News: NC Weapon: Sweeper

[Vancha]

And I'm still being burnt by my own assumptions. This is a beautiful sweeper and I'm even more curious to see what the JH ends up looking like.

Originally Posted by Firefly

So I'm presuming the NC are going to have Jackhammer in addition to Sweeper, and also the ghetto shotgun aka Bolt Driver. What exactly do the rest of us have?

How in the hell are you not NC?

I'd guess TR will get the Punisher and possibly the Decimator. With the removal of AT, the Maelstrom name would be a good fit for the VS, but I'm not sure about the Spiker.

Edit: So is it safe to say there'll be no common-pool/Nanite Systems weapons?

[DayOne]

Originally Posted by Vancha

Edit: So is it safe to say there'll be no common-pool/Nanite Systems weapons?

There's been an NS sub machine gun, possibly the suppressor. That's all so far though.

[Graywolves]

Didn't we already see the Punisher as an NS weapon?

[Vancha]

Can anyone link it? I know there was a gun that people speculated was the Punisher, but I thought it was an NC weapon...

[Biohazard]

Originally Posted by DayOne

VS LASER shotgun??

NO we get the MELTA GUN!

[BigBossMonkey]

Originally Posted by Vancha

Edit: So is it safe to say there'll be no common-pool/Nanite Systems weapons?

They've said that it is 70-80% ES weapons and the rest are NS common pool ones.

[RadarX]

We'll see if more clarification can be added but this is NC week so this is an NC weapon. That isn't commentary on what any other faction will receive so please keep that in mind.

[Xaine]

Originally Posted by RadarX

We'll see if more clarification can be added but this is NC week so this is an NC weapon. That isn't commentary on what any other faction will receive so please keep that in mind.

I think the point that people are trying to make, is that we're not seeing each Empires equivalent weapons.

We know the NC have the Bolt Driver for their Sniper, but we've had TR weapon week and we didn't see their Sniper.

We have also seen the TR Heavy Assault weapon (MCG, we presume at least) and we haven't seen the NC equivalent.

We seem to get a selection of random weapons from each faction, and people seem to be expecting to see each factions heavy weapon, sniper etc etc

I think most of us are just grateful you're showing us anything at all to be honest, but people do seem to be getting confused.

[MooK]

No cylindrical mag? /cry

Edit: things are looking a little too 21st century, I think. I hope they all function in the same way they did ala PS1.

[Hamma]

Forgot to post:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/m...hp?img_id=1880

[Hmr85]

I love the look of the sweeper. TBH, I am glad I was wrong and it isn't the JH. Looking good guys. Keep up the good work. Now I can't wait to see what the JH ends up looking like.

[EASyEightyEight]

They don't have to show us everything JUST yet, as they may not be fully modeled, textured, and rigged. Further, the NC having both a sweeper AND a jackhammer seems whole-heartedly redundant.

The "jackhammer" in name only will likely now be the TR shotgun equivalent, but it shoots explosive bee-bees like everything else TR does, instead of magnetically empowered molten hot slugs or pellets.

We've seen the NC MCG, or at least, we've been offered the chance to voice our criticisms, so don't get too discouraged just yet, each empire will see it's own variant of everything at this point, I'm sure, including grenade launchers, if they're making a return (the rocklet rifle and lasher I'm definitely up in the air about.) The variants just more than likely are not done yet.

So chill.

[Vancha]

Originally Posted by EASyEightyEight

They don't have to show us everything JUST yet, as they may not be fully modeled, textured, and rigged. Further, the NC having both a sweeper AND a jackhammer seems whole-heartedly redundant.

The "jackhammer" in name only will likely now be the TR shotgun equivalent, but it shoots explosive bee-bees like everything else TR does, instead of magnetically empowered molten hot slugs or pellets.

That would be sacrilege. The JH will be for HA and the Sweeper will be for LA/Med/Engy.

[Graywolves]

I could never accept an NC weapon being a part of my glorious empire's arsenal.

[CutterJohn]

I wonder if the JH will even be a shotgun. They said somewhere NC is no longer the shotgun faction. That NC version of an MCG we saw a few months back could be the new JH.