An idea for a corpus gunblade

[Transmorphic_Wyvern]

I had an idea involving the prova and the lanka into a single weapon. Thoughts?

 

Edit: Let me get some information together to give more of a concept rather than just an idea

Edited January 3, 2018 by Transmorphic_Wyvern

[Kracken]

none - you havent shown the idea.

[RobWasHere]

Single punch-through beam? Good.

[Urlan]

Don't know about a Lanka shot, but I figure Detron would be easy enough. Either way, I would like to see any ideas players might have on such weapons.

[Koldraxon-732]

How about a lightsaber-style Corpus blade which has an alt-mode which turns it into a repeating twin-barrel light plasma cannon.
Visually, would be like a Dera with a Redeemer look:
-Plasma-emitting regions on the outside that project a sharp shape (radiation + slash damage).
-Superheated shrapnel slugs generated from melted materials (heat + slash).

What this means:
-Weapon ammo is generated by combo counter and 'melts' into energy as an excuse for combo counter decaying by 1 per second (decay rate can be stalled further with Naramon and combo duration mods), resulting in having to build up the combo counter before attacking.
-If there is no ammo (shrapnel), slash damage cannot proc on ranged attacks.

This would give the Corpus a technical weapon on par with the Javlok, Zarr, Corinth, Euphona Prime, and other weapons with similar flexibility.

[INight00]

1 hour ago, Koldraxon-732 said:

How about a lightsaber-style Corpus blade which has an alt-mode which turns it into a repeating twin-barrel light plasma cannon.

Gunblade as a sword?

Or a weapon like dark-split sword, lost potential, they could have made it so alt-fire with melee equipped let you switch between dual and heavy.

[LightningsVengance]

2 minutes ago, INight00 said:

Gunblade as a sword?

I think he means like the Redeemer or Sarpa.

[Koldraxon-732]

6 hours ago, INight00 said:

Gunblade as a sword?

Or a weapon like dark-split sword, lost potential, they could have made it so alt-fire with melee equipped let you switch between dual and heavy.

Your interpretation gives me a side-thought; hybrid melee weapons should have the ability to have two stances equipped at the same time, but only one for heavy blades and one for dual swords. Using the reload button to swap between them, since that key has no purpose with melees equipped without a gun.

As for this Corpus gunblade, like Lightning was saying, this weapon would be more like a Redeemer with an extremely quick 'fire' rate but less damage.
Your idea for a hybrid heavy gunblade / akgunblade would work with Detrons.

Tenno example in spoiler for new gunblade archetype.

Spoiler

But given this, how about a new heavy/dual gunblade?
Visual:
Tigris + Galatine (Primes) when whole; Galatine blade inner regions have joints which move the blade parts out of the barrels' firing arc when converted into gun setting (grip has another grip that has a trigger which is disguised as a guard/hand protector; this is held for the heavy gunblade gun setting).
When split; Left hand holds side with the trigger, right side grip rotates 180 and bends down to match the left grip, while revealing a trigger. Animation sets for gun mode borrowed from the Twin Rogga. AkGunblade mode uses dual sword stances with some attacks triggering gunfire.

PH: Tigral-tine (heavy gunblade mode), AkTigral (dual gunblade mode).
Representation:

Edited January 4, 2018 by Koldraxon-732
Reload on melees rebind to weapon transformation (alt-stances or likewise) to compensate for gun mode using alt fire key. Considering putting the Tenno heavy/ak-gunblade as a weapon 'superclass'; it cannot be used with any other weapons.

[Burned-Toast]

A sniper-heavy blade? :D

[INight00]

16 hours ago, Koldraxon-732 said:

Your interpretation gives me a side-thought; hybrid melee weapons should have the ability to have two stances equipped at the same time, but only one for heavy blades and one for dual swords. Using the reload button to swap between them, since that key has no purpose with melees equipped without a gun.

As for this Corpus gunblade, like Lightning was saying, this weapon would be more like a Redeemer with an extremely quick 'fire' rate but less damage.
Your idea for a hybrid heavy gunblade / akgunblade would work with Detrons.

Tenno example in spoiler for new gunblade archetype.

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But given this, how about a new heavy/dual gunblade?
Visual:
Tigris + Galatine (Primes) when whole; Galatine blade inner regions have joints which move the blade parts out of the barrels' firing arc when converted into gun setting (grip has another grip that has a trigger which is disguised as a guard/hand protector; this is held for the heavy gunblade gun setting).
When split; Left hand holds side with the trigger, right side grip rotates 180 and bends down to match the left grip, while revealing a trigger. Animation sets for gun mode borrowed from the Twin Rogga. AkGunblade mode uses dual sword stances with some attacks triggering gunfire.

PH: Tigral-tine (heavy gunblade mode), AkTigral (dual gunblade mode).
Representation:

So much slash...
Super-class is overdoing it a bit. But it is quite clever to have one weapon take up more than one slot. (if it works well)

It does open more ideas to what a 'gunblade' should be.
Should it be a lightsaber with a little minigun attached?
A giant blade with a shotgun?
A dagger with a sniper?

Many-a-possibility.