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Posted this under another thread, but felt it should get it's own.

E-Web heavy repeater blaster: How to implement it without unbalancing the game and using existing system in game.

Looked at the Ceature Handler Profession for the idea and inspiration.

Weapon stats:

100/100 vitality

8k HAM. Not a standard bar (ie turrets.)

Spd: 0.5 spd

Chance to hit: 0.20

Damage: 80 - 340

Blast

H/A/M usage: 40/60/80

AR:0

AP:0

Resist 30% to all.

No permadeath: Vitality loss. Known as weapon degrade. Reduces weapon damage. Every incap/knock of the weapon, it loses 5% vitality. 2 knockdowns will degrade the weapon to next lower step. Can repair vitality with e-web repair kit (aka Pet vitality packs). Repairing a 90/100 weapon will bring it back to 99/99. In two more Knockdown/incap, the weapon would be into the 90% effectiveness range already.

Wounds: weapon will take on wounds. Mind wound/cooling wounds would require commando skill /fieldstrip at cost of mind to commando. Very similar to CH, using /trick on pets. H and A wounds would require "food" like CH pets. Use existing smuggler spice, Droid lubricant instead, to fix those.

Range mitigation: Weapon damage is affected. Melee fighter would have a tough time against charging machine gun nests. Melee class would be the only ones affected. CM can still take out the commando controlling it.

8K Ham explaination: Commando can knock out this weapon in 1.5 hits with /flamesingle2 or one good Rocket Launcher hit. Rifleman, can knock it down in about 4 hits. This provide a delicate goal in any GCW skirmish to take out the machine gun nest first. Because if it doesn't get knocked out, the e-web will suppress the whole battlefield.

HAM cost to weapon: Mind bar acts like a temperature bar. The usage is to have less Health loss, moderate action loss, and big mind loss. This also allows the snipers (rifleman) to take out (knockdown/incap) the gun faster. Give Carbineer good chance to take out the gun, and makes life tough for pistoleer. (Kinda hard to be charging a machine gun nest with a pistol…)

Healing: Use pet stims. Just rename them E-web repair.

Status effects: Weapon has 0.2 chance of posture down. 0.3 chance of dizzy. 0.5 chance of stun. No effects can be placed on the gun except for Flame DOT, and bleed. Mind bleed is like coolant bleed.

Attack: Use the CH range attack only mode. Make the weapon to be in kneeling state. This forces the weapon to not fire when enemy gets too close, and requiring the user to switch to hand held weapons. This gives melee class a big chance when they get real close, after making the run from range.

Movement: None. With the Kneeling state equivalent, gun can't go anywhere.

Usage. Calling the e-web/equiping the e-web is like calling a CH pet. 15 second restriction, and canceled by combat. If using camps, instant deployment. This forces the commando to leave the battle to deploy. But also gives enemy a chance to prevent commando from deploying such weapon.

Also, knockdown/incapped e-web can be stored after x time after combat. Same as CH pets.

Challenge level. Implement similar system to the e-web. This awards the Master Commando with better class weapon, and attacks vs novice commando.

Manufacturing. Weapon Smith would make a deed for the gun. Similar to Bio-pet deeds

Datapad: Weapon would be called from here to be used. Can hold only 3 e-web for deployment rotation.

Control pad: Implement a control pad/box that the user/Commando must have equipped inorder for the e-web to function. If, at anytime, user/Commando switch to handheld weapon, implement something to /follow command stop the weapon from engaging/attacking the target.

Commands to the weapon (pet): Use same system as CH pets. Either use verbal or /tellpet xxxx command. Use to have weapon change target or implement different attack types.

May have to implement vehicle mount type command where the user/Commando can't directly attack or respond to attack. This is to prevent double damage dealer, like in case of CH with pistol/rifle/etc.