I have made this weapon, but it doesn't feel unique enough.

It is an acid sprayer that upon killing an enemy it will turn the enemy into a skeleton. It also have the special feature that it can't even destroy soil, but can dissolve metals like a hot knife through butter (This effect lags unfortunately).

I am not sure how to give it that extra little bit that makes it unique, as for now it is just a pimped close range health reducer :/


I was thinking maybe make a secondary fire mode that shot small balls of acid at longer ranges. But I am not sure if it is going to feel too useful, for such a specialized design.

Another idea I had in mind was adding a small shield which could take 9-13 bullets, but was able to completely block the acid damage, to help avoiding getting acid back to the face.

Maybe giving it a lighter, more compact, design might also make it more interesting.


Opinions?

I like it, feels uniq enough. Have you tried to fire straight down - when your guy "dies" he becomes a living skeleton with some 8-10hp left.

Yeah that is intentionally, exact same thing happens if you kill an enemy human with the weapon. Thought it could lead to some pretty hilarious moments where the enemy succeeds killing you off after it had become a skeleton, though I may change it if it is too silly ^^

Nononononono, it's cool that small effect!

I like this, it's very unique. It doesn't lag much at all, and the user moving it up and down is a nice touch.
But I don't know, it lacks something. I don't know what, but it needs something else.

Yeah I think it needs some extra unique effect on gameplay. Right now I kinda feel like it is just a bunch of cool graphical effects and not much else.

Edit: kinda like the crossbow without payload, cool, but still just a version of the sniper rifle.