NT flamethrowers

[RSOD]

one thing that never really sit right with me was how NT hands security the same flamethrowers you could put togheter yourself, so here's my idea:

NT Flamethrowers, found in the armory.
These would have an internal tank of 800u, and filling them just takes click dragging from a suitable container. These also come with their own built-in air pressurizer, meaning you won't run out of air as it draws it from its environment as you shoot (note: if ever empty due to firing in a depressurized area/space, you will have to hook it up to an air tank or dry-fire it in a pressurized environment to refill it). simple enough, no?

[Chasu]

It wouldn't be strange for NT to produce their own, high-capacity flamethrowers for fighting biohazards. I like the idea!

[meaow589]

Would be great when blob round would be bad if antagonist get there.

[freedo5]

yeah, the flamethrowers we get are basically scrap equipment

[Lord_earthfire]

Flamethrowers are partially in the shitty place they are because they are overpowered against blobs. That means giving even more effective flamethrowers isn't a great idea.

They consume far too much ammo and the slowdown really hurts their usage by antags. Both things need a revision, imo.

[Skotcher]

Entertaining this idea, I think it would be neat if the anti-biological flamethrowers were "single-use" items. Make it a spin on the Vega Flame-thrower. You have a backpack that has increased capacity relative to the regular flamethrower but lower than the Vega's backpack. There is no jetpack capabilities. Once you run out, you run out.

Reasoning is this: If you need the anti-biological crate, you need to buy time and that's what this NT approved flamethrower is; something to buy time for the crew to make their own flamethrowers. Single use to prevent overuse. Backpack slot requirement as a cost to its use; no hauling around the armoury.

[Frank_Stein]

I feel like the advantage of a NT produced flamethrower should be ergonomics if anything. The assembled ones are using pieces that weren't intended to be used that way.

You can't stow it without disassembling it, so maybe the NT one should be smaller and more compact.

I dunno, maybe the assembled ones oughta be bulkier as well? Either back mounted or two handed to use?

[Kotlol]

I feel like the advantage of a NT produced flamethrower should be ergonomics if anything. The assembled ones are using pieces that weren't intended to be used that way.

You can't stow it without disassembling it, so maybe the NT one should be smaller and more compact.

I dunno, maybe the assembled ones oughta be bulkier as well? Either back mounted or two handed to use?

It can be stowed away but it uses an oxygen tank like the gas masks to fuel it's destructive force.
It is two handed however.
But you need to reload it with gas and it needs your oxygen tank to fire.
Just a small trade off from the current one.

You gain stowability but you spend more Oxygen from small oxygen tanks wich only gives it a few shots.... so you want to bring big oxygen tanks on your back to use it... wich counter intuativly makes you unable to stow it back into a backpack.
Just that LIL quirk.

[Taylorstar]

instead of a flamethrower, how about a flamethrower fueled backpack with a much larger capacity for extensive use against threats such as Blob and Kudzu?

[RSOD]

I feel like the advantage of a NT produced flamethrower should be ergonomics if anything. The assembled ones are using pieces that weren't intended to be used that way.

You can't stow it without disassembling it, so maybe the NT one should be smaller and more compact.

I dunno, maybe the assembled ones oughta be bulkier as well? Either back mounted or two handed to use?

It can be stowed away but it uses an oxygen tank like the gas masks to fuel it's destructive force.
It is two handed however.
But you need to reload it with gas and it needs your oxygen tank to fire.
Just a small trade off from the current one.

You gain stowability but you spend more Oxygen from small oxygen tanks wich only gives it a few shots.... so you want to bring big oxygen tanks on your back to use it... wich counter intuativly makes you unable to stow it back into a backpack.
Just that LIL quirk.

feeding from gas tanks akin to internals would be really neat, better than having to constantly swap out large air tanks because i get too triggerhappy