The Sickle doesn't feel like a laser or energy weapon.

[Aticoy]

It sounds like a regular machine gun, and the projectiles look like regular bullets.

[Chaos]

Yeah, While I'm satisfied with its performance (not that it's a high bar in HD2).
When I see Sickle coming, I was expecting my heavy hitting old pulse laser "AR" back.
When I got was an "MG" gun with some laser cosmetic since it's not even a hit scan bullets or go "pew pew", this is not my Sickle.

So while it's a good gun, I wish this one is a new separate gun and not taking my old gun name with it when it's not even the same.

[fluxtorrent]

It's my second favorite weapon now. Feels VERY star wars blaster lol

[Midnight]

I wonder how actual laser weapon would sound IRL. The pew pew thing is just something fiction conditioned us to but there's no reason why a laser/plasma weapon should make a sound like that.

If a weapon shot rapid laser beams I would expect it to maybe make a cracking sound as those beams heat up air around them releasing plasma. Or maybe no sound at all, definitely not a pew pew though.

[Omence072]

Technically all weapons are energy based.

[Salty Slothy]

Originally posted by Midnight:

I wonder how actual laser weapon would sound IRL. The pew pew thing is just something fiction conditioned us to but there's no reason why a laser/plasma weapon should make a sound like that.

If a weapon shot rapid laser beams I would expect it to maybe make a cracking sound as those beams heat up air around them releasing plasma. Or maybe no sound at all, definitely not a pew pew though.

You know real high strength lasers exist right? Like you can google videos of them. They sound ridiculous.

[Doctorhealsgood]

Sounds weird for a pulse laser weapon in my opinion. Dun' like it that's all.

[Midnight]

Originally posted by Salty Slothy:

Originally posted by Midnight:

I wonder how actual laser weapon would sound IRL. The pew pew thing is just something fiction conditioned us to but there's no reason why a laser/plasma weapon should make a sound like that.

If a weapon shot rapid laser beams I would expect it to maybe make a cracking sound as those beams heat up air around them releasing plasma. Or maybe no sound at all, definitely not a pew pew though.

You know real high strength lasers exist right? Like you can google videos of them. They sound ridiculous.

The high strength laser in consumer market context means it pops balloons. In industrial context it cuts metal. Neither of those really make a distinct sound.

And I could not find audio of ship-mounted laser weapons anywhere. If you have any links I'd be very much interested.

Anyway, that's the beams. Pulse lasers and plasma weapons don't exist as far as I'm aware.

EDIT:
I actually found a laser pulse video and it did produce a crack/pop. So yeah, it kinda sounds like I'd expect it to.

[Tarkus]

I just sort of wish it would fire an actual pulsed beam insead of projectiles, similar to what Mechwarrior 5 or Elite Dangerous have going on.

Although then it would only make sense to give that to the Automaton weapons as well, which would then ruin the Terminator vibes you get when you see a bunch of lasers coming through the fog.

[Salty Slothy]

Originally posted by Tarkus:

I just sort of wish it would fire an actual pulsed beam insead of projectiles, similar to what Mechwarrior 5 or Elite Dangerous have going on.

Although then it would only make sense to give that to the Automaton weapons as well, which would then ruin the Terminator vibes you get when you see a bunch of lasers coming through the fog.

Yeah it makes literally zero sense it's a bullet. At this rate it's essentially one of the blasters from Tarkovsky's Clone Wars cartoon.

[Midnight]

Originally posted by Salty Slothy:

Originally posted by Tarkus:

I just sort of wish it would fire an actual pulsed beam insead of projectiles, similar to what Mechwarrior 5 or Elite Dangerous have going on.

Although then it would only make sense to give that to the Automaton weapons as well, which would then ruin the Terminator vibes you get when you see a bunch of lasers coming through the fog.

Yeah it makes literally zero sense it's a bullet. At this rate it's essentially one of the blasters from Tarkovsky's Clone Wars cartoon.

It doesn't really fire bullets. This game actually simulates projectiles but Sickle is hitscan. Those tracers are purely visual effect so we can see where we're firing and in third person view not every shot will produce a tracer. Though they could make the tracer just the entire trail instead of moving part of it.

It does behave like a laser weapon mechanically though.

[Salty Slothy]

Originally posted by Midnight:

Originally posted by Salty Slothy:

Yeah it makes literally zero sense it's a bullet. At this rate it's essentially one of the blasters from Tarkovsky's Clone Wars cartoon.

It doesn't really fire bullets. This game actually simulates projectiles but Sickle is hitscan. Those tracers are purely visual effect so we can see where we're firing and in third person view not every shot will produce a tracer. Though they could make the tracer just the entire trail instead of moving part of it.

It does behave like a laser weapon mechanically though.

All the more reason I think its current effects aren’t what’s intended. Not to mention brush and other small plants stop the shots.

[That person]

Original sickle was my fave wep in hd1.. it had a proper noise and proper "star wars"style laser projectiles
The new one does the business for sure, but I also don't like the new noise

[Salty Slothy]

Originally posted by That person:

Original sickle was my fave wep in hd1.. it had a proper noise and proper "star wars"style laser projectiles
The new one does the business for sure, but I also don't like the new noise

bout where I'm at. 100% cosmetic complaint.