giga to replace ripper

[BZAP]

would be cool to see giga superbuffed and made lanc specific. it could replace what ripper achieves but also require input from the player.

 

one small step away from turrets, one giant leap for mankind. and it's not like anyone uses giga anyways

[Psythe]

I like this. I wish there were more "ship-exclusive" items. The same could be done for Quantum Torpedo for levi and Trap Laser for Spider. (I say Quantum Torpedo because I'd like to see it buffed but not used everywhere, and I say Trap Laser because I'd like to see it not used everywhere except for defense-oriented spids)

[spidernl]

The issue with extra-powerful ship-specific items is that they'll end up being the obvious choice for pretty much everyone. Detrimental to variety in builds which I value highly.

[Psythe]

I wouldn't say that is going to be the case, IMO. As long as you leave options that have their own perks (a lot of people would probably choose ripper over giga for the sake of auto-aim), it only acts as an additional option (while reducing availability to other ships in this case, which is unfortunate for some items).  ... way back when, when weasels and a few other ships had their own exclusive items, people didn't -always- use them, but it was nice to have around. I guess this is something that would work better with a new itemset later in the future - say, an "exclusives" category - rather than mucking with the ship capabilities we already have...

[cxc]

um, isn't ripper/tempest already an exclusive lanc based over powered item that everyone uses?

 

Well actually not everyone, some people still decide to use solid armor, sensor, coils etc as their sig instead.

 

Phaser is rather powerful and not a sig, you would need to buff the non bounce sig guns a lot in order for anyone to use them imo.

[BZAP]

The issue with extra-powerful ship-specific items is that they'll end up being the obvious choice for pretty much everyone. Detrimental to variety in builds which I value highly.

I meant to suggest replacing ripper with a sig gun. Reason being that ripper itself is just as you describe.

[spidernl]

Or.. rebalance Ripper and Tempest.. As I've been doing.

 

Christ, people have been whining the items are now "useless". Go figure.

[Cheese]

The issue with extra-powerful ship-specific items is that they'll end up being the obvious choice for pretty much everyone. Detrimental to variety in builds which I value highly.

then make multiples

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