#Shotguns.
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op weapons tend to kill games too, like what I see with Borderlands and some metas in there
cosmoteer is about funny shaped spaceships doing stuff that we probably won't be able to do in our lifetimes
and me sitting here trying to teach people some sense nearly made my bath overflow
thx
If you're looking for barebones, yes. It comes to the developer to determine where they want to finish filling out the roster. My statement taken to an extreme paints a bleak picture but that's what happens with extremes
also teer or whatever that is
im so sorry 😭 i admit its my fault
Can't wait for a moderator to clean this up
also we just passed the 1k mark
at this point just delete the thread and i'll reupload my idea
sounds good to me
I think a shotgun would be cool. I like shotguns and point blank use of them. But cannons already do the same thing which begs the question of how is a shotgun necessary other than it's cool
but cannons DONT do the same thing
Baths are chill, it may help with the nerves too; I'd suggest to just relax and forget about the thread for a while, we were arguing about a game part and nothing's personal fam
(and flaks)
They deal immense damage at close range
BUT THEYRE CANNONS
CANNONS
NOT SHOTGUNS
SHOTGUNS ARE MADE
COMPLETELY FUCKING DIFFERENTLE
okay so a texture swap is all youre asking for?
at this scale, it's like grapeshot and a normal ball shot
WHY CSANT ANYONE UNDERSANT THIS
NO
🗿 🗿 🗿
We do, it's just that... well, not everyone wants it
HOW IS THIS CHAT SO FUCKING DUMB
it's ok to have different opinions, OP
okay. how does it differ from a flak in terms of purpose?
SHOTGUNS ARE SPREAD BASED WEAPONS THAT DEAL EXTREME DAMAGE WHEN AT CLOSE RANGE BECAUSE OF BULLET DENSITY
They satisfy the same purpose is all I'm trying to say. They have different means of reaching it but have the same end result 😖
this
CANNONS FIRE A SINGLE PROJECTILE THAT PIERCES ARMOUR AND EXPLODES
🤫 calm down
BECAUSE FLACK IS FUCKING ANTI AIR
they're going insane
ANTI AIR WEAPONS ARE NOT ANTI SHIP WEAPONS
WHY THE FUCK
ARE WE STILL ARGUING
ABOUT FLAK BEING A SHOTGUN
We don't need to all agree on the same thing, and we don't all need to have agreement on a conversation
I knew this would happen when they added reddit to discord
FLAK IS A DEFENSE WEAPON
SHOTGUN IS AN OFFENSE WEAPON
DIFFERENT
FUCKING
THINGS
OP, uh, stop please
it deals damage with high spread and short range
im getting my fucking bath.
drown 😊
have a good one fam
sometimes social media is bad
seriously?
but this game is fun
alright everyone stop talking
so we want to try and make social media good so we can make the fun game better
im gonna fucking send this bitch to the underworld
no, ironically
you're not helping.
drown with irony
the only thing ironic here is you
the whole point of your existance is to be woke on twitter
which reminds me
don't take it personally yo, it's the internet
why don't you go back there and try to pick up some hoes
this is high time to move on and take the bath
[whispers] i dont even have twitter
aite I'm out
your username is a misspelled fucking mineral
higher damage, higher spread, shorter range
its mispelled ironically
and your profile is a fucking computer
ironically, mind you
uwu
love bathing with my enemies
yeah you won't be able to feel your legs when im through with you, fuckwit
stop being rude stop being horny stop being irrational
80% of people talking in this channel
please
no 😊
this guy has literally been arguing since 22h ago about something he wants in a game he plays
he's tired
let him have his bath
.....
thanks
you say that as if im physically constraining him
no but ill be physically constraining you to a fucking train railway
if you dont stfu
well he said he was going to have a bath 5 mins ago, and he's still not in it
so reduce your chatter to nought and let him her have it
*her
pfft
now youre just treating him like a baby
her*
whatever
doesnt change a thing
nah i just wanna get my bath
do it
Can we drop this
can this actually be a serious discussion instead of someone trolling the other
tmai
its been long over
Both sides have their faults in all of this
nah cause you're still here
its not a good idea, and nobody has provided any way to make it a good idea
i didn't do anything till people started arguing
then i just thought "fuck it"
you can look at how Galactic Allegience did their energy-based shotguns.
