CIU weapon balance program - Part 8: Boron & Moron Railgun

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Boron changes in v.48 :medal_sports: Idea

  • Projectile damage: 70/120/160
  • Power now increases with heat level (5 levels, x2.5 max)
  • Increased overheat time @ power 10 to 8.8s (from 5.7s)

Gifts/powerups still reset heat to 0%. Although this is counter-productive for this particular weapon, I think it’s more important to keep a consistent approach. Besides, being at high heat levels always runs the risk of overheating, so it’s not like it’s the preferred state no matter what.

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Reworked Moron in v.48

  • Projectile damage is now 65/115

Not many changes here, because Moron is not only meant to function as a starter weapon, and has some features specifically targetted at helping beginners. To this end:

  • It has fairly high damage output at low power levels (even higher that some ‘legitimate’ weapons)
  • It’s not upgradeable past level 8
  • It has long overheat time.
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While it’s true there’s a higher risk of overheating, that is what the rework is about - giving the player higher damage for taking a bigger risk. It’s supposed to make the weapon one that requires more skill to use, and if newbies want to use it, they can stick to around 50% heat, so they can still deal decent damage, while having a lower risk of overheating. And that’s why it would be good if the weapon had its overheat set to 50% instead of 0% when you get a powerup - you don’t really have a reason to stay at 0% no matter what kind of player you are.

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So if it was under 50% heat then it would be heated up to 50%? Instead we can make a new rule to halve the current heat when picking the powerups (ex. If you’re in 70% then picking powerups make it to 35%). True, it’s nerf to almost every weapon, but it would benefit weapons with heat related mechanic.

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It’s good Vulcan chainrail gun back ci3 ci4 ci5

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Wow, we will get 7 reworked weapons next update