[Aardwolf]

I would assume it is a railgun/coilgun because it "accelerates" the things, it doesn't "blast" them...

Also, I find myself agreeing with TrashMan somewhat: don't make the Maxim compatible with Inferno, make Inferno compatible with the Maxim.

[FireCrack]

ofcourse, there are other possiblities for EM accelerators than just railguns and coilguns....

[BlackDove]

Why do railguns have to have rings? You can't even see the railgun rounds when they're fired. Or at least that's how it is in RL.

I blame this

Me too.

This is trash and it belongs in the trash. The fact it's used for INF just proves it. It's like Maxim got infected with a strain of AIDS. And lensflare. No offense to the creator, it's an admirable effort, but just... just no. No.

For the mother-****ing win, yes, a thousand times yes. More things need that double-triple layered glow to happen to them, like 3.6.10 did with the Tempests and... other things.

[Colonol Dekker]

The term "slug" implies an inert mass. . . . . . . . .at least to me. Sounds like the "explosives" used would be to propel the slug. Hence the screen shudder etc. :nervous- not: a mass driver just means it lobs matter in a linear velocity. It doesn't have to do it in any particular way.

[Woolie Wool]

Um, no, the slug could be accelerated by electromagnetic forces. Powder-charge cannons don't make pew-pew-pew noises and drain as much energy as 6 Subachs.

This is trash and it belongs in the trash. The fact it's used for INF just proves it. It's like Maxim got infected with a strain of AIDS. And lensflare. No offense to the creator, it's an admirable effort, but just... just no. No.

So the Maxim effect sucks because it looks like an effect used in Inferno Alliance? This has to be one of the dumbest arguments I've ever heard (that goes for Trashman too). And the Penny Arcade comic isn't helping you. In fact, it's the worst Penny Arcade comic I've ever seen. It's a putrid comedy boil overflowing with unfunny pus. What do you people have against Inferno anyway? I never said it was canon or related to canon or official or anything.

[Aardwolf]

Fine, I'll justify it: it's a dumb-looking effect, and is un-FreeSpacey. I don't feel that "FreeSpacey" should change because of something a mod of it did. FreeSpace doesn't have to keep up with Inferno, because Inferno is set after FreeSpace anyway. Furthermore, it didn't make sense having this sort of weapon have that effect in the first place.

[Mars]

Honestly the ring effect has no visual appeal to me at all.

It just looks annoying.

The effect is otherwise pretty good

[Droid803]

Yeah, the one with the rings isn't a bad, as long as you remove the rings (in fact, I am using it without the rings)

[Woolie Wool]

Fine, I'll justify it: it's a dumb-looking effect, and is un-FreeSpacey. I don't feel that "FreeSpacey" should change because of something a mod of it did. FreeSpace doesn't have to keep up with Inferno, because Inferno is set after FreeSpace anyway. Furthermore, it didn't make sense having this sort of weapon have that effect in the first place.

If you want to bandy about timelines, that effect is inspired by Inferno: Alliance, which takes place in between FS1 and FS2. And I don't find it "un-FreeSpacey" at all. I never said FS2 was bound to Inferno in any way, please stop implying that.

[Droid803]

Whatever the Maxim is, it isn't a Railgun.
I would personally hold to the belief that it is a coilgun.

This is about the effects however, not how the fracking thing functions. The Rings make it look ugly. The thing in the middle of the rings actually looks good. I would say, even better than the other one that looks like a fat pill.

[Polpolion]

Ok ok... I'll work on the Circe...


I've already worked on the Maxim.

This is the awesome. So awesome unwell grammar is well.

[Mischief Maker]

The problem with adding the rings can be summed up in one word:

"Jetsons"

[S-99]

No rings should be added. When rings are added to weapons however. They should be made a lot more subtle than what was in the screenshots for the proposed maxim with rings. Another thing is that the quake 2 railgun has a spiral and not rings.

[Colonol Dekker]

The problem with adding the rings can be summed up in one word:

"Jetsons"

The wife and daughter are hot, what's your problem

[S-99]

The wife and daughter are hot, what's your problem

Cartoon fetishism

[Commander Zane]

Why do railguns have to have rings? You can't even see the railgun rounds when they're fired. Or at least that's how it is in RL.

I blame this

I know I'm going to sound like an idiot here but now did you get a non-pixleated energy coil like that?

[Droid803]

  lolwhut? 
I don't think the guy who posted this took the screenshot...

[S-99]

That's a really nice affect for quake 2

[Commander Zane]

Whether it was done by the person who posted the screenshot or not, I want to know why it looks the way it does there instead of a punch of pixles.

[S-99]

Perhaps it was a user mod or something, i don't remember there ever being a quake 2 high quality pack being released (their might be one).