Hey, it's Dad.
I've got a weapon suggestion for you. Power weapon Pulse Rifle with a 36 round burst.
How would this work? 12 barrels. Two possible arrangements, I will elaborate in a second. Each barrel fires a normal pulse, but you have twelve pulses at the same time. It's ttk is therefore, less than half a second.
How would you balance? Ridiculously high reload time of greater than 5 seconds and the same reserve size as a regular pulse rifle. That way, it requires a long cooldown but you get a lot of chances with it because you're gonna need it, because its too heavy to aim down sights. Sprinting is also not possible. Each burst knocks the player off kilter, and they must regain their bearings after firing something so powerful.
How do you make it cool? With the barrel design. The two ideas I have in mind is that you have a simple Sweet-Business-style barrel arrangement, and a 4 columns of 3 barrels. The first idea is a bit lackluster, but the second idea is fun, as you could have the range of a pulse and because you could make the pulse rifle also fit a shotgun role in the Power weapon slot. The 4 columns of barrels are independently controlled by little motors that can focus the bullets in the same way a satellite dish does, or, when you crouch, it turns the barrels around to spread the burst to act as a shotgun.
In short: Regular pulse rifle reserve, 36 round pulse, two firing modes, shotgun and pulse rifle, no ADS or sprinting with it, and it's a Power weapon.
Name ideas: Second Chance, Leadstorm, The Volley
Don't like the idea? Like the idea? Like some aspects but want it changed in some way? Feel free to discuss.
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Sounds like a fun weapon to shred apart the dogs with in the Raid.