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Arthem White:
I love the idea behind Lochnagar ammo, a high risk-high reward shot for skilled gunners. Unfortunately, I think the design is flawed. Unlike other types of ammo, which may be better or worse on different guns, Lochnagar is the only type of ammo that straight doesn't work on certain guns (such as Gatling or Flamethrower). This is bad for a couple of reasons:

1- The most obvious, it limits gameplay choices. It could be used in several different guns, but by design it can't, which leaves the gunner with fewer tactical choices.

2- It's very bad for newbies. I've seen many youtube videos in which a newbie loaded Lochnagar on his gun and wondered why it didn't work. Hell, if I recall correctly there was a point in the TGS podcast in which someone tried to shoot a gatling with lochnagar and wondered why it felt like a pea shooter (maybe it was on some other video, please correct me).

So how can this be fixed? I think there is a simple way to deal with the issue with Lochnagar ammo, and it is the following:

Divide the damage the Gun gets from firing Lochnagar by its clip size.

It doesn't have to be exactly that, it can be twice the damage THEN divided by clip size or whatever. The idea is that the weapon breaks after a consistent percentage of the clip size has been used, so if you're used a one-shot gun it will break right away, while you'll be able to empty anything from half to a full clip when using a gatling, before it breaks down.

I think this would make Lochnagar scalable between different weapons while keeping its background drawbacks (terrible rotation speed, self damage). What do you think?

Echoez:
Last time I checked there were other ammo types that made no sense on some guns as well.

Lochnagar is a specialized ammo for specific guns, it works on the Lumberjack, the Typhon, the Hellhound and the Mercury. That's how it is. Ammo types are designed to work with some guns and not work with others.

Just like you won't load Burst rounds on the Gatling, you will not load Lochnagar on it either.

You won't load Lesmok on the Manticore cause the extra range is useless with the spread it has.

You will also not load Greased on a Typhon Heavy Flak cause it makes no sense to lower your damage while not realy getting any other benefits from the ammo type.

Pickle:
Ammunition types do not have to be universal.

Advisory: Thinking may be involved in playing this game.

Commodore Phoenix:

--- Quote from: Pickle on July 27, 2013, 09:14:18 am ---
Advisory: Thinking may be involved in playing this game.


--- End quote ---

Salute!

-Muse- Cullen:
Personally, I think that a single bullet from a Gatling, with lochnagar, shouldn't do the same amount of damage as a full clip- nor half a clip. I don't think that its believable when a single little ~pew pbbblt~ bullet from the gat suddenly rips apart half of the armor of a ship. Not all ammo types can be used on all guns, but most guns can use more than one ammo to get different effectiveness out of it. Its a Gunner's job to learn each weapon and find out what ammo types work the best for each.

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