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[That Guy]

high energy charged particles are a much more effective weapon than super heated gas. better range, accuracy, power consumption, and killing power. not to mention possibly leaving targets radioactive!

*ignoring raging flame war*

[Aesaar]

Future Perfect, on 04 July 2012 - 09:51 AM, said:

Never seen those big machines in the terminator movies fire their weapons?

Yeah thats the Phased Plasma Cannon.

We need this cool looking weapon in MechWarrior Online, just retcon the PPC to look this cool when firing one.

*picture*

Why would we want the PPC to look like mediocre CGI from a fairly average movie?

[Reoh]

No can do OP, they have plasma cannons later in the tech, they funciton differently.

[Schtirlitz]

Give me Pasta Picking Construction

[Bombast]

Aesaar, on 04 July 2012 - 03:54 PM, said:

Why would we want the PPC to look like mediocre CGI from a fairly average movie?

You take that back, sir. Take that back now.

Them's fight'n words.

[Luther Varone]

Future Perfect, on 01 July 2012 - 09:16 AM, said:

No, it fires a blob at high velocity.

lol you liked your own post, wow.

and to boot, you've posted a screenshot from The Terminator

[Luther Varone]

Moldycrow, on 04 July 2012 - 09:58 AM, said:

Out of curiosity, have you ever played a Mechwarrior game before? PPCs always looked awesome to shoot, and they looked a lot more interesting than colored beams of light (which we already have, btw).

this.

/end thread

[MasterErrant]

I hate to rock your worlds friends. but plasma guns are just another way of doing...you guessed it PPCs
there are several different ways to do particle weapons
protons
Electrons.
stripped heavy nuclei
and plasma.
Battletech uses them all.
(Oh I forgot one )
Pulsars (Anti/particle weapons) a little out of reach for the BT univers this one.

the plasma rifle is just a plasma based PPC that is tweaked to do more heat

it's kin of the same argumant as the Gauss rifle vs rail gun thing...different name for the same thing.

Edited by MasterErrant, 10 May 2013 - 01:48 PM.

[Jukebox1986]

[Vassago Rain]

[Rofl]

This post could be improved. For instance, it could find a better place in K-Town. It would be amongst friends there.

[Aegic]

I dont get it

[Felicitatem Parco]

Okay...

1.) The PPC, Particle Projector Cannon, fires a magnetically-focused burst of hot plasma. They call it a "Particle Cannon" because it fires superheated atomic nuclei that are siphoned from the reactor, which are tiny particles (notably, alpha and beta particles). The title includes the term "particle" because it's is meant to help differentiate it from being a photonic or electric weapon.

2.) This thread is not too constructive... since the OP is asking the Devs to re-wiite BattleTech's core base material... so I'm going to jettison it (but not due to maliciousness or anything like that ;-)

[Adridos]

You made a Necro and even let a mod fall for it...

[Noesis]

Jackson Jax Teller, on 11 May 2013 - 12:09 AM, said:

http://www.sarna.net...i/Plasma_Cannon

It DOES exist *gasp* *thud*

Not until 3069 though

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Noesis, on 11 May 2013 - 05:23 AM, said:

Not until 3069 though

Angel isnt sposed to exist for 3 years, theyre making their own timeline as they go along at this point lol

[Noesis]

Yes, but then the precident of evidence was based on battletech lore so I thought I would be **** and apply a similar corrective application

Regardless of whether the battle of Luthien has occurred though to consider the discovery of the Angel ECM suite, aren't PGI now making corrective steps to remove some of the more current advanced ECM abilities to be more in line with the Guardian anyhow?

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Noesis, on 15 May 2013 - 11:27 PM, said:

Yes, but then the precident of evidence was based on battletech lore so I thought I would be **** and apply a similar corrective application

Regardless of whether the battle of Luthien has occurred though to consider the discovery of the Angel ECM suite, aren't PGI now making corrective steps to remove some of the more current advanced ECM abilities to be more in line with the Guardian anyhow?

regardless of they they pull out of their ***** to counter it (IE stuff they entirely make up themselves), as long as it blocks Streaks and does stuff Angel does, Ill consider it Angel lol
Hell, I dont go in for it but there are ppl here who think its like 3 or 4 techs in one

Edited by Mechwarrior Buddah, 16 May 2013 - 08:58 PM.

[Parliment]

https://en.wikipedia...lasma_(physics) dont sound viable as shooty