who cares
nothing is a good idea
???
cannons came out: cannon walls
Let's not tho? We're all tryna improve Walt's game, and throwing petty personal difference into it just clogs the signal with noise
ions came out: ion walls
Things will be alright fam, just take the bath
railguns came out: railgun walls
you'll feel better after
laser walls
flak walls
walls
walls
walls
it doesn't change jack shit
there's gonna be walls no matter what
it does, actually
HOW
as i explained several times over
theres no way anyones going to make a ship either not exclusively shotgun, or exclusively shotgun
IT WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING
aluh, please stop winding people up
it would only add a new type of wall that is more effective than a cannon wall at close range, but less effective at further range against anything
THERE'S NO WAY A WALL ISN'T EXCLUSIVELY ANYTHING OTHER THAN 1 WEAPON ANYWAY
its my fault?
IT DOESNT CHANGE ANYTHING
WHY THE FUCK IS MY WIFI GOING DOWN NOW OF ALL THE TIMES IT COULD HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN
We need mutes here, mods around?
i just see it as more diversity to the weapon sandbox.
we can abolish ramlocks by giving it enough recoil or maybe backfire at super close range
WAS SHARE AN IDEA THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE COOL
BUT NO
EVERYONE HAS TO THROW ME OVER THE SIDE BECAUSE OF ONE REASON OR ANOTHER
WHY CAN'T GAMES BE FUCKING FUN ANYMORE
alright, then dont make a thread about it if you dont want people to share their own ideas
sharing your own thoughts and then refusing to listen to the other side is a dick move
you weren't really sharing an idea tho, were you?
i think theres a major issue with this idea
what role would a shotgun like weapon serve in combat?
if its a powerful close range only weapon, itd only be useful for ramming. having a bit of shotguns and a bit of other weapons wouldnt be beneficial, because if you arent ramming, the shotguns become obsolete, if youre ramming, why not just have more shotgun? itd be on the either end of extremely unbalanced, and wouldnt really add anything but a gimmick strat.
third time reposting btw
you've been arguing against shotguns on a thread about adding shotguns
if you want to comment, it should to be to add to an idea, not debunk it
seriously you have to help come up with solutions to these if your gonna be constantly pushing these questions as well
why not debunk it if theres a major flaw with it?
still havent heard any actual proposals on dealing with the major flaw
What is the major flaw you see.
yes, dont add a half-assed product into an otherwise fine game
i think theres a major issue with this idea
what role would a shotgun like weapon serve in combat?
if its a powerful close range only weapon, itd only be useful for ramming. having a bit of shotguns and a bit of other weapons wouldnt be beneficial, because if you arent ramming, the shotguns become obsolete, if youre ramming, why not just have more shotgun? itd be on the either end of extremely unbalanced, and wouldnt really add anything but a gimmick strat.
you are not contributing unless you help solve these problems. if not then you only add more problems
Arnt minelaying ships a gimmick strat? Nuclear yeeters?
Shotguns would add more variety in my opinion
There could be ways the shotgun works since games usually depict shotguns as close range only weaponry
arent minelayers just another thing awaiting a rework because they didnt add anything but a gimmick to the game?
Meanwhile in real life, shotguns are meant for close-mide range engagements
because we're trying to present an idea to walt for HIM to think about, not for other members to think about.
walt has picked very low-voted design contest ships for the walt's-pick part of the vote, so why wouldn't he do the same here?
if it's op, it's op for not long. and if it eventually leads to more strategies in the game, isn't it a benefit?
isn’t this the same “conversation” y’all have been “having” for the past 5 hours
22 hours*
yeah, the 3rd message was 16h after the first one
ok so, can i suggest an idea for implementation?
