My Sniper feels left out...

[shapcano]

I'm a heat sensitive Knight, so every team member of mine has a stun gun as main weapon. Except my Sniper, who has no less-than-lethal options. Unless the combat is very hot, he uses his 10-12 AP walking back and forth to move the initiative.

I wish I could get the poor guy a lightning gun, or a scoped bean-bag launcher or dart gun. Something.

[fallen]

shapcano - correct, there are no long-range non-lethal weapons. If you are running an all-stun team, then you might consider not including a sniper.

[Slide87]

Anyway wih high athl and ap (and sniper must have these high in my opinion), a Stunna gun ("defensive MT" i don't remember exact name) is enough from my gaming experience, with a sniper as main pc

[shapcano]

If only my sniper were indeed my PC, I would be golden.

And yeah, he seems likea poor inclusion, but I've invested too much time to drop him either.

[Cory Trese]

When I'm building my all lethal anti-drone group, I leave out the Cybersword too.

Different builds, different teams.

[Deleted]

I started off with a gunslinger. Im not sure if its his weapon- a cannon of some kind, or how I spent his skills but he can carry the damn thing with a range of 9-10 and he carries a LTL handgun as a backup. Im guessing its a regular semiautomatic designed to use a special low velocity tranq round as well as normal cartridges because its won the day with both assassinations and in subject subdual.

[fallen]

dayan - yes, a good dual weapon combo is the best solution. Pick up an absolutely deadly rifle, and put a taser or non-lethal as the secondary. Helps to handle drones too.

EDIT: after re-reading the post, can you provide the weapon name you are using? Sounds like possibly a bug? A gun that shoots -both- lethal and non-lethal damage?

[Deleted]

Why I do believe I was mistaken...







(Scopetech Panther Cannon, Ares Gamma Mk4)

[shapcano]

Jan 6, 2014 22:44:12 GMT -5 fallen said:

Pick up an absolutely deadly rifle, and put a taser or non-lethal as the secondary.

That's my strategy with my main. Can't go wrong.

[brass]

Jan 6, 2014 8:09:50 GMT -5 shapcano said:

I'm a heat sensitive Knight, so every team member of mine has a stun gun as main weapon. Except my Sniper, who has no less-than-lethal options. Unless the combat is very hot, he uses his 10-12 AP walking back and forth to move the initiative.

I wish I could get the poor guy a lightning gun, or a scoped bean-bag launcher or dart gun.
Something.

i know how you feel chummer... the same thing happens to me when i don't want to increase my heat. i keep my sniper for drones and corp types
though, for single shot kills. i also keep him around for the stealth bonus.

[Swami]

Jan 7, 2014 17:14:26 GMT -5 brass said:

Jan 6, 2014 8:09:50 GMT -5 shapcano said:

I'm a heat sensitive Knight, so every team member of mine has a stun gun as main weapon. Except my Sniper, who has no less-than-lethal options. Unless the combat is very hot, he uses his 10-12 AP walking back and forth to move the initiative.

I wish I could get the poor guy a lightning gun, or a scoped bean-bag launcher or dart gun.
Something.

i know how you feel chummer... the same thing happens to me when i don't want to increase my heat. i keep my sniper for drones and corp types
though, for single shot kills. i also keep him around for the stealth bonus.

You know he could try punching them.

[shapcano]

Jan 7, 2014 18:51:35 GMT -5 Swami said:

You know he could try punching them.

Idk, he's pretty strong... Might still kill them.

[Officer Genious]

If he hits, that is.

I would've liked tranqs or even soft-impact pellets that turn into immobilizing goo. Scifi without going overboard.

[brass]

immobilizing is a good idea. i'm not really sure if sniper is equivalent to a sharpshooter in concept, but maybe they can have the option to immobilize or incapacitate by surgical hits (hitting the shooting hand or legs for example)