You granted us the dual pistols, Is Energy / plasma rifle/carbines next?

I'm am thoroughly enjoying dual pistols which was something I and alot of people hoped to see someday. Now I'd love to see energy rifles, lasers, plasma, particle cannons, etc. Whatever paragon studios chooses to pursue at some point I'm thinking something similar to the orbs that rikti rifles / pistols shoot would be fun or maybe something similar to the energy attacks that the arachnos mace does.

Now to compile a lists of possible tier 1 - 9 powers...

A Sci-Fi Laser Rifle powerset?
I would enjoy that.

Hmm...
While there's more than one way to build the set, here's a couple of thoughts.
Energy damage, with a few attacks having a fire component and a -Def (A "Piercing Beam burning through it's foes.."
At least one attack with a three-tick energy DoT and a chance to Stun ("obligatory pew-pew-pew")
Maybe one cone attack based on a spray of multiple shots or a scything beam.
Standard Aim and Snipe.

I have a thread somewhere in the depths of the suggestions and ideas that people have agreed with. Can't find it though. Regardless, /signed

Hopefully..now I can make the army spaceman I ways wanted

/signed

ahh I found it, here we go


http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=209745

They already have some of the basics with the Robotics set, but I'd love to have a pulse rifle type blast set.

I can't really see any other gun powerset being as showy as dual pistols. I would love to see what the nuke for the set would be though..

A narrow-cone (like Headsplitter) heavy hitter is what I was thinking, but a wider cone would make sense too.
Random shots fired from a PBAoE spin is just too scattered and reckless for my liking.

I'd like to see an AoE move that starts at the ground and shoots up into the sky like a reverse rain of fire, with a stun chance in it too.

and I love the idea of the crazy convulsing over 9000 blast mentioned above.

Something like full auto would be sweet too.

Maybe even a plasma bubble for a hold move?

I've always wanted to see a Pulse Rifle powerset, for the simple fact that the way that rifle shoots those beams makes me smile every time I see it. Not in the slightest "pewpewpew," but more of a heavy thump that sends a mean through your enemy and off into the countryside. LOVE IT! Too bad Mastermind personal attacks suck for damage. Would it KILL to give them Masterminds a reason to get their personal attacks?

As far as what a nuke would look like, I've always wanted to see a retread of Barret's Satellite Beam from Final Fantasy 7. Either that, or a smaller version of the Global Defence Initiative's Ion Cannon. I mean, come on! The game really, really needs this

As far as powers go, we can already put one together from what Pulse Rifle attacks we currently have and the rest we can borrow from the Arachnobots, filling in the gaps with new powers in the same vein. Let's say...

1. Pulse Rifle Blast
2. Pulse Rifle Burst
3. Photon Shot - Name stolen from Marvel Super Heroes Dr. Doom, functionality stolen from Arachnobot Blaster -> Sweep Area power.
4. Recalibrate Targeting - Basic Aim. Could possibly see "Paint Target" as alternative, to the tune of Surveillance, but on for YOUR fire. Could activate extra effects in the power ala Dual Pistols, but only on painted targets.
5. Disruptor Tesla - Basically, Tesla Cage by another name, stolen from Arachnobot Disruptor.
6. Photon Grenade
7. Pulse Rife Disruptor - Basically, a high-powered, short-ranged blast that hits like a horse, but doesn't travel off into the distance, ensuring full impact delivery.
8. Laser Blast - Either a basic long-ranged snipe, or a Piercing Rounds clone, whichever works.
9. Satellite Beam - Operated like Archery's Rain of Arrows but treated as a full-scale nuke with full endurance drain and 6-minute recharge. Not anaemic like Thunderous Blast, however. Should have a long animation time to include the risk of enemies running away from the blast area if used during mobile combat.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

I like it, Sam.

When I was thinking of ideas for it the malta sapper move came to mind, even though it would be more of a secondary-style move, but that satellite beam would be pimp.

there should be a short-range, high damage move as well, like blaze or cosmic burst or executioner's shot, that would be your pulse rifle disruptor, right?

Count me in as another one who's wanted an energy rifle blast set ever since the first bots MM I saw. My own version of it, as an alternate suggestion:

1) Pulse Burst (Ranged, Moderate energy damage)
Your basic 4 second recharge tier 1 blast. Animation should be the same as the equivalent power in Robotics.

