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Thread: DEVS: The Wookiee Bowcaster

nolan007
Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:09 pm
#1





DEVS: The Wookiee Bowcaster



I never see the Wookiee bowcaster used. Hopefully, the developers will consider this weaponfor the Combat Revamp... hopefully,the bowcaster will become a very viable weapon.



Developers:


How about making the Wookiee bowcastervery desirable for Wookiee riflemen (ie. maybe increased armor piercing? ...or very high-damage?)






Message Edited by nolan007 on 10-23-2004 06:03 PM



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( Maybe one day these ideas will be considered or implemented. Bump it, please? )

RebRifle
Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:15 pm
#2

it is useful its an insanly good grinding wep.
DarthMarksman
Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:08 pm
#3

Good until you hit Novice, then the T-21 is more practical, since the Bowcaster has AP0. Waste is trying to get the devs to increase this weapon'sviability in the hands of Wookies. It's a cultural icon among us, we should be able to use it as our primary rifle.



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RebRifle
Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:28 pm
#4

Wookies already have mroe then they should so i don't see why they should get anymore attention for now untill other stuff is fixed
Waste93
Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:56 pm
#5



The Bowcaster is only a good grind weapon until you can use a Laser Rifle since the damage difference because of AP alone is 56%.


The suggestion I'm pushing for the Bowcaster is to have an Advanced Bowcaster (or Hunting Bowcaster). This weapon would have the same stats as the T21 bascially. So you would see Wookiee Riflemen using it. However with it's stats being the same as the T21 it shouldn't effect or cause resentment with others. The only real difference would be the weapon graphic. Yet I think this method would make the Hunting Bowcaster a standard arm for Wookiees and brink back some of that SW feel.


The other option would be to change the regular Bowcaster and then move up it's cert location like described above.


It's listed as issue #7 in the Rifleman issue thread.

Message Edited by Waste93 on 10-22-2004 06:58 PM



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Tepic_Sand
Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:14 pm
#6






RebRifle wrote:
Wookies already have mroe then they should so i don't see why they should get anymore attention for now untill other stuff is fixed






You mean all 2 dozen sets of clothing that we have, no footwear, stats locked in health and strand one of the worst minds for being a rifleman? Yeah we've got so much more than everyone else


/sarcasm off


Wookiees have been shafted from the start, the only one thing that we've seen is armour to even come close to everyone else. You lot had armour from launch so ours was a very long time coming. Attention? I dont feel like were getting special treatment, just being treated equally for a change.




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whippitt
Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:51 am
#7

if you want to see what a bowcaster should look like get onto the flurry trade galaxy....sorry no link..there is one for sale that is omg



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RebRifle
Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:28 am
#8



Tepic_Sand wrote:


RebRifle wrote:
Wookies already have mroe then they should so i don't see why they should get anymore attention for now untill other stuff is fixed


You mean all 2 dozen sets of clothing that we have, no footwear, stats locked in health and str and one of the worst minds for being a rifleman? Yeah we've got so much more than everyone else

/sarcasm off

Wookiees have been shafted from the start, the only one thing that we've seen is armour to even come close to everyone else. You lot had armour from launch so ours was a very long time coming. Attention? I dont feel like were getting special treatment, just being treated equally for a change.






No that they got armor. They were never ment to have armor. And shouln't. But yet they did.
DarthMarksman
Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:06 am
#9



RebRifle wrote:


Tepic_Sand wrote:


RebRifle wrote:
Wookies already have mroe then they should so i don't see why they should get anymore attention for now untill other stuff is fixed


You mean all 2 dozen sets of clothing that we have, no footwear, stats locked in health and str and one of the worst minds for being a rifleman? Yeah we've got so much more than everyone else

/sarcasm off

Wookiees have been shafted from the start, the only one thing that we've seen is armour to even come close to everyone else. You lot had armour from launch so ours was a very long time coming. Attention? I dont feel like were getting special treatment, just being treated equally for a change.






No that they got armor. They were never ment to have armor. And shouln't. But yet they did.




Well, in keeping with the game's fairness, the Wookies needed armor to compete. The devs had discussed letting our fur be natural armor, but that was not feasible, not to mention the whiners who would have screamed at Wookies being able to withstand damage with no protective clothing. If you say Wookies have gotten too much already, I'm sorry, but you are sadly misinformed. :-)

Back on topic. The Bowcaster, seeing as how no wookie would use another rifle if his Bowcaster were available, in most cases, because of it's symbolism within the Wookie race, should be a weapon on par with the T-21. However, with this Hunter Bowcaster that Waste is proposing, I think it should be in line with the T-21 in terms of qualification. While a Wookie may be able to use a common bowcaster by default, the High Level Bowcaster they cannot wield until Novice Rifleman, and of course their proficiency increases as they progress through the profession. Basically, I'm just echoing what Waste has said, already.



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RunningRoutes
Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:41 am
#10

I completely agree that the bowcaster needs to be seriously upgraded. Its a horrible weapon considering the stuff you have to get for it. Building T21s is FAR easier.

Bowcaster should have AT LEAST medium AP, if not heavy. Maybe give it damage on par with the laser rifle (low min, high max), high armor piercing, and a better speed rating than the laser rifle. Basically, make it a high armor-piercing laser rifle. And LRs can do damage higher than T21s (excluding adjustments for AP), but their average damage is far lower.



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saladin123
Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:43 pm
#11


woops forgot to quote post

Message Edited by saladin123 on 10-23-2004 08:19 PM



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saladin123
Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:45 pm
#12


RebRifle wrote:


Tepic_Sand wrote:


RebRifle wrote:
Wookies already have mroe then they should so i don't see why they should get anymore attention for now untill other stuff is fixed


You mean all 2 dozen sets of clothing that we have, no footwear, stats locked in health and str and one of the worst minds for being a rifleman? Yeah we've got so much more than everyone else

/sarcasm off

Wookiees have been shafted from the start, the only one thing that we've seen is armour to even come close to everyone else. You lot had armour from launch so ours was a very long time coming. Attention? I dont feel like were getting special treatment, just being treated equally for a change.






No that they got armor. They were never ment to have armor. And shouln't. But yet they did.




Next time you pvp take off all your composite armor and see how long you last against a TKM. Have you ever even playd a wookie before? "Wookies shouldnt have armor", one of the stupidest statements I have ever heard. Please go make yourself one and wear just cloths and no armor, and see what it was like to pvp.

Message Edited by saladin123 on 10-23-2004 01:45 PM



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nolan007
Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:02 pm
#13



Personally, I believe seeing Wookiees using their bowcasters on the battlefield wouldbe awesome and very Star Warsy.



Perhaps during the Combat Revamp, someone will press the issue...



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( Maybe one day these ideas will be considered or implemented. Bump it, please? )

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