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[Ialdabaoth]

Currently, all laser weapons look identical when mounted on a 'mech. This makes me sad.

What if they looked like this:



The Medium Laser model is unchanged; the Large Laser gets a barrel, and the Small Laser gets a pyramidal cap that ends in a smaller aperture. The TAG laser is basically a Small Laser with a scaled-down Large Laser barrel.

This would be super easy to modify, and would fit perfectly into all the current geometries.

[Livaria]

I wouldn't mind having this, It's certainly not important. But it does add a nice touch.

[Night Thastus]

Ialdabaoth, on 15 November 2015 - 03:42 PM, said:

Currently, all laser weapons look identical when mounted on a 'mech. This makes me sad.

What if they looked like this:



The Medium Laser model is unchanged; the Large Laser gets a barrel, and the Small Laser gets a pyramidal cap that ends in a smaller aperture. The TAG laser is basically a Small Laser with a scaled-down Large Laser barrel.

This would be super easy to modify, and would fit perfectly into all the current geometries.

Very cool, but not "super easy to modify". Knowing PGI, the way that dynamic hardpoints are handled means that trying to change the model for the lasers would completely break it. I'll pass.

[Vellron2005]

I've pushed for this before and support this idea wholeheartedly..

It is ridiculous that a Large laser looks like the same tiny box that the small laser does.. Large lasers should look similar to PPC's, but with a different barrel ending (not blue circles but lenses)

And lenses should be colored to reflect laser type (red for small, yellow for CERML, green for MLAS and ect.).

Also, some mechs (Like the Executioner for instance) should have the boxes transformed into body parts like PPC's do.. cose its fugly as hell to have an arm with 3 little boxes on a handless stump..

[TheArisen]

I completely support this idea & the following.

Vellron2005, on 17 November 2015 - 04:41 AM, said:

I've pushed for this before and support this idea wholeheartedly..

It is ridiculous that a Large laser looks like the same tiny box that the small laser does.. Large lasers should look similar to PPC's, but with a different barrel ending (not blue circles but lenses)

And lenses should be colored to reflect laser type (red for small, yellow for CERML, green for MLAS and ect.).

Also, some mechs (Like the Executioner for instance) should have the boxes transformed into body parts like PPC's do.. cose its fugly as hell to have an arm with 3 little boxes on a handless stump..