What I want to see in a Jackpot

[Combo Breaker]

Sorry about that, it is something I want to do, and it may be something I add in the coming weeks.

With what you have done over at Defiance Data you never need to apologize for something being behind.

[Gaige12]

Yea THIS^^ for sure. +1

[xXxDSMer]

I would love to see a 0% re-charge Stingray with OJ Max Links! I can hear heads exploding everywhere

Seriously though, I would love to see some jackpots for some weapons that I never use like Couriers and Clustershots with a syphon nano since they can't put it on detonators. Or how about bio/radiation Blaster pistol with a new synergy that has a "100% Mag", "X% Falloff Distance", "X% Accuracy", "X% Armor Penetration".

syphon on det is actually quite possible says my natural syphon courier, or any converted to syphon courier (which is pretty much a pocket det).
Trion just chose not to make SP GL's have syphon (or made syphon really unlikely).
Oh and there's also gangbuster mk2 which does come with syphon.
So it is quite possible.

[Lamar Kendrick]

a jackpot bio wolverine with stalker syn would be nice though. too many wolfhound variations anyways (dc5, liberty eagle)

[Soul Binder]

I want to see something really unique and crazy for Jackpot/named event weapon.
Triple backpack syn.
Have a Northstar Flare with Bio Nano, a Sludge RL with Fire nano and a Rhino Regen shield with double resist to bio and fire.

Give the backpack 3 levels like some of the past ones where you only need one of three equiped to get first bonus.
1) reload/accuracy/crit bonus
2) Lifesteal
3) On own Shield break X% damage reflected back on attackers for 6 seconds with 15 second cooldown and has chance to inflict bio and fire damage like the weapons.

Note: still working on idea for exact details on weapon rolls and syn bonuses.
Also need to come up with suitable names.

[xXxDSMer]

my dream jackpot would be something heavy, and syphon.

Like:
FRC Heavy Assault Carbine (renamed with a "name" of course)
plate slicer

x0.90recoil
x1.15 crit
x1.45 mag
x1.08 dmg (purple roll with a blue roll's stat as seen on many other jp's)
x0.70 reload

with 1.10dmg manufacturer bonus.

OR

x0.90 recoil
x1.15 crit
x0.80 reload
x1.45 mag (purple roll, with blue stat as done on other jps)
x1.12 dmg

with 1.10dmg manufacturer bonus.



if the new incoming purple rolls include +N% armor damage, or at least +N% shield dmg:

x0.90recoil
x0.85reload
x1.45mag
+N% plate damage, or +N% shield damage (if there's not a plate dmg purple roll)
x1.12dmg

w/ 1.10dmg mfg bonus

[r1p]

syphon on det is actually quite possible says my natural syphon courier, or any converted to syphon courier (which is pretty much a pocket det).
Trion just chose not to make SP GL's have syphon (or made syphon really unlikely).
Oh and there's also gangbuster mk2 which does come with syphon.
So it is quite possible.

Couriers are shotguns not detonators and according to the devs it is not possible for a detonator to have a syphon nano.

I would be happy to give you guys some of the reasoning behind this issue, and hopefully it can provide some clarification. Explosive weapons act differently from bullet weapons, and due to that, nanos on explosive weapons need to be tuned before they can be put on them. When you see an explosive weapon, like a detonator, with a nano on it, then that nano has been carefully placed there by the dev team. These are always special cases, and usually not on a random weapon drop. In the case of the Gangbuster, this was a different kind of charge weapon that allowed this special case for Syphon.

Syphon in particular, causes alot of headaches with the game code. In the case of the Sovereign Grenade launcher, it was never meant to be on the weapon, as it causes it to instantly heal the player for their full shield/health amounts whenever it hits an enemy. We knew this, however removing it prior to the PTS build was missed, and thus we removed it shortly after.

In the case of putting something like this in the patch notes, understand that we do not reveal the contents of the lock boxes that are purchasable on the bit store, or the rolls that those items may be able to receive. The PTS is an environment for testing, and many things that go to PTS do not make it into the final Live build. That being said, we always want to be as visible as possible when revealing what will and will not be in the final Live builds that we deploy, and will continue to strive to give you all the facts.

[r1p]

I also wouldn't mind seeing a Bull Rush.

[Thorax The Dark]

be cool if jackpots actually shot a bit different / shot different bullets or had some new visual effect as opposed to the jackpot just having nice rolls and a different skin ( everyone in xbox 360 loads with default character for the most part ). Maybe have an infector that spawns hellbugs, a rocket launcher that shoots up 4 missiles at once ( not mass cannon like lol ). or an Assault Rifle with a shotgun mechanic attached ( maybe take out the scope to compensate increase hip fire ). Maybe some bmgs that dont link to other players and dont heal but just give a radius boost when used and increase armor plates / health / crit mult.


maybe some of my examples were poor but im just trying to say something a bit different than just a good synergy / good rolled gun with manu bonus.

[ARB82]

I think seeing my zaggers back at 0.0 would be a ****ing jackpot in itself