Yeah perks/talents/whatever tend to be my favourite part of any given RPG system but I'm not a fan of "enabler" perks unless it's something really awesome like an exotic type of weapon or special power.
Either way works.
That's why it would be a sub-skill/specialization.
No. What Obsidian did in F:NV is the best compromise. FO had 2 "big guns" - minigun and a rocket launcher. FO 2 fixed that by adding a lot more heavy weapons, but they appear halfway through the game. FO:NV got rid of big guns, and sorted weapons by damage type. All ballistic weapons go into guns category, all energy weapons (flamethrowers included) go into energy weapons, and all rocket/grenade launchers were merged with other explosives in their own skill category.
Are we talking about Wasteland or Fallout? Because strength doesn't affect weapon spread in Wasteland as far as I know, in which case yes, I think there is a significant difference to using an LMG or an SMG, Strength obviously deals with that in Fallout, but it doesn't work that way in Wasteland. So in Wasteland, it's fine.
As long as they implement something, nothing written about them but I don't think it's difficult to figure out what they do. I wonder what kind of trade off computer geek would have.
But firing a LMG is significantly different from a SMG or an Assault Rifle. I'm not trolling here, that's just the way it is. Shit, firing a revolver is different than shooting a recoil operated semi-auto handgun. I won't go about how a 9mm Glock and a .45 1911 are quite different because I don't think I'm on the right forum for that, but if one would be pedantic about it, these differences are there.
Don't forget the flame thrower. Going into the Military Base with a flame thrower in one hand and a rocket launcher in the other...
I can't make a comment like skuphundaku because I don't own those kind of guns. But I feel like it's visibly apparent that handling an LMG, an SMG, and an assault rifle are significantly different. And remember, this is a topic about: Wasteland, there is no strength requirement for weapon stability. In this game, the most realistic option, is having skills for weapon subtypes. In Fallout, it's fine, you know how to shoot guns and your strength fills in the blanks, this is not the case in Wasteland. This is a realist implementation, for this game.
They'll probably let you invade and destroy Ranger Citadel in later builds. That's supposed to be a non-standard endgame or something.
Wow, fuckin' really.
Written by the same guy that wrote AoD review, you sure there's nothing juicy in there?
Probably because miniguns in games don't shoot anywhere near as fast. I've seen youtube videos of gatling guns shooting at super high rates of fire and they sound similar. New Vegas minigun for example, shoots like, 20 rounds per second, real miniguns shoot like, 100 rounds+ per second .
