Weapon Sizes....

stodatapiocard

I know there is already a thread like this, but it's old and not being used so I though I'd resurface the thread....

Okay so I recently created a Gorn character just for kicks to see how big I could make him. I maxed out legitimately everything, and then skipped to the tutorial to see the big Gorn in the prison(Warden/Guards)Now even at max height my Gorn was no where near as big as the others. But the guards had some sort of disruptor weapons that were perfect for their immense size. Why are those weapon sizes available to players? Is it a to be thing? Or something we have to live with until we're to old to play video games?

I'll try and link a screenshot...
If its tiny just click on the Klingon looking one to make it big.(Sorry about having to link to Photobucket, if PW would make a decent forum, then I wouldn't have to)

http://s1265.photobucket.com/user/steven_peterson1/library/?sort=3&page=1

sander233

You can't have the custom weapons created for Gorn NPCs because all of your weapons also need to be useable by all of the 2ft-tall aliens you see running around. Anything a player interacts with (weapons, chairs, etc.) needs to be useable by all players.

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lilchibiclari

The other alternative (though it would probably cost way too much labor for Cryptic to implement) would be if weapons scaled to the size of the character holding them.

azniadeet

Considering that the average humanoid figure that has been seen in Trek is around or slightly below 1.8 meters tall, I think the weapon size in STO is considerably larger than it should be.

jonsills

Remember, it's not how big your weapon is, it's how you use it that counts...

grandnaguszek1

azniadeet wrote: »

Considering that the average humanoid figure that has been seen in Trek is around or slightly below 1.8 meters tall, I think the weapon size in STO is considerably larger than it should be.

I hate using federation phaser pistols because of that. They are way bigger than they should be.

oldkirkfan

grandnaguszek1 wrote: »

I hate using federation phaser pistols because of that. They are way bigger than they should be.

Sometimes, I feel like a Power Ranger, running around with a pistol or rifle that is 2x's as big as it should be.

rattler2

I think the Elite Phaser Rifles are pretty good in size. Its just some of the added bits like on the stock of the Autorifle that cut into your character's head that bugs me. And the width of the MACO rifle. That thing is pretty bulky for a sniper rifle. If the back end was the width of the Adapted Rifle... it might look better to me.

adverbero

rattler2 wrote: »

I think the Elite Phaser Rifles are pretty good in size. Its just some of the added bits like on the stock of the Autorifle that cut into your character's head that bugs me. And the width of the MACO rifle. That thing is pretty bulky for a sniper rifle. If the back end was the width of the Adapted Rifle... it might look better to me.

Elite wepons on both sides are pretty well sized in my opinion , the Klingon sniper Rifle being the most sniper rifle looking of all the sniper weapons

the elite phaser rifles do look a bit odd in the hands of larger characters i'll admit, but if you want to make a gargantuan character or a tiny character, thats something you have to deal with i guess, A bit like the hand positions on the Batleth