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[NyxOOX]

I've been looking through Sarna for quite a while now, but I still don't understand something. Multiple different mechs are equipped with a weapon known as a Plasma Rifle, and it seems to be quite well-known in the universe, yet every MW game so far has avoided it. Can someone fill me in?

[Valleros]

Year Availability: 3068

That's after the Federated Commonwealth civil war. No game reached that year.

Edited by Valleros, 14 December 2012 - 05:46 PM.

[Warrax the Chaos Warrior]

Possibly because it's not available til 3068. Have any other games taken place that far along the timeline?

edit: ninja'd

Edited by Warrax the Chaos Warrior, 14 December 2012 - 05:47 PM.

[Zero Neutral]

Are you sure? I vaguely remember using some kind of aerial, (flying,) mech that was able to use some sort of plasma cannon... I can't remember which game it was but I am sure it was in the Mechwarrior series...

It was an uber weapon.

[Valleros]

Warrax the Chaos Warrior, on 14 December 2012 - 05:46 PM, said:

Possibly because it's not available til 3068. Have any other games taken place that far along the timeline?

edit: ninja'd

Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries takes place 3066-3067 That's the farthest any game went in the timeline. One year short of the plasma rifle.

[Valleros]

Zero Neutral, on 14 December 2012 - 05:51 PM, said:

Are you sure? I vaguely remember using some kind of aerial, (flying,) mech that was able to use some sort of plasma cannon... I can't remember which game it was but I am sure it was in the Mechwarrior series...

It was an uber weapon.

There is a plasma cannon. It will be developed 3069 by the clans.Still in the future.

[Zero Neutral]

Valleros, on 14 December 2012 - 05:55 PM, said:

There is a plasma cannon. It will be developed 3069 by the clans.Still in the future.

Right but I mean that I remember using one in a previous MW game.

[Valleros]

Zero Neutral, on 14 December 2012 - 05:56 PM, said:

Right but I mean that I remember using one in a previous MW game.

Perhaps Mechassault? They had a plasma ppc...

[Ranger207]

In case you don't know, right now in MWO it's December 3049, and the timeline will be moving forward at a 1:1 scale. In other words, every day that passes IRL passes in-game.

[Valleros]

Ranger207, on 14 December 2012 - 06:01 PM, said:

In case you don't know, right now in MWO it's December 3049, and the timeline will be moving forward at a 1:1 scale. In other words, every day that passes IRL passes in-game.

Yep, 19 years (RL) to go for the plasma rifle.

[Insidious Johnson]

The free to download MW:Mercenaries from Mektek has the plasma rifle in it. There ya go.

[Zero Neutral]

Valleros, on 14 December 2012 - 05:58 PM, said:

Perhaps Mechassault? They had a plasma ppc...

Negative it was for PC.

[Valleros]

Insidious Johnson, on 14 December 2012 - 06:10 PM, said:

The free to download MW:Mercenaries from Mektek has the plasma rifle in it. There ya go.

Your're right... I didn't think about the mechpacks. they included a plasma cannon in one of them. Of course they also had the beam laser, that sticks with your target no mater how it moves.

[Strum Wealh]

Zero Neutral, on 14 December 2012 - 05:51 PM, said:

Are you sure? I vaguely remember using some kind of aerial, (flying,) mech that was able to use some sort of plasma cannon... I can't remember which game it was but I am sure it was in the Mechwarrior series...

It was an uber weapon.

You're thinking of the Razor-class "air skimmer" from EarthSiege II.
Frustratingly, it seems that the only picture of it on the entire Internet is one person's sketch of a LAM version.

Imagine that without the legs, and that's exactly what the Razor looks like.

In-game, one could mount twin Plasma Cannons on the wingtips, and one-shot anything on a fly-by...

[NyxOOX]

I now feel like a moron because I never thought to check the introduction date, my bad.

[Asmosis]

Ranger207, on 14 December 2012 - 06:01 PM, said:

In case you don't know, right now in MWO it's December 3049, and the timeline will be moving forward at a 1:1 scale. In other words, every day that passes IRL passes in-game.

I think they've stated they may "bring forward" the timeline or suspend it as needed since im not sure the proper timeline is a steady stream of new stuff.

[MustrumRidcully]

I remember having seen a 3050 mech with a Plasma Rifle in MegaMek, but I am not sure that's a canon design.

It seems to be in power similar to a PPC, a bit lighter, same heat, consumes ammo, and transfers heat to the target. Does seem a bit undepowered...

Edited by MustrumRidcully, 15 December 2012 - 06:12 AM.

[KinLuu]

Jihad BS.

We should not talk about that. Let it be forgotten.

[Ranger207]

MustrumRidcully, on 15 December 2012 - 06:10 AM, said:

I remember having seen a 3050 mech with a Plasma Rifle in MegaMek, but I am not sure that's a canon design.

That would not be canon in 3050.

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It seems to be in power similar to a PPC, a bit lighter, same heat, consumes ammo, and transfers heat to the target. Does seem a bit undepowered...

Wait 'till you see what it does to infantry, vehicles, and battle armor...

Edited by Ranger207, 15 December 2012 - 06:31 AM.

[MustrumRidcully]

Ranger207, on 15 December 2012 - 06:31 AM, said:

That would not be canon in 3050.

Wait 'till you see what it does to infantry, vehicles, and battle armor...

I see. Vehicles and INfantry never really mattered much in the Mechwarrior titles I played. Except perhaps Crescent Hawk's REvenge, I remember some rather hard battles with Rommel Tanks or something like that... Man that game was tough.