Tar bomb laucher

[Boarchild]

I'm not talking about tar. While this is in a thread called the tar bomb launcher, I read that as thermobaric weapon and wrote in that vein, intending:

1) a weapon that fires a round
2) the round will explode remotely in some way - shooting at, laying another one, remote trigger
3) when it explodes it will have AoE setting fire to components if any are within reach.

I don't wan't to be picky here, allthough I will seem to.. But a thermobaric weapon isn't designed to set things on fire, it's designed as a pressure wave explosive device. I agree with Plasmarobo here, tar already accomlishes what is described.

[Cowboy Spike Spiegel]

Now some of us had a couple of ideas about a weapon concerning actual tar, not tar smoke. A weapon that could actually coat a ship in tar and potentially make that ship more susceptible to fire. Now withe 1.3 update fire s bad enough so i could see why it wouldn't be a very welcome idea but I would see it similar to a flamethrower, spewing tar on components which makes them more susceptible to fire, pretty much adding a damage modifier.

[Plasmarobo]

I think the heavy flamethrower discussion is more relevant to that. Some kind of Napalm weapon or something.

[naufrago]

I think it's worth noting that the mines currently in the game have a good chance to ignite a 5 stack of fire on everything in its AoE. Do we really need a second mine that's only good at setting fires?

[Calico Jack]

a thermobaric weapon isn't designed to set things on fire, it's designed as a pressure wave explosive device. I agree with Plasmarobo here, tar already accomlishes what is described.

the "thermo" part suggests heat is not an unwanted side effect and I already mentioned my logic for not insisting on having a blast AoE , think of my using it as a means to get the discussion off the keyword "tar" which apparently triggers unpleasant memories.

The tool "tar", which has nothing to do with the weapon I'm fantasising about,  requires that you fly close enough to a ship so that it cannot avoid your cloud, and can be tricky to use on a ship that doesn't have centerline guns like the junker. It is also the antithesis of "remote", it is literally "in your face".

I think it's worth noting that the mines currently in the game have a good chance to ignite a 5 stack of fire on everything in its AoE. Do we really need a second mine that's only good at setting fires?

You have a chance to ignite stuff with incendiary ammo, and you have a flamer. Yes I want to drop flaming booby traps around the map.