LordExozone Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 It's probably been debated to death already, but I really feel the Bounty Hunter and especially the Powertech should be able to use a Blaster Rifle. Boba Fett used one, and he is the most iconic BH in Starwars. It really doesn't make sense that we are limited to pistols To add insult to injury, I had a blue blaster rifle drop on Hutta today with +aim on it which I couldn't equip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieLB Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) I agree wholeheartedly with this. I would like, if nothing else, an answer as to why Powertechs are given a single pistol instead of a blaster rifle. Every time I watch my powertech unload on something I just think "Man, this would look so much cooler if it were a rifle" since it's the mercenaries who use akimbo pistols. Edit: Upon further reflection the conclusion I reached is that blaster rifles require 2 hands and you can't put a shield generator in your offhand if you use a rifle. Edited January 22, 2012 by FastEddieLB Additional thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZNICK Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) The answer is because we're tanks. Tanks would look damn silly pointing a rifle at someone 2 feet in front of them. Want a rifle you should go sniper... ...AND , we already have a weapon in our other hand, it's just strapped to our wrist. Z Edited January 22, 2012 by ZNICK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvinrhine Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The answer is because we're tanks. Tanks would look damn silly pointing a rifle at someone 2 feet in front of them. Want a rifle you should go sniper... ...AND , we already have a weapon in our other hand, it's just strapped to our wrist. Z yeah vanguards aren't tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBriggs Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Edit: Upon further reflection the conclusion I reached is that blaster rifles require 2 hands and you can't put a shield generator in your offhand if you use a rifle. They could make a shield generator slot for PTs so that we could use both hands on a rifle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieLB Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) They could make a shield generator slot for PTs so that we could use both hands on a rifle That's a good idea! On the flip side, just make blaster rifles one-handed if they aren't already (from a game mechanics perspective) because only certain advanced classes can use them anyway and none of them dual-wield. Edited January 22, 2012 by FastEddieLB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othed Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I saw Droid powertech using a blaster rifle and it looked bad ***.. Made me wish I could use one. But it wouldn't be fair to smugglers who wouldn't have a second weapon choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieLB Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The Bounty Hunter counterpart is actually the trooper so it might be less fair to them, since BH gets a choice of one pistol or two, and troopers get a choice of blaster rifle or massive cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decembrist Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) If that happens, not only will Smugglers demand rifles and Troopers demand pistols, but Bioware will have to give both to everyone, because otherwise there will always be someone complaining about having less choices. Smuggler rifles, imperial agents with pistols, do we really want to see that? Better not to begin that mess, things are good enough they way they are. Edited January 22, 2012 by Decembrist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othed Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The Bounty Hunter counterpart is actually the trooper so it might be less fair to them, since BH gets a choice of one pistol or two, and troopers get a choice of blaster rifle or massive cannon. I knew someone would post this. Troopers and BH share abilities, armor, and both use aim. Smugglers and BH share share weapon choice and both work for there fraction and not apart. Like troopers and imp. agents are both military, and the different AC use different weapons. my guess is bioware did this so the fraction mirror didn't make the non force users fell the exact same. So BH and smugglers both use pistols. So if we get rifles then smugglers need a second weapon choice. That is why we can't use blaster rifle and never will till smugglers single wield AC gets a new weapon choice. Blaster rifles just don't fit smugglers at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordExozone Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 I knew someone would post this. Troopers and BH share abilities, armor, and both use aim. Smugglers and BH share share weapon choice and both work for there fraction and not apart. Like troopers and imp. agents are both military, and the different AC use different weapons. my guess is bioware did this so the fraction mirror didn't make the non force users fell the exact same. So BH and smugglers both use pistols. So if we get rifles then smugglers need a second weapon choice. That is why we can't use blaster rifle and never will till smugglers single wield AC gets a new weapon choice. Blaster rifles just don't fit smugglers at all. Life isn't fair, there is no reason why because BH's get something cosmetic (we are not talking about a gameplay advantage here), Smugglers should get the same treatment. By your logic Jedi Guardians should have access to the Darth Vader-like masks and black armour just because Sith Warriors do. In the movies you see smugglers using Pistols. Thus in TOR they use pistols...In the movies you see Bounty Hunters using Blaster Rifles and Pistols. Thus in TOR they should be able to equip Blaster Rifles and Pistols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theangryllama Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 yeah vanguards aren't tanks. They are.. but vanguards look pretty damn stupid tanking with a rifle in both hands (which was his point) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMalt Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 could make an oversized pistol and call it a blaster carbine,that would work. PT's get to feel like Boba a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimcrowe Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 could make an oversized pistol and call it a blaster carbine,that would work. PT's get to feel like Boba a little more. I'm with this 100%... like a long barreled smg or something... that should make the scoundrels happy as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysun Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 yeah Carbine would fit in perfectly.. you can still holster it at your hip if need be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylriana Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 If that happens, not only will Smugglers demand rifles and Troopers demand pistols, but Bioware will have to give both to everyone, because otherwise there will always be someone complaining about having less choices. Smuggler rifles, imperial agents with pistols, do we really want to see that? Better not to begin that mess, things are good enough they way they are. That sounds like a good thing tbqh. Feels silly that weapon choices are so absurdly restricted in this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverthorne Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Can I point out that in the movies, Han Solo used a rifle(though not well) during the escape from the death star with princess leia. In the role playing games, smugglers are not able to use rifles, no big loss here. Bounty hunters however were using rifles a great deal in the movies. In the scene that shows all the bounty hunters on the star destoyer, all of them are packing rifles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukks Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I love my PT currently. However I must admit, it would be really nice if we could use a Blaster Rifle as well. Just saying.. it would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kergath Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Increasing gear availability in this game would require a larger pool of items that drop from bosses which would mean more wasted gear (oh a rifle dropped? i only like blasters!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othed Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Life isn't fair, there is no reason why because BH's get something cosmetic (we are not talking about a gameplay advantage here), Smugglers should get the same treatment. By your logic Jedi Guardians should have access to the Darth Vader-like masks and black armour just because Sith Warriors do. In the movies you see smugglers using Pistols. Thus in TOR they use pistols...In the movies you see Bounty Hunters using Blaster Rifles and Pistols. Thus in TOR they should be able to equip Blaster Rifles and Pistols. You are right life isn't fair and we can't use rifles. Not a good argument. Vador could kill with force choke sith warriors can only stun. Jedis in the movies could block 100% of blaster fire. We will never do all of want we see in the movies. And we don't need to use all weapons either the.different weapon choices make the classes look different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDTC Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Jedis in the movies could block 100% of blaster fire. oh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othed Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 oh... OK almost 100% LOL forgot about that. He was a noon scrub of a Jedi. But the point of that is the BH with a PISTOL was able to get him with a pistol not a rifle. Which is why I see that Bioware chose them. I don't agree with I just don't feel like a tank with one. Just feels odd that we don't have a hidden or wrist mounted one for powertech at least. Just holding a single pistol is odd and doesn't fell natural to me for a prolonged fight. It's like fear my little pistol and attack me and not the long light saber that can melt blast proof doors and cut men in half. Or that big *** sniper rifle that can kill with one shot. I mean I understand for balance and can see the iconic scenes from the movies. Now then scene from the movies I was thinking was obi wan and qui-gon vs the droids. You know jedis they used to base the classes. Not some random Jedi that dies. But that is just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyDroid Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Eh? Why would a powertech want a rifle? All their weapons are built into their armour. Since you only resort to a side-arm when your armour overheats, carrying a bulky weapon would be stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordExozone Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Can I point out that in the movies, Han Solo used a rifle(though not well) during the escape from the death star with princess leia. In the role playing games, smugglers are not able to use rifles, no big loss here. Bounty hunters however were using rifles a great deal in the movies. In the scene that shows all the bounty hunters on the star destoyer, all of them are packing rifles. My point exactly. Even through BH's get tons of hidden weapons build in the armor, it would just be very nice if we could actually use the same main weapon as most of the BH's in the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fettpett Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 If that happens, not only will Smugglers demand rifles and Troopers demand pistols, but Bioware will have to give both to everyone, because otherwise there will always be someone complaining about having less choices. Smuggler rifles, imperial agents with pistols, do we really want to see that? Better not to begin that mess, things are good enough they way they are. most of the gear is already itemized for those classes, there are blaster rifles and auto cannons with aim, there are blaster pistols with cunning. no reason why they couldn't be given to the respective side that doesn't have them (BH-br, ac; trooper-bp, smuggler-bf, IA-br) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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