[sigtau]

Really, this topic is not a matter of which weapons, but rather what weapons.

I'm looking for the most creative weapon ideas you can think of, and ones that are plausible in the FreeSpace Open engine.

Anything, really.  Anything you can think of, fighter and bomber primaries OR secondaries.

I'm willing to implement them in my modpack, which will be due for final release sometime next year.

[eliex]

This should prove useful. 

[Colonol Dekker]

A souped up slow firing Leech style gun, which has residual EMP that can disable fighters... Think ION CANNON from Empire strikes back....the effect would be temporary but long lasting. I may alreadyhave one

[Blue Lion]

A primary that slows down ships

A bomb that regens shields

[The E]

A beamspam missile. Basically a Piranha that spawns beams instead of missiles.

[Scotty]

^     ^      ^
Laser-head!

[The E]

Yeah. Like so:



(Image by Commander Zane)

[Snail]

Mines

[Colonol Dekker]

Like wing commander (rear dropped close combnat ones?)  but pimped?

[Dragon]

I've seen mines in Cardinal's Spear campaign, I would also like to see a fighter flak cannons, actually useful shotguns or even bettter, shotgun flaks (fighter mounted).  
And of course good old machine gun (very high ROF, medium FOF , ballistic, low to medium damage).
I also like multi-spawn missiles and dumbfire or(and) swarm torpedoes.
Also, I like the tractor weapons, like Shivan Vapula tractor cannon or my Graviton Driver. (the effect is easly archived by setting negative mass for weapon)

[Snail]

Maybe it's not the individual weapons, but how each complements the other.

In War in Heaven, each weapon has its individual merits and uses. In this way, each weapon is as useful as the other and it adds a completely new dimension to gameplay, as well as making combat very interesting.

[Commander Zane]

Yeah. Like so:

*Snip*

(Image by Commander Zane)

Those were SSL projectiles, actual beams as the child won't work to my knowledge.
Suprised I saw that image again.

Also, I like the tractor weapons, like Shivan Vapula tractor cannon or my Graviton Driver. (the effect is easly archived by setting negative mass for weapon)

You gave me a very funny idea...

[Colonol Dekker]

Gravity mines?

[Rodo]

A gun that will create a temporal black hole that will suck away half of the ship , or just a missile that will stuck into the fighter and will make the target forcibly jump away to a random position far from the engagement zone.

[Commander Zane]

More like a laser with a mass equal to that of the Shivan Super Laser, but in the negative.
Instead of ship flying away at 440m/s, it's flying AT you at 440m/s.

[Sushi]

A beamspam missile. Basically a Piranha that spawns beams instead of missiles.

Sounds like the Laser Blossom from Allegiance: basically a deployable sentry gun that shot a ton of lasers in every direction. Great against capships!

It would also be interesting to see Allegiance "combat pods" as well. Basically, deployable sentry guns.

Finally, I've always wanted the Impact Mortar from Descent 3 in Freespace.

[General Battuta]

Most of the really clever weapons I've seen are in Steve-O's modeldump, at least some of which is available for public consumption.

As Snail said, it's really more about the tactical niche it fills. You need to provide the player with interesting ways to interact with other fighters and capital ships.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

* Androgeos Exeunt still thinks that a sword-like primary weapon is feasible in FS2.

[eliex]

Most of the suggested weapons are going to be so imbalanced in-game . . . but it'd be so cool. 

Most of the really clever weapons I've seen are in Steve-O's modeldump, at least some of which is available for public consumption.

As Snail said, it's really more about the tactical niche it fills. You need to provide the player with interesting ways to interact with other fighters and capital ships.

I agree. A weapon's selection should not be based on how big an explosion it can cause, but rather how different weapons complement each other.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

A weapon's selection should not be based on how big an explosion it can cause, but rather how different weapons complement each other.

You mean like the Subach-Tempest, Maxim-Circe and Maxim-Prometheus combinations?