Go ahead.
would suggest a separate thread if it's non-shotgun related, anything here can get buried quickly and without notice
perhaps if shotguns had low knockback, but would discard a large percentage of the directional momentum instead. this would mean that shotguns on stations could be used as momentum dampeners (though this would only work if they were used as anti air) or a way to make an enemy overturn by feinting to the side.
im sure walt has acknowledged the existance of shotguns atleast once during the development.
if you arent going to suggest anything beyond that, and that it should be a hit and run weapon, then you arent doing the "gods work" you think you are.
alright, thats a start.
as it turns out, a full community of members usually has more imagination than a single dev, so i think we should encourage new ideas instead of questioning their feasibility or their viability in the current meta
i think the energy/bullet flak would be nice
the what
now i think we should look through this dumpster fire and find the actual idea suggestions, copy-paste them and migrate to a new post
lol
the only ones I know of are at the top and the ones sent by you
turns out questioning their feasibility is equally as important.
search for my messages I haven’t posted a lot in here @dry heart
It does not make suggesting the idea useless however. If that's your point, that is.
just add it in a mod and have a mini thing for balancing the mod
the way the saris rebalance was done
nope
just
i was more expecting a counter-argument trying to solve my proposed issue, instead of attacking my proposal directly
sorry if you feel the same way about what i said, not the intention
It's alright, I guess. How you was behaving earlier though made me think you were an internet troll.
Anyways my thought for the shotgun is not a specific weapon for it, but instead an ammo type, although unlikely to be added as I'd imagine it would be complex.
{Kinda like as if the standard fire is slug round}
oh like making cannons function in a similar way to missile launchers?
im a troll because i have something to say against a barebones suggestion?
No like you were directly commenting hateful messages to someone without adding to the actual conversation.
For example, when you said 'Drown'.
it wasn’t a conversation
it was funny, you gotta admit.
Yea.
anyways
and certainly wasn’t an argument
No it wasnt.. to me anyways. (Replied to aLuhminium)
this could work
it does solve the issue of either only having shotguns or no shotguns at all, since theyd be interchangeable
defuq
shotguns in cosmoteer doesnt feel right
Now its just an issue of should it use the same ammo, or a different ammo type.
how do i make one of those code block things that you can scroll through, so my above post isn't pseudo-spam?
I think thats for texts over 2000 characters. [unless you mean the ``` font]
make it a text file or something like that (I think)
list of comments to be moved to new post, if we're doing that:
hey, it worked
i'll remove the other post
only on pc but yay
My laptop counts as a phone for some reason.
Gn.
see the cannon mod i referenced 3 times
I don’t have the patience to read the same messages 500 more times
I just read this and it was not worth it, oh well
Still don't get why people just don't make their suggestions into mods and then people try it out and play with it from there to actually get a feel for it
incredible
i made a mod for some of my suggestions
nothing happened
because a lot of people don't know how to mod
modding/coding isn’t that easy for most people
and a lot of people would also prefer to play as vanilla only
which makes it hard to get valuable feedback
i mean
99% of feedback i received today was to use mods
so idk
just trying to contribute to a game i enjoy playing and yet i still get hate for it
sad times
the current game's weapon content isn't great, base game should have more to play with
yeah
like i said there's like 7 weapons
even if there's some that get added that are very similar to other weapons
just need variety
like- we have scroll bars on the item selection stuff in the build menu
but there's not even enough to get the scroll bar half of the time
you only get it when in blueprint mode
because the "make it so" button takes up that little extra bit of space
but other than that it's just
getting a little bland
Yes I know but
A. Saying this so maybe more people could start and we can have more mods lol
And B. Ther are people here who could
TBH I really don't see much of an issue with a shotgun weapon, we are worried about rammers but Walt has asked what we'd think on a buzzsaw weapon and what it would look like, suggesting hes actually thinking of having a melee weapon. Or the roof weapons, we were all worried about ways to balance that yet Walt is adding it, honestly don't see much of an issue with a shotgun, sure, maybe it won't be common in MP and almost usless, does not mean it should be completed ousted, now I will admit I'm speaking from a SP biass here as I don't play MP and I could be completely missing the issue with it being a weapon in MP, (sorry I'm reading every comment above I really don't wanna) idk just my take on all the foolishness above
