Goonhub
05-20-2015, 12:22 PM
You do, of course, realize, that ideas are in terrible territory when you have to throw around expressions like 'AP proof armor'.
Also, no, I was not killed by the derringer, I just learned it was a 125-damage AP shot. Which is fairly ridiculous. Considering there is a hotkey for winking you can pretty much pull it out and fire within a single tick, so your point about noticing it is fairly moot.
The converse point with radbow is that you still need to wait for it to recharge, the kill isn't instantaneous so your target can actually get help instead of dying on the spot, it has a fairly obvious and easy to spot in-hand sprite and when you're strip searched they're not going to notice the gun that's tucked away behind your sunglasses but they're damn sure finding that radbow.
I did mention my surprise and shock in #goonstation about this when I was told and people did not produce the extreme reaction that you two did as long as 'they can still cram their every piece of clothing full of derringers'.
My point is, that this used to effectively deliver 250 damage, on the spot, near instantly, with the added benefit of bleeding. The radbow does not deliver this. Heck, even eswords do not deliver this.
Also, no, I was not killed by the derringer, I just learned it was a 125-damage AP shot. Which is fairly ridiculous. Considering there is a hotkey for winking you can pretty much pull it out and fire within a single tick, so your point about noticing it is fairly moot.
The converse point with radbow is that you still need to wait for it to recharge, the kill isn't instantaneous so your target can actually get help instead of dying on the spot, it has a fairly obvious and easy to spot in-hand sprite and when you're strip searched they're not going to notice the gun that's tucked away behind your sunglasses but they're damn sure finding that radbow.
I did mention my surprise and shock in #goonstation about this when I was told and people did not produce the extreme reaction that you two did as long as 'they can still cram their every piece of clothing full of derringers'.
My point is, that this used to effectively deliver 250 damage, on the spot, near instantly, with the added benefit of bleeding. The radbow does not deliver this. Heck, even eswords do not deliver this.