Assault Rifle ... Couple of Questions.

[Herotu]

Question #1

Is the change to Full Auto in Beta, which says the cast time will be shorter... does it mean the animation will be shorter?

 

Question #2

This is more of an aesthetic/mechanics question.

Why does Assault Rile Powerset have only 3 Rifle powers? There are 4 powers that fire a grenade and 2 powers that fire a flamethower. I realise there's only so much you can do with a gun, but surely there could have been more than just three (and if 4 animations can be recycled for grenades, can't others be replicated for more shooting?)?

 

Perhaps there could be a new powerset that utilises that more varied set of munitions, and we could have AR be actually about the AR? 

 

I have my tinfoil hat, you can't hurt me! Have at you, internet!

[MTeague]

The powers in the existing set should stay.  That said, if they want to rename Assault Rifle to RubeGoldbergRifle, keeping all the existing powers, and then create a new set called Assault Rifle that focuses more on what you could do with a single rifle that doesn't include a grenade launcher or flamethrower... okay sure. 

 

Honestly though, I think a set that has nothing but a varying degrees of short controlled bursts or emptying the clip and.... what? A Rifle Butt attack?  Maybe a Bayonet?  I'm thinking it would get boring fast. The existing AR allows for a couple different damage types, a decent mix of single target and AE, with some soft control in the Knockback or the Fear effect in Ignite. Maybe I'm not being imaginative enough. I just don't see getting 9 powers out of a plain rifle though. 

[cranebump]

Maybe should be called Assault Weapons to cover the breadth of what you can do. I have an AR/TA toon with all the KBs proc’ed to KD. Pretty decent solo, great on teams, due to the soft controls. Damage is fair, but I don’t worry about it much. I figure I’m there to lay down glue, oil slick, Flash, etc. just straight up laying down bullets would make him less useful. I figure if I want to do that, I’ll just run Dual Pistols.

Edited March 20, 2021 by cranebump

[SaintD]

Rename it 'multigun' and then we can remake an actual assault rifle set.

[Black Zot]

Given how utterly ineffective bullets are against the average superpowered threat, is it really surprising that a rifle would have gimmicks added to try and compete?