aight fine I could try my hand at it
it's not that hard and u can just ask someone that knows how
can i have the full text i don't want to scroll to the top
just search for that sentence
If PD has taught us anything, it's that a proper shotgun weapon will be useless outside of rams and replace LCs in rams
Dang bro
Galactic Allegiance ain't picking up
Y'all should go get it i cant get him here
He got Heavy and Light shotguns
easily countered by tbs 
Here's a simple soluton, LC but 3x slower fire rate and it fires 3 LC shells in a 20 degree cone
It'd be a mode like how sync and staggered fire are on a laser
Fills a niche of a high alpha, but LC still have a role of more constant fire
Jesus FUCJING Christ just use Mine
but we dont want to have to run towards the enemy for a close range mine-attack (we could DIE)
shotgun brings versatility and doesnt require 2 factories to operate , or it could act as a cheaper alternative to the mine launcher , depending on your argument (not saying the projectiles from the shotgun should linger like mines though)
verizon still trying to defend the point that's already been lost by 3 people
ok, so, @quaint pasture , I'm confused
there's like 1000 messages in this thread
I guess just pretend you're a salesperson - sell me the idea (and in the process explain what it is)
here
Maybe a weapon that consumes 10 ammo shells and fires them out with a wide spread, for about 30 meters before their detonation, transforming them into shrapnel that travels with 1/4 of the damage for a further 50 meters before disappearing.
Just a thought. The game lacks close range weaponry.
^here's a copy of the first message
yes it came from such a simple message. this is the internet
Ok, so this is an ammo-based weapon designed to kill stuff at close range?
yup
but, I've already got the large cannon, which is an ammo based weapon that's great at killing stuff at close range. what's so special about this "shotgun" that would make me want to buy it?
more damage than a cannon but only close range
so it introduces the strategy to get in close before dealing any damage
whereas cannons do much less damage but can do at all ranges
plus who doesn't want shotguns. They've been one of the most effective weapons ever invented since their invention
but... that sounds just like the large cannon?
sure, large cannons could do damage at longer ranges, but using large cannons at longer ranges means that they won't be effective enough to win - if you want to win with large cannons, you gotta get really close and personal (I'm talking like point blanc - that's the way the good players use large cannons)
but why have just the large cannon when you can have more weapons
there isn't enough variety to begin with in the first place so why not add more?
just recently read that walt might be adding melee
so by this logic:
what's melee going to add that we don't already have more powerful
why see the downsides to a weapon instead of the upsides?
everything has a downside, thats what balancing is
but at this point everyone is just telling me that it's useless cause we have cannons
that's not exactly the point
it's not useless per say
the point is to get a new weapon in the game so that we aren't stuck with the same 7 guns for the rest of the game
Let's go back to the salesman analogy - Sure, I might think that this shotgun would be good to have, but you still have yet to convince me that I should be spending my money here
(no offense, walt, but we are lacking a little, and as a long-time player, i do have to say they get old after the 1001'st time you use the same weapon)
what about cluster missiles? what about a heavy railgun? what about different types of armor?
I could spend my money on those things - you gotta convince me that this shotgun is the hot new thing
heavy railgun would be cool but there's already a railgun and we know how that dumpster fire went
cluster missiles sound interesting though
now you got me thinking about that
damnit
this money is analogous to dev mana - or in more general terms, developmental resources
walt can only work on so many things at once - and they've gotta make sure they make the most of their time
or walt will just choose what he wants considering it's his game
i get the feeling that walt made cosmoteer because he wanted a game that suited all his needs
money was just a bonus
I was about to mention that; it sounds like you could satisfy this w/ cluster missiles
Ha, I do agree with that. perhaps not on a weapon by weapon basis, but certainly on a tactic by tactic basis.
i mean the funny thing is the "metas"
Whatever their motivation was, one thing is true - walt is willing to listen to the community.
