Talk:Blaster Launcher

Does anyone know the firing stats for the reaction-fired blaster? How much time it takes, and how accurate the shot is? --Papa Legba 10:42, 10 December 2005 (PST)

Warning Label

Warning messages on a blaster launcher: "Warning, not responsible for loss of limbs, life, or familiy members through use of this device. Not to be taken orally. Some assembly required. Elerium not included. Do not operate without parental supervision. Do not use as a hairdryer. Not to be used as a toothpick. Blaster bombs sold seperately. Do not use while under the influence of alchohol or other drugs. Do not launch without setting waypoints. Not to be used as a flotation device. Do not dismantle Blaster Bombs. Hazard can be resulted from inproper use. Warning: Do not drop Blaster Bombs. Spontaneous detonation of Blaster Bombs can occur as a result of, but not limited to, the following: Impact, dissasembly, random bad luck, radiation, plasma fire, laser fire, and improper use or misuse. Blaster Bombs not to be used as a football. Not to be used on random animals including, but not limited to, gophers, pigeons, hippopotami, stray dogs or cats, cockroaches, forum posters, forum admins, or lone unarmed sectoid soldiers."

This has been Alitorious's sig for some time on StrategyCore. I thought it deserved to be saved. - JFG

Oops

anyone ever had a blaster bomb accident? well i was using my avenger as a command post thinking well blaster bombs never miss their mark. firing them from the back of the ship(inside). everything was going smooth, had good equipment lots of high ranks with high psi ability until a damn blaster bomb clipped the doorway and killed all but one inside, including my commander who had been through 143 missions with roughly 100 kills. she was the shit as far as elite troops go. well yea.......blaster bombs are OUTSIDE toys now. -- Munkeylord on StrategyCore - pasted by JellyfishGreen 07:25, 19 May 2006 (PDT)

Two handed weapon?

Just wondering if anyone knows whether Blaster Launchers are counted as two handed weapons for the purposes of determining accuracy? I seem to notice that they are more accurate if I don't have a spare Bomb in one hands - but that may just be coincidence. - Majick

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I've tested their accuracy a bit, by hacking the Firing Accuracy of a soldier carrying one. I had the soldier fire it in a straight line back and forth across the battlefield, and even with 100% accuracy, the bomb would still sometimes miss its waypoints. (It even smacked into the ground once, yikes!) With 5% accuracy, the bomb seemed to miss its waypoints just as often.

Blaster Launchers have an inherent 120% accuracy, so I don't know if FA is used in the waypoint code at all. Maybe it's used for Blaster reaction fire -- which is something you Don't Want anyway.

--Ethereal Cereal 10:39, 27 June 2006 (PDT)

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Do Blaster Launchers kills yield experience?--Trotsky 22:30, 2 July 2006 (PDT)

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Yes. It's the same as any other area effect weapon. One 'hit' per enemy unit caught in the blast area. Unfortunately, because it almost always kills the target(s) in an instant, you're going to get a lot less combat experience than what you would have obtained were you have fired on the enemy unit with a lower powered weapon.

It's for game balance. You get a lot more experience killing an enemy by emptying your pistol magazine than you do with a single shot from a blaster launcher, see?

- NKF

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Don't get me wrong, I hoped it gave no experience at all!--Trotsky 23:52, 2 July 2006 (PDT)

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Nor I - and this coming from one who enjoys using High Explosives as if they were standard grenades.

- NKF

Graphic

This is a little too fast of an animation to be visually pleasing. Anyone want to edit this to insert more frame delay?

- JFG

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This is about as slow as I can get it before the image becomes too jerky.

- Bomb Bloke