Suggestion New weapon type: Railguns

[hakkarin]

I think railguns would be a nice addition to the game. They could act as sniper rifles in space, having a vast range and massive penetration power but a slow rate of fire and very little area damage. Ideal for precision strikes against important parts of a ship.

 

[alterintel]

I really like the idea of a sniper riffle type weapon. But for this to be useful, we really need to be able to zoom in on a target (like a sniper scope.) Currently the game can't zoom in. Once this happens you'll see allot more sniper talk.

 

[therimmer96]

Currently the game can't zoom in.

Yes, it can. There is a sniper player weapon.

 

[alterintel]

Yes, it can. There is a sniper player weapon.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about player weapons.

 

[petrenko17]

If you want railgun then use cannon + beam or pulse combination. But this is quite ineffective combination because you can barely use its range advantage. alterintel has right if you want to use ranged weapons you have to be able to zoom in.
Or have magnifying glass by your hand when you want to shoot somebody. That might work too.

 

[Crusade]

You can zoom in quite a bit by setting your FOV to something tiny. This just takes time to do, as you have to navigate menus