The Energon Pub

Deadboy wrote:

shockwaveuk wrote:Why not scrap the weapons shop and have a standard weapon given to all TF when they are created, these can't be sold but could be unequipped for brawlers. You wouldn't have to buy new weapons but the one weapon could be upgraded indefinitely at cost, better upgrades would be made available with FP stats as armour is with rank.

Actually, that's not half bad of an idea. Just make weapon damage a function of Firepower, and allow the player to name his weapon the same as he can name his bot. I mean, integrated weapons are becoming a major part of Transformer design, just look at most of the current toys that integrate the weapon into the transformation, or the movie designs.

I'll +1 this one into next week. I've really been finding it hard to make weapons work conceptually with my cons as a lot of really good weapons(at least conceptually) are unfortunately woefuly lacking compared to weapons I would rather never use(such as dols, BBs, PPFs, X-Rays, etc.).

The way I see it is that we add two new function slots on the transformer character: one a hand weapon and one an alt-mode specific weapon. Then make the weapons have certain attributes that you select with a system similar to how you equip weapons on the transformer's character page. Like the hand weapons would have melee/range/, then a series of stats that are capped based on your transformers stats(Firepower for damage, speed for recharge, skill for accuracy, etc.), and bought with energon(The costs would be based on current weapon stats and would need to be balanced partially by lvl.). The altmode weapon would have a type setting for melee/range/other, a toggle that determines whether the weapon can be used in robot mode as well as transformed or altmode only(This would affect the energon price and statistical requirements for the weapon), plus the same statistical cap system as the weapon.

And while I'm brainstorming, why now let us have a custom name for our altmode that shows up when a tactic goes off? Instead of 'lameobot transforms into a spaceshuttle and strafes dorkobot', why not fix it where it says 'lameobot transforms into a and strafes dorkobot'? Might not be as big a priority as the new weapon system would be, but it woud be something to place on the 'to do eventually list'.

Well, I've rambled long enough.

i really dislike the idea that recharge time is fed off speed, just cos your slow of foot and reactions, doesn't mean your weapons gonna be slow, i'm a chunky bastard, and i stuggle to do the 100m in under 18 seconds, but my AK will fire just as fast as an olympic runner...

Caelus wrote:The solution is balancing the weapons. If a few of the weapons weren't "broken" there wouldn't be nearly as much of a supply issue, and maybe we'd see a bit more diversity in character builds.

But unless one of you here has enough money to hire Glyph away from his day-job, you can't expect anything to get done "ASAP". This isn't a pay-site, it's a fan's hobby. It's an old hackneyed argument, but it is also true. You haven't invested anything more than time in the game, and less than many of us at that, so if you really can't deal with the inequity, go play a professionally designed, balanced, and built game in your spare time.

I still think you're being paranoid. The older players you've been bashing on and accusing of conspiracy really don't worry enough about the lower levels to deviously horde weapons.

But then, every tide of new players that comes in brings their own set of demands and complaints, which usually die down once they level up a couple of times. And so far, the latest group is by far more reasonable than certain past generations.

By the way, anyone else remember when the Retractable Mecha Fangs, Semi-Automatic Rifles, Black Magic, and Disruptor Rifles were the weapons to have?

I've got $100 twards pay glyph for a day/week of coding.... anyone elese want to chip it!?

No matter what you do, certain weapons will always be better than others. If you balance the weapons out, then you only shift the problem to the stats of the bot in place of the weapons.

But I must agree I would like to see some balancing out, where all stats and all weapons can really make a difference. Because the way I see it, the differences from stats become marginal when you have a better weapon than your opponent, and I wonder if that's balanced at all.

I'd like it if there was a weapon training number system. For instance: If you have a x-ray rifle, you need a training number of 2; an energon crossbow, you need a training number of 5; etc;... You start the game with a 1, and you spend an amount of xps to train for +1 to your training number.

that would just make weapons more expensive.

Just sold two disrupter rifles. This post should be used for posting recent sells to the weapons list of desired weapons, not arguing. Amnesty.

Xane wrote:Just sold two disrupter rifles. This post should be used for posting recent sells to the weapons list of desired weapons, not arguing. Amnesty.

Exactly!

6 X-Ray lasers just sold, as I've promised.

Now I'm not a hoarder anymore!

And how very grateful I am! Just wish I could afford to buy all of them.

If there was a way to transfer energon, I'd lend ya some since youse a 'Con.

DISCHARGE wrote:If there was a way to transfer energon, I'd lend ya some since youse a 'Con.

buy the weapon's he want's when they are available, wait till he aquires the energon to buy them, then do a synchronised sell/buy.

arms dealing, its so chic!

Are there any weapons that are actually better than battleblades at Firepower 5/Skill 2?

Going by the weapons list the next best thing up the ladder is Black Magic (6/2), and then the Laser Guided Sword (10/2).

nope. are there 5fp/2skl weapons?

the only weapons i consider baeter than blades require at least 10 Fp

EDIT: as you're a bot and occiasonally frequent the same missions as I, please use the Black magic.

Caelus wrote:Are there any weapons that are actually better than battleblades at Firepower 5/Skill 2?

Going by the weapons list the next best thing up the ladder is Black Magic (6/2), and then the Laser Guided Sword (10/2).

If only you were a Con I'd be tempted to answer that.


As it is, you're not, so I won't.

The AWC really needs to start doing their own homework and stop cheating off Tammuz and (to a much lesser extent) myself.

yeah, we need to stop giving our secrets away.

I think I'm doing ok for a lvl 0 team weaponwise now, 2 laser cannons, 2 x-ray lazers and the rest disruptor rifles.

All my chars are using brawler type weapons, ex: Vibro Axes, ad i got no spare weapons.