[Spoilers I guess?] Weapon Prototypes Discussion

[Mage Hand, Wizard Brand]

We got more info on the upcoming weapons so it's that time again where we discuss em.
Here's a brief list n description of what prototypes they showed and classes that used them. Entirely possible that the classes have nothing to do with weapons, but at the same time the weapons seem to fit the classes fairly well
Scout: A fast fire-rate weapon that fires plasma projectiles (similar to the EPC) and a space crossbow (can pick up bolts that missed enemies like driller's axes) that they had a weird prototype name for, I think it was "Space Portal" ? I could be wrong
Engineer: A triple-shot rocket burst firing weapon and a beam laser (said to have either some kind of mechanic to encourage continuous firing, or a delay between beams as they said if you start it you'd have to probably keep firing with it)
Gunner: Homing rocket "minigun" that fires small rockets that home in on enemies within a certain area
Driller: Toxic goo spitter that sticks to bugs and terrain, can be charged up for a bigger goo shot
Any opinions, any favorites? Personally I really like the idea of that gunner weapon, seems like it's gonna be a lot of fun

[No skill only Tiktok]

You can watch it, somebody edited out and put it on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DeepRockGalactic/comments/lszdhe/preview_of_new_weapon_ideas_for_update_35_planned/

[Zheppon]

i find that driller weapon is not really up in my alley, I prefer if they go with electricity weapon instead.

[Mage Hand, Wizard Brand]

Do have to add that none of these are final, and it's possible that none of them make it into the final version. They're prototypes for a reason

[Ninja Zyborg]

yoo they adding hydra rocket pods to deep rock

[Chibbity]

Yeah, I'm not getting excited over things this early.

It could be completely changed/scrapped/reworked.

[Paul.]

The homing missiles prototype does look really fun, always wanted something similar for my Gunner

[Gimli]

I wish gunner got a weapon more akin to an LMG like an M60 or something.

[phenir]

Gunner weapon as shown doesn't home in on enemies, it homes in on where your crosshair is.

[Scuzz MB]

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Yeah, I'm not getting excited over things this early.

It could be completely changed/scrapped/reworked.

They scrapped an entire biome a few weeks before U33 was released. I'm not putting much stock in what we've seen yet. I took nothing more from it than "see, we really have been working on stuff."

[Karina]

Originally posted by ( °□°) ♟:

You can watch it, somebody edited out and put it on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DeepRockGalactic/comments/lszdhe/preview_of_new_weapon_ideas_for_update_35_planned/

A real weapon for a scout? Very nice.

[Mage Hand, Wizard Brand]

Originally posted by Scuzz:

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Yeah, I'm not getting excited over things this early.

It could be completely changed/scrapped/reworked.

They scrapped an entire biome a few weeks before U33 was released. I'm not putting much stock in what we've seen yet. I took nothing more from it than "see, we really have been working on stuff."

It wasn't scrapped a few weeks before U33, it was scrapped earlier than that, just that we got an announcement later. Not to mention we didn't see any actual stuff of the biome unlike the weapon prototypes.
It's also more than "oh hey we've been working on stuff" considering they have new mechanics/systems implemented for that stuff, so it's not out of the question completely that they'll end up using them either sooner or later, especially since we always have the secondaries that will come later. It's kind of pessimistic to write off new prototyped mechanics/weapons just because an unfun thing got scrapped for a more fun one. Do agree that we shouldn't get overly excited or attached (like caustic mires, but that's a weird one, as I don't know how people got attached to it just from a few concept art images)

[DD The Pumpkin King]

Pretty awesome to see. I'm glad they're playing with all kinds of concepts

[DD The Pumpkin King]

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Yeah, I'm not getting excited over things this early.

It could be completely changed/scrapped/reworked.

Course you can get excited. Sure not over a specific weapon not its so cool seeing them experiment.

Just don't envy the work they have to put into balance and over clocks.

[Chibbity]

I'll get excited when the specifics are more concrete.

Wild speculation can lead to disappointment.

But yes, I am excited that there will be more weapons in general.

[Coffeefiend]

If this is truly what we can expect for new weapons I'd prefer fleshing out the existing ones more instead.