1 (edited by cunningmunki 2008-05-28 02:42:45)

Topic: New Weapon Suggestions

I'd love to see some new weapons make it in to the next release of FS, and although a lot of effort has been put into making the weapons lore-accurate, here's a few suggestions for some new ones to make them more so.

Rebels

"Yavin IV" Rebels (Mos Entha) - DH-17

The Yavin IV Rebel troopers should really carry the New Hope version of the DH-17 as their pistol, rather than the Return of the Jedi version:

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/cunningmunki/dvd_dh17blaster01.jpg


Endorian Rebel Medic - DDC Defender

She talks like a man but looks like a woman(;)), but this female Rebel soldier should perhaps carry a DDC Defender as her pistol (as used buy Leia on Endor) rather than a DH-17,

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/cunningmunki/rotjleiablaster.jpg

Endorian Rebel Officer - DL-44 (ESB/ROTJ)

As there were two or three versions of Han and Luke's DL-44, perhaps the Endorian Rebel officers should carry one of the later versions.  Here's the ESB version as used by Han on Hoth:

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/cunningmunki/321258559_2d5e11f187.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/cunningmunki/hanblasterESB.jpg


Imperials

Endorian Imperials - E-11

The E-11 carried by the Stormtroopers on Endor (and perhaps Ryloth) should perhaps be the Return of the Jedi version, rather than the ANH one:

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/cunningmunki/e11_rotj1.gif

Imperial Officer - Merr-Sonn Power 5

Although Han's DL-44 is an uber-cool blaster to have they are never used by the Imperials.  A more accurate weapon for the Imperial Officer would be the Merr-Sonn Power 5 Heavy Blaster (as seen in A New Hope):

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/cunningmunki/merrsonnpower5.jpg


Does anyone have any other suggestions for new weapons they'd like to see?  Maybe one of Boba Fett's blasters for the Imps, or the cool DL-18 for one of the Rebel classes?

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/cunningmunki/Rebel_Rank_jpg.jpg

Re: New Weapon Suggestions

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Re: New Weapon Suggestions

WWII handguns with plastic bits pasted on?

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4 (edited by FSDev| TALON 2008-05-28 04:16:37)

Re: New Weapon Suggestions

There is the possibility of more hand weapons in the future, but it is not something we are looking at in the immediate future. That said I have already modelled the DL-44 you picture there. The original idea was to give Imperial Officers the current (classic Han Solo ANH) DL-44 and the TESB DL-44 to the Rebel Officer but time was against us. Also look to ANH again and you will find Imperial Officers packing DL-44s (remember also that Han was himself once an Imperial Officer, so it is very likely that his own sidearm is a standard issue weapon that he has suped up). Check out the scene where the heroes first raid the Hanger Bay control room and you'll see.

The DDC Defender is also something we considered adding so that is a possibility in future depending on the direction we wish to go with the hand weapons, personally I'd like to see it in there.

Weapons like the Merr-Sonn Power 5 Heavy Blaster will probably never make it into the mod, because quite frankly they do look a bit crap, but if the possibility arises for another faction to be developed sometime in the future we may look at more exotic weapons like Boba Fett's EE-3  for instance.

As for the other variants on current weapons I think these adjustments will be unlikely to be seen in the mod as they are a lot of effort for very minor details, still I never say never.

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Re: New Weapon Suggestions

As big a fan of Lore as I am those guns almost all look the same as each other/current weapons to me. I'm generally a big one for nit picking these things but the different is minuscule at best.

  We may have an opportunity to add more weapons in the not-to-distant future. wink

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Re: New Weapon Suggestions

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WWII handguns with plastic bits pasted on?

You just discribed All Star Wars guns wink

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When I read OP I was like "WTF, there's a difference?!?!?!"

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