Oh Shard Cannon, how you taunt me!
Join me with your ire!
My question is: why'd I get the Shard Cannon if I don't have Beam Rifle, don't want Beam Rifle, and don't plan on purchasing Beam Rifle?
The way I see it, I was jipped out of a card, and the Super Packs go against what the Devs originally stated Freedom would be about. Since Freedom, the only costume bundle I bought is the Club pack (Oh jeez those pants! Oh Jeez that hair!! I'M IN LOVE.), instead buying piecemeal the parts I wanted when I wanted them, mostly spur of the moment when an inspiration drives me into checking out a costume idea.
I don't use dual/team inspirations, I was sitting on somewhere north of 15k reward merits on my characters (cause I rarely ever even worry about IO'ing out a character, SO's and generics are fine by me), and Unslotters are like laughing about me behind my back. I bought the 12-pack because I am not holding my breath on the Devs giving the Elemental Order set as its own bundle (and only got one of the two pieces I really wanted out of it...).
Anyway, I've derailed enough. Devs, at least give the Shard Cannon to Pulse Rifle, Almighty-Sentient-Puddle knows they need some loving. If it's decided that other rifle sets can use it too, hey, it's more choice (which is what Freedom was supposed to be about *wink-wink, angry face*).
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The Shard Cannon should totally be proliferated to use with Assault Rifle (including Masterminds), and VEATs. It's pretty darn awesome looking.
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I'm honestly not sure why it wasn't ported over. Could be animation, could be any number of reasons.
I'll go ask someone.
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I'm honestly not sure why it wasn't ported over. Could be animation, could be any number of reasons.
I'll go ask someone. |
I'd really love to use a REGULAR GUN with my VEAT when he's in his civvies.
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I'm honestly not sure why it wasn't ported over. Could be animation, could be any number of reasons.
I'll go ask someone. |
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I'm honestly not sure why it wasn't ported over. Could be animation, could be any number of reasons.
I'll go ask someone. |
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While you're at it, could you check on Robot Masterminds too? They're lazer weapons, but haven't had a single new model ported to them since they came out. I'd really like the option of some of those newer models for mine. (the D.U.S.T. Cannon and Shard Cannons in particular).
Is there a reason they haven't been, or just missed by accident?
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I couldn't agree more.
Why isn't the Elemental Order Shard Cannon a usable rifle model for the Arachnos Rifle? The Celestial Rifle and the Steampunk Rifle are. My Huntsman is seriously bummed
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(In fact, none of the Beam Rifles are)
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While we're at it... why are the Carnival of War/Light/Vengeance maces limited only to War Mace and not applicable to Mace Mastery? The Celestial mace works with Mace Mastery even though it looks odd shooting webbing and beams from a hammer. The Carnie maces would actually make more sense being usable there.
At least soldiers get variety. Think of the poor Widows who only have that single pair of old claws.
The Shard Cannon should totally be proliferated to use with Assault Rifle (including Masterminds), and VEATs. It's pretty darn awesome looking.
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I'm honestly not sure why it wasn't ported over. Could be animation, could be any number of reasons.
I'll go ask someone. |
The Shard Cannon's dead sexy, but I have enough beamers. My Soldier, on the other hand... yeah, they really need to let the Soldiers have more rifles...*
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*...and the Widows more claws - I love the rularuu ones to death. But Widow's are probably another matter entirely, in terms of tech, people benefitted, and time to do the port, I'm guessing. <sigh>
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I know. Every time I work on my widow's costume, there's that weapons tab just taunting me....
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Though I also feel If they want to spend their Vanguard Merits they should be able to get it as well. And If they go through the effort of running the villain story arc that gives the Rularuu claws, or goes to the Shard and gets the badge for Overseers, they should be able to access those too. They did the work, they should get the reward.
Then again, I'm also kind of an outlier in that I think a lot of the AR and Beam weapons could cross sets. I'm all for more options for everyone.
Even Khelds. Their auras are colored by their experiences and how they use their energies. Why couldn't have one been affected by radiation from the reactor and had their energy turn green...
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What?
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I couldn't agree more.
Tell me about it. My 'main' is a Bot's MM. I'd LOVE the Shard Cannon (and the BFG option of the D.U.S.T. cannon) for him.
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I couldn't agree more.
I can accept the answer that porting over old weapon models might take additional work which there isn't time for (although I don't like it!). However, Steampunk and Celestial rifles both are available to Soldiers so they must be doing something different now. Can we please just have all new weapons proliferate to all the sets that should be able to use them especially now that we're forking over additional money aside from subscription costs?
Also, I won't accept thematic reasons as a valid excuse as that was thrown out of the window when sniper rifles turned into flamethrowers and grenade launchers.
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In general, I really hate how weapons aren't proliferated across all sets that can use them. This is never more true than with Beam Rifle weapons not being available for Mastermind Robotics Pulse Rifle attacks or Assault Rifle. So, even though I don't have any spiders, I'm in full support of proliferating this.
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.
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In talking to various people, I got the impression it was mostly an aesthetics/animation issue.
We can look into porting it over, but no guarantees that it will happen or in what timeframe we can accomplish it in.
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
In talking to various people, I got the impression it was mostly an aesthetics/animation issue.
We can look into porting it over, but no guarantees that it will happen or in what timeframe we can accomplish it in. |
The thing that just irks me is that to use the new shiny weapon I have to use the new shiny powerset. It felt that with the transition to Freedom and microtransactions, it would open up more goodness for everyone but I haven't really felt that so far... especially as an Epic AT.
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Why isn't the Elemental Order Shard Cannon a usable rifle model for the Arachnos Rifle? The Celestial Rifle and the Steampunk Rifle are. My Huntsman is seriously bummed