Scout weapon effects

posted on June 15th, 2010, 2:10 pm

IS it only me, or are the weapon glow effects on some scouts (klingon one as example) way to big. The scout wouldnt need a cloak anymore, it could hide behind its own weaponfire actually.

posted on June 15th, 2010, 2:20 pm

Hmmm..... well, the pulses on the Venture are rather bulky. Shrink them?

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posted on June 18th, 2010, 11:13 pm

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Actually the phaser effects in general are unsually fat. The ones in the shows are only about the thickness of the phaser arrays that produce them (look on the Galaxy class for a ring that's a slightly different shade than the rest of the hull, that's where the phasers originate.)

Here you can see phaser width with a Galaxy for scale comparison (tho at an odd angle.):


Here's Fleet Ops phasers (this screenie from the showcase Optec did of the update phasers)

posted on June 18th, 2010, 11:17 pm

Here you can see phaser length for a Galaxy (tho at an odd angle.):

...Starfleet's changed the design a bit.

[Nebula_Class_Ftw]

posted on June 18th, 2010, 11:18 pm

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Hold on while I get that image back.

EDIT:Found better image, one from Memory Alpha.

posted on June 18th, 2010, 11:27 pm

The beam size has to be balanced with both gameplay and canon in mind - it fits that purpose admirably right now

posted on June 19th, 2010, 5:15 am

i was only refering to the scouts, i think the rest is ok

posted on June 19th, 2010, 3:10 pm

Don't scouts use the same pulse effect as Defiant and Nebula pulses? I think there would have to be an overall reduction to prevent one particular unit from having unusually small weapons fire.

The beam size has to be balanced with both gameplay and canon in mind - it fits that purpose admirably right now

Yeah, the beams do have to be pretty visible, I just think a slight reduction (maybe 10-20% less width) couldn't hurt.