1) Pulse Blast (Ranged, High energy damage, Chance for knockback)
Again, basic tier 2 eight second recharge blast. Animation is again taken from Robotics.

2) Sweeping Beam (Ranged(Cone), moderate energy damage)
Fairly basic cone attack, 40 ft range and 45 degree arc. Three ticks of damage, like fire breath does but lower total damage since it's a wider arc. Animation would be, oddly enough, the character firing a constant beam for a couple of seconds, sweeping it from side to side with an animation similar to Assault Rifle's flamethrower. Could probably use that animation (the movements, at least, the FX would need to be different obviously) to save some effort if needed.

6) Photon Grenade (Ranged(AoE), Moderate energy/smash damage, small chance for stun)
Oh look, a third power ripped from robotics.

8) Aim (Click, +accuracy, +damage)
Damage/accuracy buff. It's Aim, everyone with half a clue should know what this does and looks like.

12) Death Ray (Snipe, High energy/smash damage, knockback)
What's an energy rifle set without a Death Ray. In this case, a sniper power. Standard sniper damage, range, interrupt, etc. Animation would be similar to Assault Rifle's sniper power, with a beam something like fire's Blazing Bolt. Also for added awesome, a charge-up sound effect similar to what the battle drones do when firing their heavy lasers (The ones they get from the first upgrade), but longer to match the full interrupt time.

18) Heavy Pulse Burst (Ranged, High energy/smash damage, knockback)
Your basic tier 3 blast, I'm thinking 12 or maybe 14 second recharge with damage, end cost, etc as appropriate. Animation ideally would use something similar to Assault Rifle's burst power, with the FX being something like the protector bots' heavy burst (Again, the ones they get with the first upgrade) Three shots, hence using the burst animation. I think it should have full 80 ft range rather than the 40 most tier 3s have, since the protectors can shoot it that far. Don't see why players shouldn't be able to as well.

26) Concussive Pulse (Ranged, Minor energy damage, stun)
Fairly basic mez, 20 sec recharge/11.9 sec duration mag 3 stun. Could also be made a knockback power akin to energy's Power Push and still fit the name, but to really fit the theme you just have to have an option to set it to stun. Could possibly even have the animation include the character jabbing a button on the side of the gun to change firing modes, or some such.

Alternately, as Sam suggested above you could have the sapper rifle power here instead, stolen from Malta.

32) Overcharge (Ranged(Cone), Superior energy damage, chance for knockback)
Seems to be all the weapon sets get the 60 second recharge mini-nukes, so why not give this set one too. Essentially this would be full auto, but with lasers.

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Now, I don't mind in the slightest if any set they eventually add ends up vastly different to both of the suggested sets here, but one single thing I really REALLY want for an energy rifle set.... The malta sapper rifle as an unlockable weapon. Preferrably with the awesome blue glow on the front still intact - even if having it would mean I can't have an aura on my costume (If that ends up being the case, give a second option with no glow for people who want auras.)

/signed. Love the idea

I'd like some sort of laser rifle set. I'd like for it to have a targetted toggle attack, possibly taking the place of the snipe. Or some other way to shoot something with a solid beam of energy for several seconds, preferably with the ability to move around and cause damage to any targets between you and the targetted enemy.

I'd like to see other interesting abilities in the set, too. Like perhaps instead of a single target hold it might have a single target sleep - let's call it Protonic Destabilisation -and when the sleep is interrupted the energy disperses in a damaging AoE.

If it has a snipe, I'd like to see it have a very small chance to disintegrate minions or lieutenants. Like, say, a 1 in 100 chance.

And whatever else they do, it's imperative that the colour of the beams be customizable.

Branching out on the pulse rifle would be a great fun set, honestly.

My own suggested set included a Sapper Ray. It'd be a great unique draw and utility power, provided it restores a decent amount of end, and most weapon sets seem to ditch Aim anyway.

And the Tier 9 must be a wave motion gun that goes like a non-DoT, energy version of Full Auto.

I think Propel Blast powerset will be next. Several, more specific, but still random, propel-like powers in a set.