thats right! we can haz a frickin railgun! lovin this game more everyday
Wow, these look awesome! My anticipation is at an all-time high
Little late there buddy
i hope they think of a way to balance it. perhaps, larger reticle much like the rocket launcher, and slow reload. so pretty much a more accurate Rocket Launcher with a slower reload
> Little late there buddy
its knew news to me. Ive seen the gun in an image before, but i dont recall getting a confirmation about what it was till i saw this thread
Looks great! Sounds like it could be somewhat like the Spartan Laser. But I’m just speculating.
Nice! So I guess it’s safe to say that is what was on the front of OXM.
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> thats right! we can haz a frickin railgun! lovin this game more everyday
I’m thinking that’s it’s a prtable Guass cannon or it’s just like the railgun from Quake, Doom, or whatever the heck that game was.
I could see this being like the one-shot in GoW 3 a pick up weapon one hit kill,laser designated so you know if your being aimed at, a 1 shot clip and a very slow reload time
Its not actually a gauss weapon, guass guns, (or coilguns) work on synchronized linear electrmagnetic propultion, basically using electromagnetic coils, which are timed to propel the payload by activating at timed delays in order along a “barrel”. Wheres a railgun uses two “rails” and a large electric current in a different far more complicated way to move magnetic fields. It was quite obvious from its first reveal that this weapon was a railgun, due to the two distinct rails which are separated all the way along the weapon. ( As I stated here ) I believe this will work as a slow firing weapon that will deal very high damage and will be very precise, more for a the anti material role, it will wreck vehicles (Reach Sniper rifle replacement lol, jks)
I bet if they had the PP counter act the guass gun more people would use it.
Amazing find. This news article also slipped past me.
> i hope they think of a way to balance it. perhaps, larger reticle much like the rocket launcher, and slow reload. so pretty much a more accurate Rocket Launcher with a slower reload
I think it will have a reticle similar to Reach’s DMR. The small inner part will indicate where the projectile will hit, and the outer part will indicate AoE (area of effect / splash damage)
Looks great.
That all GI had? Aww
High explosive must mean it can be enhanced with a skull like Cowbell. 
Also, I hope sniper bleedthrough is back. I hate always having to get headshots in campaign. It gets in the way of my tasks…
Sounds as if it’s replacing the rocket launcher…
I hope i can snipe people with it.
> Sounds as if it’s replacing the rocket launcher…
I doubt it’s replacing the rocket. The SPNKR rocket launcher is a franchise ICON. They wouldn’t dare
I can’t wait to see some in-game footage of this.
Seems like it has similar properties to an explosive ammo shotgun.