons based on existing ones. Weapons with more complex behaviour (such as most of Mark's suggestions) would require a bit more work and knowledge of how to use the physics engine.

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  riot November 28th, 2008 @ 10:16 PM

  Missile-shield weapon - some sort of broad sweeping arc, relatively rapid fire, that does no damage to tanks but does deflect or explode incoming projectiles.

  Flamethrower - like a machinegun, but projectiles expand in size and disappear after a certain distance. Like machinegun but less aiming :) Also perhaps some sticky damage over time after a hit.

  Shotgun - like a mirv blast, but straight from the tank, and a lot weedier - maybe using machinegun bullets.

  Weapon to shove tanks around - some sort of very heavy and fairly rapid fire but very low damage projectile, just to generally bother and inconvenience other players, shove them off cliffs, etc.

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  Mark January 15th, 2009 @ 04:25 PM

  ::Volcano cannon:: You fire a core destabalising subatomic particle gun through the ground at the base of the screen. A procedurally generated column of magma snakes its way up to the surface and splurges forth.

  ::Thor device:: An airburst projectile, like a MIRV except a cloud comes out, which spirals down and becomes a tornado which chucks tanks about a bit. Useful for disrupting entrenched foe.

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  riot January 15th, 2009 @ 04:32 PM

  The first one is great aside from the fact that you can't aim below the horizontal. A bit of a problem.

  The second... would anyone actually pay for a weapon that doesn't do direct damage though?

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  Mark January 15th, 2009 @ 04:46 PM

  I have boundless faith in John and Aanand's ability to mount the insurmountable and, if they think I'm completely nuts, to at least point me in the right dirrection.

  I quite like the idea of a weapon that dislodges the enemy and breaks their aim without doing dirrect damage (although they might take some if the tornado picks them up and drops them upside down). It would also disrupt projectiles that pass through it, potentially acting as a kind of shield. It presents a interesting tactical alternative... of course its actual practical usefulness would be reflected in its price.

  I could just make the animation really pretty and flog it on the basis that it's weather.