Guns Of Icarus Online

Info => Feedback and Suggestions => Topic started by: Kronos Alucard on December 29, 2014, 10:15:20 pm

Title: Flare Gun
Post by: Kronos Alucard on December 29, 2014, 10:15:20 pm
Hello everyone, I'll make this quick, I'm Kronos and I suggest a new item/tool, the flare gun.

This gun is for the pilot class, and its purpose is to signal their allies for aid, or to illuminate the sky to get a clearer visual on the enemy. When equipped (instead of range finder or other tool of that slot) you have the gun in your hand, simply left click and a red flare is shot up, a message will appear in the text of your team saying you signaled for aid, and if your team mates are not horrible people, they will come save you :3

Here is a reference picture:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Webley_%26_Scott_Mk_III_flare_pistol.jpg)

Hope this gets added, if you have any ideas or further purposes for this suggestions, post below and I will edit my post :)
Title: Re: Flare Gun
Post by: Omniraptor on December 30, 2014, 01:06:31 am
I'm pretty sure we already have a flare gun in the game.
Title: Re: Flare Gun
Post by: Crafeksterty on December 30, 2014, 09:25:06 am
And it will be easier to use the captain chat or text team chat for communication.
Title: Re: Flare Gun
Post by: Arturo Sanchez on December 30, 2014, 11:26:52 am
So basically a tool version of the actual gun.

Too OP for a pilot to use and noobs won't learn to spot if they see a gun as a pilot option. In anycase, a gun of any kind in the personal tools of any class defeats the whole philosophy of the game.

Which is entirely focused on airship dog fighting.


As for a means of communication... guns has so many channels of communication that anymore is redundant.
Title: Re: Flare Gun
Post by: Kronos Alucard on December 30, 2014, 01:40:37 pm
I could always use it to burn my face off ;-;

but yeah I see the problem.... oh well, worth a shot (pun kinda intended)
Title: Re: Flare Gun
Post by: Count Plipster on January 03, 2015, 03:51:11 am
Actually, my friends and I had this same idea a while ago. I think it would be a cool implementation. And I personally don't think it really takes away from the dogfighting because even though it's a flare "gun" it's not a gun like an offensive weapon.  :)
Title: Re: Flare Gun
Post by: Alistair MacBain on January 03, 2015, 04:38:03 am
And I would imagine that this tool would be brought by a crewman instead of a pilot.