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Joined: August 15, 2002
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From: New Orleans,Louisiana
|  Posted: 2003-10-20 15:06
The flamethrower works differently than the ones that require oxygen to burn instead it shoots out plasma from the engines and reactor and burns the enemy ship.It has a very short range only about 0-30gu to represent the short range of the flame thrower (u wouldn't like plasma coming at u from 400gu away).So what do u think?
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Sandals
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From: Redmond,WA,USA
| Posted: 2003-10-20 15:29
well, essentially... a torpedo is an explosion contained in a field...
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Demorian
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| Posted: 2003-10-20 16:28
What I think? Honestly?
A flamethrower is about as out of place in a science fiction spaceship duel as a Fusion Torpedo is at the Battle of Gettysburg. I applaud you for your originality, but picture your proposition here.
You're putting a mid-twentieth century (and popular first-person shooter) short-range flesh-cooker up against a twenty-third century space-faring, armored battle cruiser. I don't care how big the flame is supposed to be, it's just not realistic.
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Tbone
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From: Vancouver
| Posted: 2003-10-20 18:00
Do our ships even use plasma?
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The Monty
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| Posted: 2003-10-20 18:04
Actually Demorian, it is used in more then just FPS games, it was also used in ShatteredGalaxies for ground to ground & air to air combat, only problem being its close range..
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Demorian
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| Posted: 2003-10-20 19:16
Okay Monty, subtract the FPS comment from the rest of my post.
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Juxtapose
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From: Give me your bullets!
| Posted: 2003-10-20 19:21
Hmm...
My ship can withstand Chemical Laser beams that burn brighter and hotter than the core of a star...most stars, alteast...but, it sure would look pretty, being attacked by a flamethrower...right up untill I alpha the poor ship with something more effective...like a gauss gun.
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Sardaukar
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| Posted: 2003-10-20 20:09
I just had an incredibly hilarious idea. What if you used this in a nebula... ? Or what about using it to detonate incoming torpedos? Or to sterilize a K'Luth repair drones? Imagine the uses a flamethrower-type weapon could have in a minefield... The uses of a flamethrower extend beyond combat  . Of course, the flamethrower would have a nasty effect on your ship if you used it while heavily damaged (i.e. the hull fractures allow it to vent into your ship and you get BBQ'd.)
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From: Redmond,WA,USA
| Posted: 2003-10-20 20:29
well look
we have to toss 100-150 thermonuclear explosions to kill a dreadnought.
ain't gonna bother it with a little drive plasma.
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'A1Tyrael
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From: AquaWorld
| Posted: 2003-10-20 20:48
When you damage a ship severly and its falming and spewing stuff, maybe you could ignite it, but you could ignite it with Chemical Lasers or Disrupters.
I see no logical use for a flamethrower other than charing and making the matal plating on a ship buckle.
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Depthcharge
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From: DFW, Tx
| Posted: 2003-10-20 21:29
Bah, sounds like a cheap CR knock off. In CR in the Rogue Trader zone the "Fusion Torch" was VERY Popular among newbs. Most experienced players hated it .
IMO its not a good Idea.
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Gideon
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From: Oregon, USA
| Posted: 2003-10-20 21:37
Press control-d twice in game.
There's your flamethrower.
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| Posted: 2003-10-20 22:26
haha Gid.
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Raiders
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From: Cali
| Posted: 2003-10-20 23:31
hey keep that flamethrower away from me, Do you have a clue how much it costs to paint a dreadnought!!
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| Posted: 2003-10-20 23:37
depth charge what the heck are you talking about? 
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