Faster Taser

[Desolane900]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Make the taser bolt move much faster.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): It'll make it (hopefully) easier for MPs to catch criminals.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): I often find myself outrobusting security because of the simple fact that the taser bolt moves much too slow to actually hit anyone or anything unless they're 3 tiles away or sitting still. I suggest turning up the speed of the taser bolt to make the MPs chasing me have a better chance of actually catching me and any other hard to get criminal scum.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):

[Karmac]

< Is the reason this suggestion exists.

I was Garth the MP in that one round where you disarmed me once and I tried making you regret it.

[Warnipple]

Edit: I change my mind about this. Posted below.

[KingKire]

+1, its funny to see this zeus lighting bolt just slowly making its way accross the screen. I think this is a holdover from bay, but i think it would be nice if we speed up the projectile speed. In exchange, there could be a slow down on fire rate, or range(im thinking range, currently the taser flies way past the screen, farther then buckshot). MP's tend to have a large problem trying to catch people, turning most arrests into a benny hill chase, which i dont mind alot but i think if speeding up the taser but shorting the range still gives the benny hill feeling some days, but allows the MP's to be more effective at their job 85%(madeup) more of the time

[RadiantFlash]

I don't believe it's actually possible to adjust projectile speeds, if memory serves me correct. I would propose instead, to turn the taser into a beam, rather then a projectile.

[SPACEpotato1]

I don't believe it's actually possible to adjust projectile speeds, if memory serves me correct. I would propose instead, to turn the taser into a beam, rather then a projectile.

DID SOMEBODY CALL....

FOR THE IMPERIAL GUARD!?

[Karmac]

DID SOMEBODY CALL....

FOR THE IMPERIAL GUARD!?

We've already got flashlights nerd

[SPACEpotato1]

We've already got flashlights nerd

Not good enough. I demand my Imperial Laser Pointer

[Karmac]

You mean Hell-Guns?

[SPACEpotato1]

You mean Hell-Guns?

Naaah. Imperial Laser Pointers. You know, lasguns.

[Karmac]

Replace Pulse Rifles with lasguns, HPR's with Hotshot Lasguns, reskin the shotgun, because even 40k has shotguns.

[Warnipple]

-1

Alright I change my mind for this suggestion from my original +1 to a -1.

Why? Because Tasers are a very deadly weapon, especially to boarders such as the Bears, PMCs or Death Squad.

They should remain the way they are. Tasers should be used as a short-range, ranged stun. Not a long range stunner. I hope taser bolts never get faster, sorry guys.

[Zalgo]

Yeah, to be fair, any buff to the taser would be a buff against enemy PMC groups, and basically any human whatsoever. And since the taser immediately stuns, the easier it is to hit with it, the easier it is for the dozen marines crowding the same hallway to fire into the stunned human.

MPs can just deal with it. They've got plenty of tools for the job, maybe pepper spray would be a decent non-lethal to use in conjunction with the taser or a stunbaton.

-1

[KingKire]

-1

Alright I change my mind for this suggestion from my original +1 to a -1.

Why? Because Tasers are a very deadly weapon, especially to boarders such as the Bears, PMCs or Death Squad.

They should remain the way they are. Tasers should be used as a short-range, ranged stun. Not a long range stunner. I hope taser bolts never get faster, sorry guys.

Well the interesting part about tasers is that currently they are not short range, instead going quite far.

[Zalgo]

Well the interesting part about tasers is that currently they are not short range, instead going quite far.

They can travel a good distance, but they're slow. The suggestion was to speed up the taser bolt, rather than increasing the range of it.

[Warnipple]

When I said short-range, I meant that it's effective at short ranges. At longer ranges, it can easily be dodged which is a nice state for the taser.

[KingKire]

Well its not really effective at short ranges either. If i remember correctly, a marine is almost just as fast a taserbolt, which means that instead of an effective tasergun, what you have is a slow moving stunball. To me, this makes the tasergun a clumsy spam and pray policegun instead of an effective but limited last use peace weapon.

As for balancing issues, there can always be trade offs in range, rate of fire, or in effectiveness against any other non-marine targets.

[Snypehunter007]

Old, lack of continued interest.

Locking.