Give Plas Gens more range

Dark_Sponge · Post by **Dark_Sponge** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:08 pm

I don't want to give TF a win button. But 200 range makes them almost worthless and prox is better in almost every situation.

Ok, forget hvy plas gen.

What if range was increased + damage was decreased for normal plas gen? I could live with less damage, I'd just like to see them doing something.

Valiance · Post by **Valiance** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:33 pm

Badp wrote:QUOTE (Badp @ Feb 9 2009, 10:03 AM) Neither, they are just short-lived "probes" that shoot the nearest target in their scan range AFAIK.

Towers on most factions shoot ac (afaik)

TF towers shoot sc

so what do plas gens (being towers) shoot?

Dark_Sponge · Post by **Dark_Sponge** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:41 pm

Each gun or tower in alleg has a particular projectile they fire.
Plas Gens shoot area of effect projectiles. I guess you could say they're like SC but very short range.

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:56 pm

I think plas gens get range bonus from pw range ga

CronoDroid · Post by **CronoDroid** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:02 pm

They are NOT worthless, Plas1 is crap compared to Prox1 but Plas 2 and 3 are much better than Prox 2 and 3 in terms of effectiveness. MUCH BETTAH. It scales, TF is weak at the start and strong at the end.

WhiskeyGhost · Post by **WhiskeyGhost** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:38 am

CronoDroid wrote:QUOTE (CronoDroid @ Feb 9 2009, 03:02 PM) They are NOT worthless, Plas1 is crap compared to Prox1 but Plas 2 and 3 are much better than Prox 2 and 3 in terms of effectiveness. MUCH BETTAH. It scales, TF is weak at the start and strong at the end.

Exactly.

Plasgen 3 lasts a really long time, 21 seconds approximately, and benefit from PW range.

Evincar · Post by **Evincar** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:50 am

so prox 3 isn't extremely powerful too?

CronoDroid · Post by **CronoDroid** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:34 am

Not in comparison to how much better Plas3 is better than Plas1.

wizard58 · Post by **wizard58** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:13 pm

Crono your talking Buls^%&*^ again plasma 3 dosent even compare to prox 3 , if u run into a prox 3 at 200 mps u get vaporized and plasma gen 3 wil only scrape some hull
The way i see it best is bring back the Proxy explosive , give them equivalent range to their prox counterparts and make the damage radial based (the closer u are to the core the more damage u get and vice versa )

Sushi · Post by **Sushi** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:20 pm

wizard58 wrote:QUOTE (wizard58 @ Feb 10 2009, 09:13 AM) Crono your talking Buls^%&*^ again plasma 3 dosent even compare to prox 3 , if u run into a prox 3 at 200 mps u get vaporized and plasma gen 3 wil only scrape some hull

The weapons are fundamentally different: you're comparing apples to oranges. Prox work best when opponents are moving quickly. Plasgens work best when they're moving slowly and/or staying in the same area. There's plenty of good uses for both.