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May 4, 2012, 11:46:36 AM
shugyosha wrote:
Good idea. As of now it is kinda difficult to tell apart beams and kinetics.




I think the beams cause more 'splash damage' on the ship (as well as being generally larger) but it does bug me.
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May 4, 2012, 11:48:13 AM
Different color (and the beams splash on your shields too), but aye, not that easy to differentiate...

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I think the beams cause more 'splash damage' on the ship (as well as being generally larger) but it does bug me.
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May 4, 2012, 12:50:24 PM
I can only agree with that.



A long long time ago Freespace (2) had awesome beam weapons, only remembering the sound of them makes me all warm and fuzzy
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May 4, 2012, 2:05:31 PM
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I can only agree with that.



A long long time ago Freespace (2) had awesome beam weapons, only remembering the sound of them makes me all warm and fuzzy




Well the current beam weapons are more like pulse energy weapons.



Hopefully we will also have more "ray like" beam weapons too or eventually "energy ball like" weapons in the future.



I am also hoping that weapon diversity will increase with some more weapon types and related armors (like direct fire weapons affecting both shield and armor or missiles affecting both flak and shield, etc.)



Now technically, there is no sound in space (never been there to check though). But hey, this is science fiction and for entertainment purposes so definitely let's have sounds.
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May 4, 2012, 4:10:01 PM
I'm just going to mention here that I have a hard time telling any of the projectiles apart. The only reason I know which is which now is because I made a few ships with only one type of weapon. They really should look more distinct.
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May 4, 2012, 5:49:09 PM
Adding more variety to beam weapon effects seems like a good idea. I was under the impression, though, that much of what I was seeing in the laser/beam department were actually plasma weapons akin to those found in SotS and SotS 2. I'll have to play more Endless Space to be sure. (And oh, I shall...)
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May 4, 2012, 11:35:59 AM
I've got to say i'm a little disapointed with the beam weapons...



I expected beams, not projectiles smiley: smile Are the current beams going to be altered to look like Star Trek/ Babylon 5 beams in the future?
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May 5, 2012, 10:08:28 AM
Every time I see something described as a 'laser' fire a slow-moving projectile a little bit of my inner scientist dies :P.



Seriously, definitely agreeing with the OP here. Take a look at B5 and Freespace 2 for ways to make this look awesome.
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Jun 9, 2012, 6:18:05 PM
This thread is the origin of all beam weapon graphics discussions.

Other threads about this have been archived:

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13503-aesthetic-suggestion-for-lasers

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13251-suggestion-visuals-beam-weapons

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13315-suggestions-for-improvements-in-visual-effects-for-weapons

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13664-suggestion-poll-laser-aesthetics

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13578-suggestion-weapon-aesthetics

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13635-change-of-laser-visuals

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13739-suggestion-beam-weapons-art-change

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13951-graphical-change-change-beam-weapons-from-pulses-to-lasers



Feel free to post here about this topic here and inform yourself about the variations the threads listed above have already discussed, but don't open new suggestion threads for anything alike. smiley: wink
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Jun 18, 2012, 6:09:28 PM
From this thread.



Aureus wrote:
Alas, it appears this is completely off the table for the devs, if the new suggestion thread is to be believed.




That's really unfortunate. smiley: frown I'll keep an eye out for a mod then.
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Jun 18, 2012, 6:12:38 PM
I'll just quote from the devlist:



Steph'nie wrote:
Here's how we will answer to your ideas:

DONE in game already, or will soon be implemented

**** Master must have

*** Master nice to have

** Post release must have

* Post release nice to have

X Never - either not possible or simply not in our vision

U Undecided



Lazer Aestheics - How lazer should look [P] *
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