How about a spiked mace unlocked with some armor research? Or used by a faction and introduced in a similar way as longsword (but manufacturable with a pipe + some scrap metal?)
Actually these were pretty ancient weapons, even romans made use of them, though spiked model (
morning star) appeared durin medieval age. I really can't see why research may be needed to produce them, could be present in the BM since the start. Research ay birn to elerium mace, as i wrote in the post above.
Maces were a good weapon to deal with armor, I think? So something like: More clumsy than a sword, but ignores some of the target's armor? Lower hit % as it is more difficult to land a telling blow, but ignore some armor so when you hit and armored foe, you hit a bit harder.
I'm not a technical guy...but yes these may bring both stun and concussive damage, the % percentage accuracy ma by greater than a sword (maces are rathcer "big" in comparison ta a sword) but of poor usage agains heavy armored enemies, fair against average ones, pretty effective against unarmored. Maybe some strenght may be required for optimal usage (bonus)
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As for guns.. I tend to agree with Dioxine that we have a lot.
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OK, I don't wanna insist, but there are 6-7 handguns and only a couple of smg right avaiable at the BM at start. Moreover there are quite some pieces rather unusual in videogames. Having these in piratez may be interesting, since less featured, as far as i know. Please google and see if something stimulate your fantasies, here some examples:
PPSH-41 (i mentioned nother model above, sry for the mistake, i meant the following)
(please note, my be made by modifing the thompson m1928 sprite...ma be interesting, since it could have worst accuracy in the game, since it has not any hand grip, but a bit more long range than the spraygun. damage: 23?)
Sterling Mk 4:
(alternatively, a Sten)
Beretta MBA 30
The first two are british smg, the last is an italian one so may all the world represented in guns in piratez?
Spraygun..resembles the old M£ grease gun, so that's fine:
Another potential inspiration for the rcf carabine i mentioned before may, other than an M-14 (which i prefer) may be an FN-FAL (belgian rifle) maded in both auto and non auto version, the latter may be fitting in the game:
In closing, i really never stood the actual rcf carabine firing sound (seeems tom me more a quack/squack sound O_o) any chance to replace in the next versions? Some inspiration may come from
here.
Edit: also battle flag should be manufacturable since the very beginning, costing 50$ each one.
