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Thread: Friday Feature: February 11 Combat Upgrade Weapons, Part 1
Rafguardian
Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:49 am
#170
Wow good job 
Lovin the giant geno blaster lol,carbineers will be lovin that lol
Mart' <FoR>
"Disrespect all who think they have a higher authority than yourself"
Nivvekk
Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:28 pm
#172
Ok, I don't know if anyone has mentioned this in previous pages but I didn't feel like searching 8 pages of posts to find something,so here it is.
Two of the weapons, the "Proton Carbine", and "Proton Rifle", are altered copies of real life military weapons used today..
Want some proof? Look at the picture of the Proton carbine - (Bottom of page) http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Combat%20Upgrade:%20New%20Weapons%20-%20Carbines. Ok, then here is the gun it is copied from- the H&K G36 http://www.special-warfare.net/data_base/204_military_rifles/hk_sig_01/g36_02.jpg. Now,those two look very similar don't they? The stock,scope,scope rail, receiver area, and foregrip..pretty much everything minus the barrel.
Here's the second one - the "Proton Rifle" - (Top of page) http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Combat%20Upgrade:%20New%20Weapons%20-%. This model is a slightly more successfully altercation of the real life prototype XM29/O.I.C.W. - http://redimages.rednet.com.cn/ArticleImage/200311/200311992057.jpg. They did a little better on changing the look of the rifle than they did on the carbine.
Are those what the proton weapons will really look like in the game? They don't seem very 'starwars'-like, more like somethign that should be in Half-Life 2 or Halo 2/ Does anyone have any more information on why the Proton Carbine/Rifle look like RL guns?
Nivvekk
Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:38 pm
#173
Yeah, the protons weapons do look pretty cool and I wouldn't mind having one in the game, but then again next thing you know there's going to be people flying F-18's in space and havingmercedes' for speeders 
. All of the weapons look cool and original,and actually kind of flashy,lol.
. All of the weapons look cool and original,and actually kind of flashy,lol.
jwf
Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:28 pm
#174
Wow... Those are some awsome weapons.... is there going to be a blaster sword too?Its already appeared in a EU book (Its in Book 9 Of the X-wing series: Starfighters of Adumar), and its about the same as the blaster fist, save that you'd hit with the tip of the sword to use the blaster. Hmmm.... then again, this might explain where the idea of the Blaster Fist came from.
TH, just curious, has the dev team given any though to modifying the graphics for some current weapons, like the E11? In every game (and in all 3 original movies i might add 
) that the E11 appears in, its got a stock and a scope. And that E11 is in game, but only as a decoration. Even a minor change like that to a current weapon would be pretty neat i think. Don't get me wrong, the new weapons are AWSOME, but i think modifying a few current ones would be another neat thing you guys could do, a lot of people would probably like seeing 1 or 2 current weapons getting enhanced as well.
) that the E11 appears in, its got a stock and a scope. And that E11 is in game, but only as a decoration. Even a minor change like that to a current weapon would be pretty neat i think. Don't get me wrong, the new weapons are AWSOME, but i think modifying a few current ones would be another neat thing you guys could do, a lot of people would probably like seeing 1 or 2 current weapons getting enhanced as well.
Jaxin_Riens
Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:57 pm
#176
my question simple in news on the content( dungeons etc) that will be coming along with these weapons, id love the use of an instanced temple on yavin for the massasi and sith weapons. Maybe a new themepark or epic quest as well, but they would have to be instanced and personal to avoid camping and to add to immersion.
Tiberius-
Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:27 pm
#177
New weapons look GREAT! To those concerned that the new weaps look like real world weapons....um... are u not aware that MOST of the film weapons in the original trilogy were based on actual ww2 era firearms? Han Solo's pistol is a variation of the German Mauser pistol and I forget the name but the stromtrooper carbines are based on an english rifle. So the DEVs really are keeping with tradition by dressing up real world weaps - i think they are cool! Hoping for alternative Heavy weaps for BH and Commandoes and Pistols too!
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BMETRanger
Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:35 pm
#178
very good to see TKM's get something other than VK's, I'm guessing that they may do damage other than Kinetic!?! That would be totally awesome and fitting for some of the fights I have been if for over 20 minutes and left cause I couldn't wear down that 100% kinetic resistant NPC, lol. Looks good and keep up the good work.
AnaisdeQuoi
Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:19 am
#179
yea but tk's only get one new weapon??? while sowrd rifles pistols have had tons of choices forever n we got one vk n ur offering only one other. please say theres more
DeliAmber
Mon Feb 14, 2005 3:27 am
#180
What are fencer , swordman and pikemans doing during this timeline ? They belong less to this timeline or universe than jedi.
Rogue8377
Mon Feb 14, 2005 3:34 am
#181
sweet love the New protn rifle and the geo carbine,
maybe they will ad more lightsaber desings
HarlequinMK19
Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:06 am
#182
Nivvekk wrote:
Ok, I don't know if anyone has mentioned this in previous pages but I didn't feel like searching 8 pages of posts to find something,so here it is.
Two of the weapons, the "Proton Carbine", and "Proton Rifle", are altered copies of real life military weapons used today..
Want some proof? Look at the picture of the Proton carbine - (Bottom of page) http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Combat%20Upgrade:%20New%20Weapons%20-%20Carbines. Ok, then here is the gun it is copied from- the H&K G36 http://www.special-warfare.net/data_base/204_military_rifles/hk_sig_01/g36_02.jpg. Now,those two look very similar don't they? The stock,scope,scope rail, receiver area, and foregrip..pretty much everything minus the barrel.
Here's the second one - the "Proton Rifle" - (Top of page) http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Combat%20Upgrade:%20New%20Weapons%20-%. This model is a slightly more successfully altercation of the real life prototype XM29/O.I.C.W. - http://redimages.rednet.com.cn/ArticleImage/200311/200311992057.jpg. They did a little better on changing the look of the rifle than they did on the carbine.
Are those what the proton weapons will really look like in the game? They don't seem very 'starwars'-like, more like somethign that should be in Half-Life 2 or Halo 2/ Does anyone have any more information on why the Proton Carbine/Rifle look like RL guns?
And what do you think all the original guns were? Ever herd of the Sterling Mark 4, Lewis Gun, MG42, or Broomhandled Mauser? There are more, but i'm just listening examples. Point is, Most of the Early Star Wars guns were built out of World War 2 era weaponry with little modifcation. MOST weapons look like "real" ones. I understand your point, but it's really nothing new. So long as we are getting new weapons, I'm more than happy.