I co-drafted this idea back when the Andorian Escort was introduced and given what has been occurring figured that, as my co-author does not post on the forums anymore, this fairly straightforward (and cheap) improvement to player satisfaction/experience was worth mentioning again.
In the Ultimate TL;DR format:
A slightly modified (VFX/power & ship association) Kumari-Phaser-Wing-Cannons is a proper asset for a "legitimate" in-game representation of the "Phaser Lance" in a "weapon-item" format. An engineer's proof-of-concept may only require the time equivalent to a coffee break (and possibly as much deploying it) to validate the argument.
This solution to the "phaser lance wants to be a real item-boy" problem provides a simple update that does not involve reinventing any wheels or breaking the game. Instead it enhances the user-experience for all parties by correlating appropriate visuals with appropriate feedback in line with the ten-or-so seconds the weapon actually cycled on screen (
"STTNG "All Good Things..."; footage which, contrary to the declarations of "it's a God Gun", is the VFX equivalent to a combat log entry of "(currently) Plot Immune Hero-ship 'Enterprise' successfully hits 'Generic Klingon Opponent-ship' with 'Artistic License (i.e. time+budget constrained) VFX Shot Eye-Candy' Attack for 'Plot-Progression' damage, onto the next plot point!")
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And since were are on it:
Guramba lance and bortas auto turret can use a rework too.
The Guramba? combine it with the A.Maco 3-piece deflector power and that lance goes crazy.
Moderators: please move and merge this thread with the "more correctly placed" one over here.
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MODERATORS: even found the threads for you
There;
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and a move for "There" into the proper section.
Are there others? Could be!
Do we need a move/merge? That is how the "Galaxy announcement" threads collapsed.
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Hey moderators, what's up?
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