is the alien rifle purely a prop?

[Invicta]

so while exploring the massive gun, I found a sealed glass case with an alien rifle in one of the rooms, anybody have any ideas on if its usable or just there as a sort of in joke about no weapons in the game? (I say that becuase it says there is no obvious way to open the case)

[Reaper]

Those are relics of the past you will see more relics later on they are trying to give you a bit of story did you try scan it? it should give you more info about it

[Invicta]

Originally posted by Willytilly:

Those are relics of the past you will see more relics later on they are trying to give you a bit of story did you try scan it? it should give you more info about it

I did, I just was curious about it, since it looked operational, yet the devs said no guns so I was just curious why it was there.

*also id be totally down for a late game mod that opens that case up after you shut down the gun so I can have some sweet, sweet revenge on those reaper leviatens without smashing up my mech*

[Reaper]

well could be a prop who knows for subnautica 2 or dlc

[Amanoob105]

I think they might well (I have NO proof of this) have put it in the the game as a giant taunt/F-you to all the people that demanded they make the game more like an underwater-COD.
"You want a gun in the game? Well now there is one".

As for getting revenge, real men do it with a stasis rifle and heated knife.

[ZugZug]

Rifle's also a reused model from another game they were/are? Working on.

[Invicta]

Originally posted by Amanoob105:

I think they might well (I have NO proof of this) have put it in the the game as a giant taunt/F-you to all the people that demanded they make the game more like an underwater-COD.
"You want a gun in the game? Well now there is one".

As for getting revenge, real men do it with a stasis rifle and heated knife.

ya but that takes forever, and if you run out of batteries (crazy I know after the billion found on the ship) then you are SOL and facing down a giant predator with a butter knife.


also while I can see the devs point about no traditional guns, they should have a wider variety of tools made from the local flora and fauna, like a harpoon or spear made from stalker teeth, or a air cannon that fires those jelly fish things that make the rocks float. as it stands its like your character is adverse to actually interacting with the landscape if it doesnt involve making shiny white replicator stuff.

[archonsod]

Make a PRAWN suit. Punch Reapers in the face. Then howl as you realise the really annoying bastards (Warpers) run away at the first sign of trouble.

[Archerodees]

Originally posted by Amanoob105:

I think they might well (I have NO proof of this) have put it in the the game as a giant taunt/F-you to all the people that demanded they make the game more like an underwater-COD.

This is what I thought, and I wouldn't be surprised at that. The description said there seems to be no way to open it.

The thought of that gun so close but so far...I have to give it to 'em.

[NerdCuddles]

i wish you could acually craft it

[NerdCuddles]

i wisdh you could get guns in the game. wouldent make it like a underwater cod at all. it would make it a FPS survival game

[NerdCuddles]

id be OK with that

[Invicta]

Originally posted by Roasty Memes Gods Of Bees:

id be OK with that

meh, honestly it wouldent make alot of sense in universe to have standerd military firearms in really any capacity, given the fact this was a colonizing operation, and only the first wave at that. Id be ok with 2 types of ranged lethal weapons though, security small arms (pistols, semi auto rifles) that are found in a special area on the aurora and have extremley limited ammo (mainly becuase there is no way the fabricator would let a civilian operator fabricate bullets) and something like a harpoon gun made from bringing in a species and using it at the fabricator (kind of like how you get water bottles from the water sack fish)

also by having extremley low ammo it would keep the player from being reliant on it, and only using it to do something like escape a leviathen, or to quickly repulse a crab squid or warper

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by otisjasmodeus:

Originally posted by Roasty Memes Gods Of Bees:

id be OK with that

meh, honestly it wouldent make alot of sense in universe to have standerd military firearms in really any capacity, given the fact this was a colonizing operation, and only the first wave at that. Id be ok with 2 types of ranged lethal weapons though, security small arms (pistols, semi auto rifles) that are found in a special area on the aurora and have extremley limited ammo (mainly becuase there is no way the fabricator would let a civilian operator fabricate bullets) and something like a harpoon gun made from bringing in a species and using it at the fabricator (kind of like how you get water bottles from the water sack fish)

also by having extremley low ammo it would keep the player from being reliant on it, and only using it to do something like escape a leviathen, or to quickly repulse a crab squid or warper

I miss when the Stasis rifle data file had the balls to say "Due to it's nonlethal nature, replace it with a conventional weapons as soon as possible" but they edited that out for launch.

I wonder how long until they edit out mention of the survivors getting stalker teeth via knife fighting. We actually have knives, but as usual "No, see, it's LORE REASONS!" doesn't apply when it adds QoL, it's only trotted out when people want an excuse for missing options.

"Why no additional weapons?"
"BECAUSE THE LORE SAID SO!"


"The lore said I should look for a weapon, and that also my existing weapons should work better"
"Um, uh... **** your lore go back to CoD!"

Then you get into the whole song and dance about wanting a spear = want to be undersea rambo with a laser gun.

I do like the repulsion gun, and the theoretical prospect of the intended gameplay. But it's just not polished enough even now.

Nonlethal alternatives just remind you how buggy the game is, when you blast the same shark with a repulsion gun five times, and instead of unleashing they just come right back. And swim face first through an errupting geyser because that's the closest distance to biting you with theiir MMO trash mob AI.

The only time I ever try to kill stuff is when playing nice doesn't work as advertised. "I'd like to let you live while I build these thermal plants. Take the hint and let me have my nonviolent altertnative gameplay.... no? Okay, eat a drill I guess"

That's the main reason most people want more options. Because dead sharks are easier to get proper QA than "No, see, it will leave you alone after you shoot them with a torpedo. promise" just being a waste of materials a lot of the time.

[The_Pastmaster]

A rifle? I only remember the Doomsday Device. :o

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by 🖤 Black Goat ☭:

The stasis rifle already negates a lot of threats as a defensive weapon (or becomes a murder tool paired with the thermal knife) and the PRAWN suit can go ham with just its Fists of Justice or evolve into a Gundam Elite with the hook and drill. Any more offensive or military-style weapons would make the wildlife a total joke and deflate a lot of the terror/anixety of the game.

You might think you want that, but you don't.

That said, I do have a weaponry related beef myself in that I wish torpedos were either actual torpedos (you know, explosive and cool!) or just removed from the game because this gravity/gas ♥♥♥♥ is a bad joke. They basically do nothing.

Even if they were true explosives, that still leaves the problem that warpers essentially run on cheat codes.

A lot of the time they work as intended. Then they remember they are invincible and will return 5 seconds after you shoot them in the face with a repulsion gun sending them into orbit, or even a bunch of crash fish like nothing happened and keep spamming attacks and taunting you with their stasis rifle immunity no matter what you throw at them.

Just have them play voice clips of nonfuntional advice and you'd complete the experience. "Just stab them with the knife, that makes them run away" as they do donuts around your prawn suit.