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Early Build Weapon?
« on: November 26, 2014, 10:25:39 pm »
Hey guys, so the other day I just went about surfing the web, and when I was looking up some GoIO images, I found this:



I know this is from the Development Build (hence the title in the lower right-hand corner), but I must know, what kind of weapon was this? What were its intentions? Or was it a design for one of the weapons we have now?

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Re: Early Build Weapon?
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2014, 10:42:29 pm »
Harpoon maybe?  That's the feel I get anyway.

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Re: Early Build Weapon?
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2014, 10:52:28 pm »
Harpoon maybe?  That's the feel I get anyway.
I'l admit that was the initial feel I had off-hand when I first saw the image, but the more I look at it I want to say it was a flamethrower of sorts. Anyways, I'l leave the others to decide what it is.

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Re: Early Build Weapon?
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2014, 11:09:38 pm »
Flamethrower was my second thought.  Maybe some kind of anti-bloon flak?

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Re: Early Build Weapon?
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2014, 11:20:09 pm »
This is the early Artemis

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Re: Early Build Weapon?
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2014, 11:35:44 pm »
This is the early Artemis
Huh, I would've never thought that! Thanks for the clarification, BdrLineAzn! :D

EDIT: I guess the more I look at it, I can kind of see where the missle would line up and whatnot. Still, cool nonetheless, would be sweet if Muse ever did a throwback day (a day where the game retains some of its original features, such as differently designed craft, nerfed weapons would be returned to normal, etc.)
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Re: Early Build Weapon?
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2014, 11:45:42 pm »
lol if the early art was back, it had some seeking if i remember.

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Re: Early Build Weapon?
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2014, 11:59:19 pm »
lol if the early art was back, it had some seeking if i remember.

I swear that's mentioned in an achievement or tooltip somewhere...

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Re: Early Build Weapon?
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2014, 12:26:11 am »
I've looked at some of the early development screenshots, and I do kind of like the designs on the balloons of some craft back then (like the gear wheel in red on the one Galleon).

Did not know there was seeking on the early artwork, though is it actually mentioned anywhere?

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Re: Early Build Weapon?
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2014, 12:51:34 pm »
Definitely looks like the early missile sling, or Artemis as it's known these days.

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Re: Early Build Weapon?
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2014, 03:07:10 am »
looked very similar to the mine launcher by how the sling looked like the mine launcher's

But sure I do see that as an art. Though the 4 bolts making a cross confuses me on what it's for. I thought it was the disarming mechanism for the mines.