big walls with a shit ton of thrusters
I'm not even going to go into the meta. that is an entirely different topic
well i dont think he's willing to listen to the community if he has to read through chats like what this one ended up being 💀
and, well, it is not a topic one can simply discuss without at least a very very good understanding of it (I can could the players who's opinion on the meta will be respected by all with my fingers)
ive seen enough to know enough
but im gonna steal that cluster missile idea
lol what if it needed mines to make the missiles
Walt absolutely reads these threads. I've seen plenty of examples of them replying and joining the conversation, voicing their concerns over the practicalities and such
i really don't think he'd wanna read though this dumpster fire of a chat tho
goddamn it
If you can come up with something good, I will make sure it comes to their attension. mark my word.
me who has very unoriginal ideas:
the only other thing i can think of is modular weaponry
but i doubt that'd be worth it considering people have cannon walls..
and ion walls...
.. just walls in general..
I can think of several applications for modular weapons
let's take a simplifed example - istrolid style weapon modifers
idfk what istrolid means but cool
istrolid is a game
I'll do it.
alright fine
happy?
kinda not the exact same idea i had but its similar
theirs is sorta more simple
my idea was like from the depths weapon making..
-_-
like, let's just put it this way.
opportunity cost - it's a lot more time-efficent for walt to work on something other than this complete rework of their game
that's even if the players will like it - and I came here to play cosmo, not ftd.
I don't want ftd style weapons that take 50 spreadsheets and 5 maths research papers to build when I play cosmo.
it was gonna be a lot more simple
like 1 of each weapon but way more powerful, bigger and takes like 5 parts to build
it was like weapons that build like railguns
that is exactly what was proposed in https://discord.com/channels/314103695568666625/1019757042057093201
no- they're proposing weapons and systems that can be upgraded by addition of modules
i'm talking about big weapons that require those modules as part of their structure
so you'd have the cannon turret, ammunition storage, loading mechanism, etc
they're saying cannons but bigger barrels
essentially
for starters don't complain that walt doesn't read your threads when you go off topic in them yourself
i never said that
i said the chances of him reading dumpster fires are very low
i personally don't mind if he reads this or not
although i'd prefer he woudln't waste time reading it because it's so bad
second: why you calling me out in their thread for having an idea that's similar to theirs
seems a bit bitchy tbh
if i wanted to steal their idea i'd just do it
but i've not made a post on it because it's there already and i didn't want this exact drama
and yet you're over heare practically accusing me of stealing their idea and wanting to post something that's the same
the ONLY reason i haven't posted my idea is because they're both that similar
even you can't figure out the difference despite me explaining it
differences between weapons that need components to function and weapons that take optional components to boost them are different things
and then telling me that i'm going off topic is the biggest load of dumbassery i've heard today
considering YOU were the one who sent me off topic in the first place
trying to propose different ideas from other threads to throw me off my idea
why should everyone else be better than mine? why is my idea thrown to the bottom of the barrel just because it's similar to something else
i'm not saying i should be at the top
i just don't want to be ridiculed for trying to get one of the most effective weapons in fucking history into a game about space
but i guess that's all people care about isnt it?
making me miserable just because i had a fucking idea
then i'm in the wrong for trying to defend my argument
and try to get people to understand that it's not a bad idea
Jesus can you stop taking g criticism so personally
#rant and vent
Your not the first to have this idea
And every time this idea pops up it goes the same way
when you join a server of toxic kids:
Also constantly insulting people does not help your situation
If anything your acting like a kid
really cause over the last 24 hours i've been told things that i honestly never expected from a server like this
How about thia
Because this topic keeps getting to the same end of you getting upset over the criticism and end in a offtopic rant
Just end it there
Suggest your idea
What the cannon would be
And end it there
If everyone else is the toxic kid then be the bigger person
..even you said cannon...
yknow what
i will end it here
why have shotguns when we already have so many weapons to work with already
so much variety ✨
im done defending this
do what you want with it, idc anymore
cannons were used against this in consideration that they had low range and high spread
shotguns can work differently, they could stay powerful and have longer range but enough spread that shots can miss the enemy ship beyond a certain range
might be interesting to give them low weight but a huge amount of recoil, throwing your ship away from the enemy one every time it fires
💀
leave if youre Unsatisfied
don't
your negatively helping :/
you're just proving their point
Well Hey hey Hey!
