Guns Of Icarus Online

Info => Feedback and Suggestions => Topic started by: Spud Nick on July 18, 2013, 10:17:43 am

Title: New Light weapon
Post by: Spud Nick on July 18, 2013, 10:17:43 am
Flash bang grenade! It would create a flash of bright white light that would take up the whole screen for a few secs. Pilots could use it as a escape tool to get out of harry situations or use it to blind a enemy ship before going on the attack.

You know what... never mind...This might be a very annoying weapon. Can you imagine trying to repair the hull armor when all of a sudden your screen turns a blinding bright white?
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: Mattisamo on July 18, 2013, 11:01:48 am
It's great defense, and great offense.
I like.
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: Barujin on July 18, 2013, 11:06:09 am
I agree with the OP's second point. I've always hated flashbangs in any game.
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: RearAdmiralZill on July 18, 2013, 11:10:29 am
Well you should still be able to make out large objects like a hull near you, but white would also make gunners lose their crosshairs, as well as the obvious annoyance of the bang.

I could see it.
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: Echoez on July 18, 2013, 11:15:54 am
We could use more utility, so why not?
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: Rainer Zu Fall on July 18, 2013, 11:26:26 am
That actually sounds good. It probably good just raise the gamma as an effect to a much higher number and stop the players from hearing any sounds for the next...let's say...5-10 seconds?

Like that idea!
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: Barujin on July 18, 2013, 11:30:59 am
But the UI graphic that shows me that I'm correctly aiming at a component to repair it is also white.  ???
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: Imagine on July 18, 2013, 11:32:05 am
But the UI graphic that shows me that I'm correctly aiming at a component to repair it is also white.  ???
Right, that would be part of the point :)
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: Barujin on July 18, 2013, 11:36:24 am
But the UI graphic that shows me that I'm correctly aiming at a component to repair it is also white.  ???
Right, that would be part of the point :)
But my point is that it would be really annoying. Isn't this game full of enough frustrations? This would drive it over the edge. You all must be masochistic.
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: Mill Wilkinson on July 18, 2013, 12:04:09 pm
Well, the idea is cool, but as a gunner I'd hate everyone who used them against me.
Still, if we could act normally, but not see, it'd be awesome addition in my humble opinion. I'd make aiming it properly a hard biscuit, though. You'd need to land it nicely to have any effect, otherwise it'd just be fancy fireworks.

Or it'd be a quality of Lochnagar flares, where the sheer strength of it would work as a flashbang.

Btw, didn't we have this suggestion somewhere already? :o
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: Spud Nick on July 18, 2013, 01:33:03 pm
-1 round
-long reload time
-Very high arc

Sound reasonable?
Title: Re: New Light weapon
Post by: Imagine on July 18, 2013, 01:47:42 pm
What if we make this a new pilot tool instead of a new weapon?