ZylonBane on 25/3/2009 at 14:55

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The problem with the Fusion Cannon is that it's not sufficiently cool in action. Even the old original Doom BFG puts it to shame.

General Four on 25/3/2009 at 18:38

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It's a heavy, Death-Ball shooting, Atomic spacey fantasy gun which utilizes the magic powers of super-dense energy crystals to kill Many things by spiting green glow balls towards them! What is not to like?!

A lot of things actually. ;)

My main problem is the damn thing requires time and effort (plus CMs) that doesn't exactly reward me. I like to play in a mostly melee way; I will use the wrench on most of the enemies, while balancing spending CMs on wrenching stuff while spending CMs on other things (mostly energy weapons). The Fusion Cannon comes pretty late in the game and is pretty lackluster in its 'wipe the effin' floor with 'em' area. A easy 'don't bother' choice for me.

But...........

Why couldn't we change that? Maybe make the thing more powerful, and change the sounds to more beefier ones or just make a new ones. Make the balls change colors and have particles fan out when it impacts.

Could be cool.

steo on 25/3/2009 at 20:36

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Has it not already been established hundreds of times that the assault rifle is the unbalanced super-gun of SS2 - tonnes of ammo, kills everything, you can't blow yourself up with it and I'd even wager it deals damage faster than the fusion cannon on full auto. Fusion cannon can be fun to pick up around the rickenbacker if you've more cyber modules than you know what to do with but it's not worth the investment (in terms of power-playing the game, anyway) getting it on deck 5.

Grenade launcher is great because it requires hardly any CM investment, it's powerful and there's a fair amount of ammo for it. Any SS2 veteran will tell you that you're better off branching out in your weapon choices so that you can make use of all the guns and ammo that are available to you, thus reducing the supply shortage.

another reason why the fusion cannon in particular isn't worth it until you've got cyber modules flowing out of your every orifice is that the other heavy weapon (I forget the name) is only useful in the hands of Gandhi, so you get nothing back except a bit more damage on the nade launcher from points 2-5, which puts you at a big disadvantage since those CMs could have been spent on say, getting standard up to 5 which gives you another weapon with a shedload of ammo lying around for and makes your pistol fairly kickass while getting you that much closer to what is a much better weapon the the fusion cannon anyway - the AR.

And everyone knows the viral proliferator is the best weapon on monkeys.

ZylonBane on 25/3/2009 at 21:52

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The stasis field generator is extraordinarily useful in the Many brain chamber.

A shame it has such a lame visual effect.

Kyumaru on 26/3/2009 at 02:17

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Whatever. Wrench is small time and completely lacking in class.

Fusion cannon is my preferred weapon for a 100% air duct run. Let's see you hit all those air ducts with your precious wrench. Small time. Some of those ducts are really high. Fusion power.