they’ve been rather calm for what they’ve had to deal with imo
The issue is people like to doggypile onto things
Can you not
please don't make this any more dramatic than it needs to be
How have the moderators not done anything about this
It's been like 24 hours since I did an @ moderator and beef showed up
Or else? Come fight me you coward.
sure
cosmoteer 1v1, 1.5mil
Hosting rn
and if you don't, I don't mind, all up to you
Cosmoteer? Isnt this what cosmoteer is all about, arguing on discord to no end?
I believe this thread has ascended to peak entertainment status.
I meant the game, and yeah, mainly because of insults galore
on the actual topic of shotguns
Shur.up ughhhh shakes butt
That topic is so last year
🙄
on the actual topic of shotguns
🏚️⚠️
On the actual topic of shotguns
the way i would imagine it, it could be some sort of spinal weapon, but not modular
3x8 or something
biggo guns are fun
a big high damage shotgun
this is still going?
the concept is cool, the mess isn't
I'm not opposed to fragmentation railgun shells, and/or railgun shells that split the second they leave the barrel
that'd be wack
Can you imagine? a very vulnerable spinal weapon, used in close quarters combat
shields:
spinal shotgun?
brain melts
i can see a shotgun only being spinal if it was durable
plus you wouldn't be able to shield it as well because yknow
you need to be as close as possible
tbh i think cannons should be spinal
since literally every cannon ever made other than tank cannons are essentially a spinal weapon
since... yknow
That's a howitzer
still a cannon
normal cannons don't get more power (linearly at least) by having a longer barrel
hence the spinal mount on railguns
then the same should go for shotguns
they don't get more power from having longer barrels
shotguns don't exist at larger scales hmm
unless they're railgun shells 
just my $0.02 input anyways, that'd be interesting. Large Cannon, or Railgun getting shotgun ammo
imagine if
the shotgun
got its own ammo type
this reminds me of the iphone meme
Yay another factory 🫠
"What if, the new iphone had a new camera lens"
'OMG YES'
"Wait, wait, guys! I have an idea... What if.. the new Iphone.. Had another new camera lens"
'monkey noises'
ye I guess we'll need something new one way or another, whether that's turret or factory
YES, NOBODY HAS EVER BEFORE CONSIDERED A GUN THAT COULD FIRE MULTIPLE PROJECTILES AT A TIME?!??!?!?! SUCH A CONCEPT, COOL, REVOLUTIONARY MESS ISNT SO?!!?!?!? CONCEPT?!
2
What's the issue? All I did was answer the question calmly
wouldnt shotguns at this scale just be considered flak cannons?
If they dont shoot missiles, no but if they do yes
<@&340613895427325952> please right-click and close this thread. walt already responded so there is no reason for this shitshow to live on :))
i wouldn't close this thread, people here are still talking about shotguns
its one specific person who is causing problems here
i'm sure walt will create a new thread when he is ready to implement shotguns
i wanted to talk about shotguns, there is no need to close this thread due to previous incidents
whatever you guys discuss isn't being considered for the game yet, so there is no reason to continue the thread
does that mean we still shouldn't come up with ideas for how it can be implemented?
no
I actually agree with salephz here
walt's said his part
and further discussion about shotguns as a concept is just bringing the salty people back
so it's probably best to leave it
what a silly thread
the idea or the arguments?
i feel like one salty person shouldn't be able to shut down a thread
It wasn't just one, mind you but I get your mindset, but I disagree. This should be brought to an end for now atleast
at least do something against overly salty people so they don't turn more threads to hell
also as OP, you have control to close the thread
(right click and close thread)
hmm idk how i closed a thread once then..
tried that a bunch of times and it never did anything
believe me, i tried to stop you guys from battling back then
i must be trippin bc i know that i closed the missile part rename thread
thread is different from forums!!!!
what does delete do?
deletes the first message on the post
