The Long Combo needs to be redone.

[TerminusEst13]

At the moment, every combo except Long has a specific type of badassery to it. Spazer is "whoah, tons of missiles!". Wave is "whoah, fucking bouncing missiles!". Doom is "WHOOOAAAHHH CHAINSAW BEAM". Even power has a moment of "whoah, that was a massive push!".

Long, on the other hand is just...so boring and so underwhelming. It needs something else to distinguish it. People constantly suggest some sort of A_RailAttack alternative, I need to consider looking into that.

[Ionosphere-Negate]

opt 1.a) Make it a beamcannon. FastProjectile with RIPPER and light splash, but more than the charge shot.

opt 2) Give it RIPPER atrib and give it splash on impact with enemies, but with a smaller radius.

I don't have any other ideas as of yet.

[PresidentPeople]

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[03:32am] PresidentPeople:        http://terminusest13.tumblr.com/post/92470590611/okay-so-ive-been-testing-some-proper-long-missiles    
[03:32am] LinkBot: [ Memento of Desultory: Okay so I've been testing some proper "Long Missiles." I have come up with what should be termed an "Assassination Missile." I gave it RIPPER and NOBOSSRIP and lowered the impact[...] ]
[03:33am] PresidentPeople: Crazy idea:  When a Long missile is activated, it doesn't fire right away.  Instead, a targeting system is initialized
[03:33am] WaTaKiD: beep boop
[03:34am] tehvappy50: boop beep
[03:34am] PresidentPeople: A crosshair of sorts moves down your FOV, and indicates what target it is touching.  When the desired target is reached, releasing the fire key will launch the missile
[03:35am] PresidentPeople: The missile will travel through monsters until it hits the target, then explode
[03:35am] TerminusEst13: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
[03:35am] PresidentPeople: +RIPPER + target ded
[03:36am] WaTaKiD: cant wait to test early versions of that.. gonna die with the targeter up, then itll bug on respawn and ill spam those everwurrrr
[03:37am] WaTaKiD: or morph and launch power bombs at light speed
[03:39am] PresidentPeople: [03:35am] PresidentPeople: +RIPPER + target ded
[03:39am] PresidentPeople: This implies target Archvile rekkage
[03:41am] TerminusEst13: ...Probably the best part about that is because the target would always be in the player's crosshair, it would be considered their target in the engine.
[03:41am] TerminusEst13: So I could actually use a seeker missile function to ensure it would reach there.
[03:41am] WaTaKiD: wut if the target is far away
[03:42am] PresidentPeople: I guess if there were no obstructions, it would target it instantly?
[03:42am] PresidentPeople: We'll just say it's supposed to do that :P
[03:42am] TerminusEst13: ...Nah, Watakid has a point. See, the crosshair only considers what's under it to be the player's target...up to a certain distance.
[03:43am] WaTaKiD: atleast according to ur fov cvar, i think
[03:43am] WaTaKiD: like if u fov 0 u might be able to 'identify' targets that are further away
[03:43am] WaTaKiD: idk
[03:43am] PresidentPeople: Maybe fire a hitscan that releases an invisible monster that clings to what it hit, and the missile targets that?
[03:44am] WaTaKiD: sounds hax
[03:44am] PresidentPeople: yeh
[03:53am] TerminusEst13: Hax is good, when it comes to combos.
[03:53am] TerminusEst13: Just as the purple.
[03:53am] WaTaKiD: purple master race
[03:53am] PresidentPeople: hax is good
[03:53am] WaTaKiD: brb replacing everything with wave beams and combos, including monster projectiles
[03:53am] PresidentPeople: good is purple
[03:53am] PresidentPeople: purple is hax
[03:54am] PresidentPeople: ALL ARE ONE
[03:57am] TerminusEst13: And thus the natural order of the world is achieved.
[03:58am] WaTaKiD: amen
[04:04am] PresidentPeople: Hmm.  Well, since +RIPPER is Plasma's thing, it could have +THRUACTORS and explode on the target
[04:05am] WaTaKiD: does that mean itll bypass decorations like trees and torches etc
[04:05am] PresidentPeople: If you release it before a target is acquired, it'll behave pretty much like it does currently
[04:06am] PresidentPeople: And yes, I suppose it would pass through that stuff
[04:06am] WaTaKiD: hax
[04:07am] PresidentPeople: …What if it and the targeting system had +NOCLIP
[04:07am] TerminusEst13: ...oh man
[04:07am] TerminusEst13: Being able to lock onto and kill dudes through walls would be so broken.
[04:07am] PresidentPeople: That'd be an Assassination missile
[04:08am] PresidentPeople: Oh crap, spread rune
[04:08am] WaTaKiD: hax hax hax hax
[04:08am] WaTaKiD: launch the crt's