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Post by pendragon71037 on Feb 22, 2017 4:25:01 GMT
Nothing for now, but I'll be sure to put it here when I have it!
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Post by pendragon71037 on Feb 23, 2017 6:08:06 GMT
Ooh, blood, I might need some help with this one.
See, I had the idea to give my units Slings as a weapon. But everything in the store is made of metal. And while slings are neither expensive nor time consuming to make, they are very effective- more effective than a bow in many cases- especially against armor.
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Post by pendragon71037 on Feb 23, 2017 20:00:59 GMT
Also, is ammunition still (functionally) unlimited, once it's been researched?
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Post by Bloodmancer on Feb 23, 2017 22:33:40 GMT
Remember, This is the old rule set. No need to research ammo.
Make them out of wood or clay or something like that... that material is easy and grab in large amounts. Wood will break easily, clay can harden after you use it.
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Post by pendragon71037 on Feb 25, 2017 3:02:25 GMT
Ah, F it. I'll make 'em out of whatever material I want. This does kind of raise the question though- how exactly does the material a gun is made out of affect it's performance? I mean, with swords it's obvious- a Steel sword will cut right through a Wood one- but how does that property translate through to guns? Why is a Titanium rifle any better than a Steel one?
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Post by Bloodmancer on Feb 25, 2017 3:16:48 GMT
Mostly just a durability thing, it really only affects Melee weapons, kind of a quality thing with guns and such... imagine how rickety a wood gun would be when fired compared to a steel rifled. It wouldn't hold up that well under the pressure of firing a projectile at the speed of sound.
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Post by pendragon71037 on Feb 25, 2017 5:50:15 GMT
Ah. I was under the impression that bullets fired from Titanium guns were somehow more effective than those from "inferior" metals. Like, if two armies went into battle, one armed with 100 Titanium assault rifles, and the other armed with 100 Steel assault rifles, the first army would stomp (likely at a 4:7 death ratio).
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Post by pendragon71037 on Feb 26, 2017 2:10:11 GMT
Wow. My first actual weapon.
Staff-slings: these aluminum bars are the height of a Pikmin, and thin enough to be wielded by one. They serve two functions- first, they are quarterstaves, and they pack a decent wallop as such, while still remaining quite light. Secondly, they have a small bundle made of...some sort of flexible material, at one end. (Close inspection would seem to reveal them to be ropes made from Pellet Posy fibers). This rope-like material is threaded a small pouch. When loaded, the Pikmin can "shoot", using the staves like catapult arms. This releases a small projectile that moves at high speed. Currently, this is just a roundish hunk of stone, but it could be anything from a metal "bullet" to a miniature bomb rock! Strangely, the other end seems to have some kind of socket...
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Post by pendragon71037 on Feb 28, 2017 1:33:07 GMT
War Knives: these are long, thick-bladed knives, about half the size of a standard sword. There's nothing entirely remarkable about them...or is there? Yes, these knives are designed to slot into the socket on the Sling-staffs, and the result is a long spear! Do not underestimate.
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Post by pendragon71037 on Mar 1, 2017 0:00:34 GMT
Scale Mail: The best compromise between restrictive, but protective, plate mail, and free-moving, but somewhat vulnerable, chain mail. It's composed of a pattern of small, overlapping plates of metal.
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Post by pendragon71037 on Mar 7, 2017 21:59:55 GMT
Repeating Crossbows:
I'll be the first to admit, they're a weird idea. But when your troops need their hands free to stay in flight, you make due. They work by means of a wide crossbar that, when not drawn, sits just in front of their wings. When they draw it (by means of a lever pulled back by their tails), the curve curls away just slowly enough to allow flapping. The bolt is fired from directly above their heads, and is then reloaded from a magazine that sits right above the body.
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Post by pendragon71037 on Mar 22, 2017 22:13:36 GMT
Elemental Armor:
Ever since they completed their elemental training, the Hook-bats have developed a nasty habit of setting themselves on fire. Or electrifying themselves. Or...whatever you call that, but with the ice element. Because of this, their armor was required to be a little more...accepting of the elements. Hence the construction of equal parts Stainless Steel and Pikminite.
Balloon Coverings:
For the Blowhogs, this is a full-body casing, like a Titanium shell around an egg yolk. For the Dirigibugs, it's equal parts flotation-balloon protection and body armor.
Barbed Air Rifles:
Zephaniah had to get creative again when designing these weapons for her limbless children. The piece fits over their mouth-stinger with an internally-activated trigger, which uses a burst of compressed air to fire the projectile (she would have used gunpowder, but she misliked the idea of explosions happening so near to their faces). It also has the equivalent of a bayonet, to be used exactly as expected.
Elemental Breath Weapon:
A Blowhog weapon, to be fitted over the mouth. In addition to spitting out their usual breath, this thing can imbue that breath with an element of fire, electricity, or ice. Similar to Hale's Flamethrowers, these things have an "airblast" function, but this can also be directed backwards to clear the Blowhog of any unwanted boarding parties.
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