It doesn't look electrical to me.
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I saw this. I am not in the beta, as I'm freshly back and haven't done that yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWCDU32UZU4
Looks like an arc of energy to me as opposed to like a straight beam.
I want lasers >.<
Is this not in line with your experience?
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Not sure if you mean you're not in the Beta at all or if you just haven't set it up, but all paying players are in Beta.
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Originally Posted by Aisynia
I saw this. I am not in the beta, as I'm freshly back and haven't done that yet.
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I haven't set it up because I don't know how and don't have the time.|
Originally Posted by DarkGob
Not sure if you mean you're not in the Beta at all or if you just haven't set it up, but all paying players are in Beta.
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Can anyone address my question/concern?
Any replies would be appreciated.
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Hmmn. I never noticed it looking like that.
Probably because I coloured my beam (yes, you can customise the gun AND the beam) both bright blue. So...it looks pretty darn laser-like to me, to the point thats the first time it's seemed like that to me in that vid.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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Okay so I can make it so bright that it looks like a big beam? Any chance you could get me a picture my friend? would be appreciative.
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The instructions for setting up the Beta Server are here.
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Originally Posted by Aisynia
I haven't set it up because I don't know how and don't have the time.
Can anyone address my question/concern? Any replies would be appreciated. |
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We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
will snag a screenie when I go back on later
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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That would be super cool, thank you.
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I agree that the effect looks similar to arcing electricity. You can change just the color but the effect can not be changed.
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It looks like a beam that you'd use to bust some ghosts.
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
Tier 9 Beam Rifle with screenshots:
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Hard to tell at that resolution, but my first impression was that it was a straight beam, with another helical beam superimposed - which is a fairly common SF "beam weapon" design. (Except in the "really huge blast" mode. That looked like, not lightning, but you remember those "plasma FX" party toy things from the '80s?)|
Originally Posted by Aisynia
Looks like an arc of energy to me as opposed to like a straight beam.
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That said, the set itself is not what I was expecting when I first heard about it. I was expecting it to be an expanded version of the Robotics Mastermind's pulse rifle - the converse to the way Mercenaries Masterminds have a subset of Assault Rifle. What it is instead is a bit... weird. But I haven't used it myself yet because I can't be arsed to download the beta client, so I suppose I won't really know what I think of it 'til it goes live.
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Yeah, that really bothers me. I wanted LASERS! >.<
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
It looks like a beam that you'd use to bust some ghosts.
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I was expecting that too. I'm not too keen on this look but at the same time it won't prevent me from making a Beam Rifle character.
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Originally Posted by Aisynia
Yeah, that really bothers me. I wanted LASERS! >.<
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Same, I'm just a lot less enthusiastic about it.
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
I was expecting that too. I'm not too keen on this look but at the same time it won't prevent me from making a Beam Rifle character.
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I'm only ladylike when compared to my sister.
To be fair, thats ONLY the Tier 9 in those shots. The standard attacks look a lot more laser-like, especially when coloured the same colour, rather than lighter/darker two-tone.
Put it this way, I don't notice it when actually playing from a normal view 
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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Well, here's hoping, though I don't play from a "normal view", I'm always turning my camera around.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
To be fair, thats ONLY the Tier 9 in those shots. The standard attacks look a lot more laser-like, especially when coloured the same colour, rather than lighter/darker two-tone.
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I'm only ladylike when compared to my sister.
Also, with the power set being called Beam Weapons and not Beam Rifle, I was hoping there would be different weapon models and animations, seeing how this is going to be a "premium" power set.
I'm pretty sure the set is called Beam Gun on Beta at character creation..?
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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That's exactly what I thought when I first saw the animation. Very disappointed. Was really hoping for some Buck Rogers ray guns and laser rifles. Maybe Dual Pistols will get those, along with less cheesy gunkata animations.|
Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
It looks like a beam that you'd use to bust some ghosts.
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Time Manipulation isn't exactly thrilling, either. All my hopes for new powersets now lie with Street Justice. Fingers crossed it isn't lame.
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Originally Posted by Ironik
Time Manipulation isn't exactly thrilling, either. All my hopes for new powersets now lie with Street Justice. Fingers crossed it isn't lame.
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And going by its release in the same Issue as First Ward, I'm pretty sure it's intentional |
Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
It looks like a beam that you'd use to bust some ghosts.
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And going by its release in the same Issue as First Ward, I'm pretty sure it's intentional
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
This is the power set that's going to have you attempting to kick e.g. Nemesis Jaegers in the junk, right? Not so hopeful about that, I have to admit.
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So I'm just coming back and there's so much to take in. I saw some video of beam rifle.. and all my hopes were dashed. Does it have to be the electrical looking beam, or can you use a real laser beam too with power customization? I really want freakin' laser beams.
I'm only ladylike when compared to my sister.