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Thread: is this a graphic glich?(spraystick)
I believe if you look up a Spraystick in one of Star Warsencyclopedia-type books available, you will find that the Spraystick is something like a meter long in the Star Wars Universe. However, it has always looked like this in the game. And as the previous poster alluded, many a young rifleman carrying aSpraystickhas been asked if he was a Jedi. But there is an "historic" reason for the way it looks from a game perspective.
Not that it is not important now, but in the days before the CU, speed was everything. A Master Rifleman firing Headshot3s (3x damage modifier against an unhealable pool at the time) or Strafeshot2s (5x damage modifier random pool AoE attack) at 1 shot per second resulted in more calls for nerf than probably any other thing in the game. Of course, that was a far cry from the poor aspiring Rifleman climbing the Rifle branch of Marksman or even a Novice Rifleman picking up his first T21 (when it was cert'ed at Novice), firing a special, andthen having enough time to finish off the last 12 chapters of War and Peace waiting for his next shot. Add to that the fact that, for the longest time, there was a 2.5x melee damage modifier against you if you were holding a rifle, and it was not surprising that many Riflemen picked up melee professions or Pistols to switch to when something got up close because if they did not, they died. Of course, that meant you were no longer getting Rifles XP nor could you use your hard earned rifle specials, because, at the time, you could not use Rifle specials unless you were holding a Rifle.
The Spraystick was meant to be an answer for that. While it did significantly less damage than its larger cousins, it was also siginficantly faster and still counted as a rifle. With a speed slice and a speed power up, even someone who had not yet achieved Novice Rifleman could approach one shot per second with a Spraystick. And since it was a Rifle, you could continue attacking the Mind Pool (our specialty at the time) rather than having to switch to some other pool. And since it still counted as a Rifle, you did not have to divide your XP for the kill between different weapons.
That is not to say it does not have benefits now, but that is the "historic" significance of the weapon in-game and likely why it looks like it does rather than being the meter long weapon it is in the Star Wars Universe. It was basically meant to be a rifleman's pistol, so it is about the size of a pistol.
Sotaudi wrote:
I believe if you look up a Spraystick in one of Star Warsencyclopedia-type books available, you will find that the Spraystick is something like a meter long in the Star Wars Universe. However, it has always looked like this in the game. And as the previous poster alluded, many a young rifleman carrying aSpraystickhas been asked if he was a Jedi. But there is an "historic" reason for the way it looks from a game perspective.
Not that it is not important now, but in the days before the CU, speed was everything. A Master Rifleman firing Headshot3s (3x damage modifier against an unhealable pool at the time) or Strafeshot2s (5x damage modifier random pool AoE attack) at 1 shot per second resulted in more calls for nerf than probably any other thing in the game. Of course, that was a far cry from the poor aspiring Rifleman climbing the Rifle branch of Marksman or even a Novice Rifleman picking up his first T21 (when it was cert'ed at Novice), firing a special, andthen having enough time to finish off the last 12 chapters of War and Peace waiting for his next shot. Add to that the fact that, for the longest time, there was a 2.5x melee damage modifier against you if you were holding a rifle, and it was not surprising that many Riflemen picked up melee professions or Pistols to switch to when something got up close because if they did not, they died. Of course, that meant you were no longer getting Rifles XP nor could you use your hard earned rifle specials, because, at the time, you could not use Rifle specials unless you were holding a Rifle.
The Spraystick was meant to be an answer for that. While it did significantly less damage than its larger cousins, it was also siginficantly faster and still counted as a rifle. With a speed slice and a speed power up, even someone who had not yet achieved Novice Rifleman could approach one shot per second with a Spraystick. And since it was a Rifle, you could continue attacking the Mind Pool (our specialty at the time) rather than having to switch to some other pool. And since it still counted as a Rifle, you did not have to divide your XP for the kill between different weapons.
That is not to say it does not have benefits now, but that is the "historic" significance of the weapon in-game and likely why it looks like it does rather than being the meter long weapon it is in the Star Wars Universe. It was basically meant to be a rifleman's pistol, so it is about the size of a pistol.
perfect Summary ^_^
And for those of you who do not know it is our novice level 1st elite weapon. When you hit novice rifleman you are cert'd to this weapon. (and you will use it till at least cl 22)
(And I liked the green color of the shots better than the brown-tan they are now.)
I remember when I first started playing, and before the first Jedi unlocked on Ahazi, someone was running around the starport with a Spraystick claiming it was a saber. He had a crowd of about 20 people around him asking how he got to be Jedi, etc etc. It was pretty funny.
Yea, I used to use the Spraystick to quickly go through Rifles IV in Marksman, Novie Rifle and Concealment I for /concealshot. From there, I did T21 (I HATE the laser rifle so much.) But, I mastered rifles that first November or so, and have never dropped rifles since. So I have no idea what the level progression is like anymore for which weapons to use when, at what CL, etc.