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MightyKeb:
I think we all agree that  Harpoon doesnt have a particular place nor a demand for a place in the list of viable weapons. It gains you speed alright, but it should also be a fairly good tool for chasing. Tested that out yesterday and found that even something with such a small mass as squid could fly away the harpoon until it detached. I think the main problem with harpoon is how inconsistent it is. It's shot spread is affected by ship movement as if you're Indiana Jones running from a collapsing cave and thus is hard to aim, and very unforgiving when you miss thanks to the reload time. While guns with much shorter reloads can be muuuch more effective than harpoon.


Overall, it's both hard to pick up and master, compared to something like Minotaur, which also revolves around controlling airships' movement but does a much better job and is easier to use. The current harpoon definitely needs some kind of buff or else it'll be best at what it does now: An achievement grinding tool.

DJ Logicalia:
The only viable place for a harpoon in a non joke build is on the back of a galleon. But that's about it. It needs some kind of a buff, that's for sure.

MightyKeb:

--- Quote from: DJ Logicalia on April 12, 2015, 04:05:02 am ---The only viable place for a harpoon in a non joke build is on the back of a galleon. But that's about it. It needs some kind of a buff, that's for sure.

--- End quote ---


Yeah, and somewhat of a viability for the galleon's side aswell. Some basic ideas from me is to make the shot go straighter-ish (much less affected by ship movement) and buff the damage to just around the current lochnagar for increased effect.

GeoRmr:
back of a squid is also a serious harpoon placement
It is bad on the side of a galleon

imho it could use a slight damage buff/increase in projectile speed - the gun is harder to shoot than its utility deserves

ShadedExalt:
It also needs an increase in pull force, massively.  Me and Keb tested it, and the Squid slowed down MAYBE enough for my Pyra to get into arc, but not really.  Needs an increase to pulling force, and maybe an immediate reduction in speed for the enemy.

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