Trope-a-Day: Universal Ammunition - General

April 27

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Zarpaulus <zarpaulus@gmail.com> on 2016-01-20 11:29:34 wrote:

So the Empire basically uses the same guns as the Mass Effect universe?

Alistair Young <athanasius.skytower@arkane-systems.net> on 2016-01-20 11:44:38 wrote:

In many ways, yes, technological-base-differences notwithstanding, except for the slugguns, and with much more software support.

The chief difference in the similarities, as it were, being that while the ME universe switched from internal-heat-sink-and-dispersal-only to thermal-clip-only, Eldraeverse weapon designers figured that the latter made a good supplement for the unreasonably powerful and/or high-firing-rate weapons that would otherwise run out of capacity but that there was obviously no sense in taking the former out. A weapon whose firing rate is heavily capped being still better than a weapon that won’t fire at all, belike.

Zarpaulus <zarpaulus@gmail.com> on 2016-01-20 13:58:14 wrote:

Yeah, the shift seemed kind of contrived. Too many fans wanted a more familiar “ammo” system I guess.