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Thread: Underslung Carbine Image Link

garvin
Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:44 am
#1

A few Commandos (me included) have in the past suggested that we see the addition of the "Underslung Carbine" cert added to our ranks because those who have seen it feel it looks like a "Heavy" Carbine...


The idea is that, if we get our HAR fixed or replaced with an Assult Rifle and we get some type of Unarmed/Melee weapon, we'll have only be missing a "Heavy Carbine" to have an advanced weapon cert that is based on each of our pre-reqs...Not only would that be good for Commandos, but also give Carbineers further incentive to dabble the Commando professions (some of which they'll have a lot of anyway post CU)...


Anyway, someone posted this link in the Carbineers forums so I thought I would share it for anyone who still wants to know what the Underslung Carbine looks like...remember that this image (as well as the other Carbines) were taken from .TRE files and do not necessarily mean they will EVER make it into the game (one programmer told me once that some of the .TRE files are actually artist doodles and occasionally used in upload/download tests)...



Garvin Lansdowne
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garvin
Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:47 am
#2

PS...part of the idea (or dream some of us have) is that we'll have a Heavy Rifle for long distance attacks, a Pistol and FT for short range attacks, and some type of Melee weapon for very close range...all that is missing is a "Middle" range weapon, which a Heavy Carbine might fit quite nicely....



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JohboBocal
Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:56 am
#3

That Underslung carbine looks pretty neat. Where did it come from? Is it something someone just made up, or was it in a .tre file? It looks like it would be auto or semi-automatic.


Either way, that would be pretty sweet if we rounded off our arsenal with something like that.






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garvin
Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:59 am
#4






JohboBocal wrote:

That Underslung carbine looks pretty neat. Where did it come from? Is it something someone just made up, or was it in a .tre file? It looks like it would be auto or semi-automatic.


Either way, that would be pretty sweet if we rounded off our arsenal with something like that.






It was in a .tre file...but like I said earlier, nothing from a .tre file is ever guarenteed to make it into the game until a red name says so...for all we know it could just be a NPC weapon (like the cybernetics people got so excited abotu awhileback)or a doodle that is never meant to be used...




Garvin Lansdowne
Retired Commando Correspondent - Current Blue Glowie

Master Commando / TKM || Architect / Shipwright / Master Droidsmith

ShadowStyrkeGuild.com: A WoW Guild Website

JohboBocal
Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:04 am
#5

Well, I sure would like to see those in the hands of PCs. I hope all/most combat professions get a decent amount of new weapons and/or fixes and upgrades to their current ones.


Any update, that you can tell us, of when the Sandbox is happening.






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garvin
Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:12 am
#6






JohboBocal wrote:

Well, I sure would like to see those in the hands of PCs. I hope all/most combat professions get a decent amount of new weapons and/or fixes and upgrades to their current ones.


Any update, that you can tell us, of when the Sandbox is happening.





Last I heard the devs had originally planned to have the Sandbox go live middle of December, but due to the huge barage of Sandbox tester input they received regarding the docs already posted and the newly posted "profession specifics" docs, they decided to make a few more "adjustments" before turning the sandbox on (I'm hoping this means a few more specials and weapons going in...gotta squeeze everything we can out of them while we have their attention)...So really, it's us Sandbox testers causing the delay now...Sounds like the devs adjusted their plan about 2 weeks to early January (this is based off of a Dev post on the subject that came late last week)...But remember, everything is subject to change of course and there is a reason they don't post timelines anymore...Also, you never know when one of our suggestions might spark even more work on the Devs part that could delay things a bit further (I'm still pushing for things like the Underslung Carbine)...


When Sandbox Testing starts I'm sure it will be obvious to the public...





Garvin Lansdowne
Retired Commando Correspondent - Current Blue Glowie

Master Commando / TKM || Architect / Shipwright / Master Droidsmith

ShadowStyrkeGuild.com: A WoW Guild Website

LuciusScipio
Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:05 am
#7






garvin wrote:





JohboBocal wrote:

Well, I sure would like to see those in the hands of PCs. I hope all/most combat professions get a decent amount of new weapons and/or fixes and upgrades to their current ones.


Any update, that you can tell us, of when the Sandbox is happening.





Last I heard the devs had originally planned to have the Sandbox go live middle of December, but due to the huge barage of Sandbox tester input they received regarding the docs already posted and the newly posted "profession specifics" docs, they decided to make a few more "adjustments" before turning the sandbox on (I'm hoping this means a few more specials and weapons going in...gotta squeeze everything we can out of them while we have their attention)...So really, it's us Sandbox testers causing the delay now...Sounds like the devs adjusted their plan about 2 weeks to early January (this is based off of a Dev post on the subject that came late last week)...But remember, everything is subject to change of course and there is a reason they don't post timelines anymore...Also, you never know when one of our suggestions might spark even more work on the Devs part that could delay things a bit further (I'm still pushing for things like the Underslung Carbine)...


When Sandbox Testing starts I'm sure it will be obvious to the public...






Well, thanks for advocating for us. The Underslung Carbine looks terrific! I just hope that IF we get it, that it does some sort of damage that we can't dish out atm. We can or will be able to dish out Fire, Acid and Blast as our primary weapons (not including our consumables). Why not add Cold to our list? I'm getting ahead of myself but it doesn't hurt to think further ahead I think.




