Charge weapons and cloak.

[ItISLupus]

ok mr killjoy. lol
im excited about the new weapons though

I prefer Rupert Buzzkillington thank you very much. :P

As am I.

[Shogo_Yahagi]

I'd lean toward discharging if you hold the shot too long. Having it break stealth as soon as you start charging would basically ruin them for PvE.

[Draaconis]

So, with the coming dlc and the formal announcement of "charge weapons" I figured I would get this out of the way...

Charge weapons should break cloak whilst charging. And/or should overload after holding a charge for too long.

Now, I have no idea how they work. But, it would make sense. Otherwise we would see an influx of corner campers with a shot charged up and ready to go.


Thoughts?

Soooo...pretty much the same thing that people are doing with double barrels just with something else?

[Zugo]

When talking about charge rifles I don't think they should break cloak. I'm guessing they would be similar to bolt action rifles but have an additional charge effect that would take even more time to get the max damage from. Adding all the delay hurdles together you pretty much have a one shot kill that takes longer to achieve than a cloak shotgunner IF you're skilled enough to land a head shot.

I'm just speculating since I have no idea how these new guns would function.

[Jack Johnson]

When talking about charge rifles I don't think they should break cloak. I'm guessing they would be similar to bolt action rifles but have an additional charge effect that would take even more time to get the max damage from. Adding all the delay hurdles together you pretty much have a one shot kill that takes longer to achieve than a cloak shotgunner IF you're skilled enough to land a head shot.

I'm just speculating since I have no idea how these new guns would function.

Bolt actions already 1-shot headshot. So can semi-auto with crit bonuses. A charge sniper needs to be doing a 1-shot body shot to be worthwhile IMO.

[Zugo]

Bolt actions already 1-shot headshot. So can semi-auto with crit bonuses. A charge sniper needs to be doing a 1-shot body shot to be worthwhile IMO.

1-shot body is a ton a damage when you think about sheild+health+perks. I'm currently using the perk that reduces all damage by 40% on sheild break.

[Jack Johnson]

1-shot body is a ton a damage when you think about sheild+health+perks. I'm currently using the perk that reduces all damage by 40% on sheild break.

You only need to do about ~2.5k to kill most people. You can leapfrog Thick Skinned.

[Nefarious]

So, with the coming dlc and the formal announcement of "charge weapons" I figured I would get this out of the way...

Charge weapons should break cloak whilst charging. And/or should overload after holding a charge for too long.

Now, I have no idea how they work. But, it would make sense. Otherwise we would see an influx of corner campers with a shot charged up and ready to go.


Thoughts?

Makes sense. Just like charging your BMG.

If Trion missed this Im going to be pissed.

[Indolo]

It would break the crit multi while stealthed perk. Seems it would make more sense in game mechanics for a weapon to only be able to hold the charge for a short period before discharging, like a BMG, and that discharge would break cloak. A sound effect for the weapon holding a charge would help balance it in pvp to give some alert of the danger nearby.

Balance is important, but that balance should happen without making charge weapons useless to someone using 1 of the 4 ego abilities, unless you want charge to also break the other 3.

[fang1192]

It would break the crit multi while stealthed perk. Seems it would make more sense in game mechanics for a weapon to only be able to hold the charge for a short period before discharging, like a BMG, and that discharge would break cloak. A sound effect for the weapon holding a charge would help balance it in pvp to give some alert of the danger nearby.

Balance is important, but that balance should happen without making charge weapons useless to someone using 1 of the 4 ego abilities, unless you want charge to also break the other 3.

What perk is that? I dont recall any perk that does that. Shadowstrike, height advantage, and sucker punch all give flat damage boosts.