With the FPS module now taking shape, what sort of weapons will we see? Currently I only spotted what looked to be conventional chemically propelled projectiles, but will we also see something along the rail gun principle, maybe energy weapons or some sort? Will we also see different ammo types?asked by Chiyeko
TL;DRChris Roberts says first-person weapons will include ballistic, several energy types and rail guns, generally scaled-down versions of ship weapons, with hull-breach risk from penetrating projectiles.
Yes, you'll see all of those, in the FPS demo there were both ballistic weapons and laser rifles. We had laser pistols and ballistic pistols (though the latter I don't believe were in the demo). If I remember correctly the outlaws had the laser rifles while the marines tended to have the ballistic weapons (Behring MP4SC I think it is). The plan is to have ballistic, multiple types of energy weapons, all sorts of other things like rail guns (which are really ballistic but with alternate method of acceleration). Basically whatever weapons you see on the ships themselves you're likely to see a scaled down version of them for first person use. There will also be more or less risk of decompression if you're, say, fighting in a space station or ship and a projectile penetrates a wall and you're not careful. That might also be a reason you'd want to use say a crossbow, which is nice and quiet and probably won't breach the hull. I think we have a good idea and selection of weapon types to choose from with their ups and downs.