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Kalano
Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:02 pm
#8

wow, i finally got to see what been talked about for so long.



Hmmm......if those carbines get in the game, imight just drop pistoleer and go carbine. They all look sweet but definatly the underslung Carbine looks very commando-ish. Now if i could just make my rodian look like rambo, and the underslung, and, well, you get point. drool factor here.



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Ryubushi
Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:37 pm
#9






Kalano wrote:

wow, i finally got to see what been talked about for so long.



Hmmm......if those carbines get in the game, imight just drop pistoleer and go carbine. They all look sweet but definatly the underslung Carbine looks very commando-ish. Now if i could just make my rodian look like rambo, and the underslung, and, well, you get point. drool factor here.






Yeah, can we get some red headbands for commandos?





***Valcyn - Lt. Colonel Ryubushi [ONE] of the Empire (the Tank Maniac); Career Master Commando, Master Carbineer, and extremely Anti-NGE.
***Eclipse - Ryushidosha, freelancer; Scaley Master Carbineer, ranger, merc for hire, and general sociopath...that despises the NGE.
***StarSider - Ja'ahn Woo [PYRO] of the Alliance - The Galaxy's first Jawa commando/carbineer...who also hates the NGE.

People like me...because I force them to...with violence!

garvin
Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:38 pm
#10






Ryubushi wrote:





Kalano wrote:

wow, i finally got to see what been talked about for so long.



Hmmm......if those carbines get in the game, imight just drop pistoleer and go carbine. They all look sweet but definatly the underslung Carbine looks very commando-ish. Now if i could just make my rodian look like rambo, and the underslung, and, well, you get point. drool factor here.






Yeah, can we get some red headbands for commandos?




Yeah...that would be cool...But I'm still secretly pushing for us to get "Flaming Hawtpants"...SOETyrant says the idea kinda scares even him...




Garvin Lansdowne
Retired Commando Correspondent - Current Blue Glowie

Master Commando / TKM || Architect / Shipwright / Master Droidsmith

ShadowStyrkeGuild.com: A WoW Guild Website

RankorCity
Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:42 pm
#11

Very cool weapon, Garvin...


But until they give specials in the Commando profession itself, and not the ones in the Marksman profession, I kind of fail to see the point in it.


Its fine to give us a weapon (a la Launcher Pistol) that is class specific, however, don't make it so that I have to use an entire other profession to make it even remotely effective.I have put 169 points into Commando. Dont make it to where I have to spend 63 more to be competitive. Going Carbineer to go along with Commando to use the underslung carbine should enhance it, not make it a necessity.


Now, if you guys are revamping the skill prereqs, fine. If not....




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Ryubushi
Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:44 pm
#12






RankorCity wrote:

Very cool weapon, Garvin...


But until they give specials in the Commando profession itself, and not the ones in the Marksman profession, I kind of fail to see the point in it.


Its fine to give us a weapon (a la Launcher Pistol) that is class specific, however, don't make it so that I have to use an entire other profession to make it even remotely effective.I have put 169 points into Commando. Dont make it to where I have to spend 63 more to be competitive. Going Carbineer to go along with Commando to use the underslung carbine should enhance it, not make it a necessity.


Now, if you guys are revamping the skill prereqs, fine. If not....





I think all combat professions are getting revamped skills and all, which will include our unarmed pre-req and marksman.






***Valcyn - Lt. Colonel Ryubushi [ONE] of the Empire (the Tank Maniac); Career Master Commando, Master Carbineer, and extremely Anti-NGE.
***Eclipse - Ryushidosha, freelancer; Scaley Master Carbineer, ranger, merc for hire, and general sociopath...that despises the NGE.
***StarSider - Ja'ahn Woo [PYRO] of the Alliance - The Galaxy's first Jawa commando/carbineer...who also hates the NGE.

People like me...because I force them to...with violence!

Ryubushi
Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:46 pm
#13






garvin wrote:





Ryubushi wrote:





Kalano wrote:

wow, i finally got to see what been talked about for so long.



Hmmm......if those carbines get in the game, imight just drop pistoleer and go carbine. They all look sweet but definatly the underslung Carbine looks very commando-ish. Now if i could just make my rodian look like rambo, and the underslung, and, well, you get point. drool factor here.






Yeah, can we get some red headbands for commandos?




Yeah...that would be cool...But I'm still secretly pushing for us to get "Flaming Hawtpants"...SOETyrant says the idea kinda scares even him...





And to note, the idea of commandos in flaming hawtpants scares even me, and I'm a freakin' psychopath!






***Valcyn - Lt. Colonel Ryubushi [ONE] of the Empire (the Tank Maniac); Career Master Commando, Master Carbineer, and extremely Anti-NGE.
***Eclipse - Ryushidosha, freelancer; Scaley Master Carbineer, ranger, merc for hire, and general sociopath...that despises the NGE.
***StarSider - Ja'ahn Woo [PYRO] of the Alliance - The Galaxy's first Jawa commando/carbineer...who also hates the NGE.

People like me...because I force them to...with violence!

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