Item Suggestion: Flamethrower

[hihihilolHI]

Basically, you place a block (pink?) and it shoot out a pillar of lava two blocks tall and one block wide in the direction you are facing. Every 3 blocks it travels, it widens by 2. It destroys all blocks excluding metal in its path. After it travels 9 blocks it dies out. There could be an upgrade to make it wider, melt metal, and an upgrade to make it travel farther. Some of you may say this is similar to shotgun, but the purpose of this is to be used in bigger fights or to drive people back. Also it is two blocks high, so you can't jump it, forcing you to run. The price should be around 50 points? This is intended to be a "heavy" weapon.

 

[DarthLego5679]

Hmm..
Like a wave of lava? Not like a shotgun? Sounds interesting.

 

[Kloud_Strife]

I like the idea, though it sounds a bit like the multiple height upgrade for the pistol, which has been rejected before...
But it seems like a good idea!

 

[Mccuish]

seems interesting :D

 

[GangstaCity180]

What they all said. It does seem interesting, Though it is very similar to ze shotgun.

 

[hihihilolHI]

What they all said. It does seem interesting, Though it is very similar to ze shotgun.

Some of you may say this is similar to shotgun, but the purpose of this is to be used in bigger fights or to drive people back. Also it is two blocks high, so you can't jump it, forcing you to run.

 

[DarthLego5679]

I could see this used for clearing the CP on KOTH.

 

[hihihilolHI]

I could see this used for clearing the CP on KOTH.

I didn't think of that, but now that you mention it, that would be an excellent use of the flamethrower.
edit: As long as you don't run into it and kill yourself :)

 

[minecrafter1414]

Alkatraz has stated in a different thread that multiple height weapons are "not going to happen."

http://blocktopia.net/forum/threads/tnt-wars-upgrades-suggestion-thread.351/page-3

 

[hihihilolHI]

I think he meant multiple height pistols and lasers that counter jumping, this is multiple height, but you can just run because it would move at walking speed, its main use would be to trap someone against a wall or clear control points as Darth said.
EDIT: Just curious, is this codable?

 

[Hunter]

Multi height weapons won't happen.

 

[DarthLego5679]

I would like to point out that TNT, nukes, rockets, mines, and mortars are all multi-height.
Really, we should let @Alkatraz have his opinion on this, instead of us all speculating on what he would say.
He might say no, he might say yes. Let's ask and see, shall we?

 

[Hunter]

...I realized that a while back. I know that the "Multi height weapons" meant a 2D plane, such as shotgun tilted 90 degrees. Tnt and other explosions use three dimensions.

 

[DarthLego5679]

I went out to the testing area and made up a quick example.
Is this what it might look like, hihihi?

Spoiler

The bricks are lava which belongs to the farthest right block. Mossy is the block you place(Can be any block).
Might not get much wider after this, but this shows the general idea, I hope.

 

[Alkatraz]

Aye, what I meant by multi height weapons was double height lasers etc. As in a 2D surface on multiple layers.

I'm not AGAINST this idea, I'm just not sure how much it'd be used. (And also we have nobody to code it unless KingSam thinks it's the best idea in the world and attempts to).

 

[hihihilolHI]

I went out to the testing area and made up a quick example.
Is this what it might look like, hihihi?

Spoiler

The bricks are lava which belongs to the farthest right block. Mossy is the block you place(Can be any block).
Might not get much wider after this, but this shows the general idea, I hope.

Ya, thats the general idea.
EDIT: Actually, it would go a bit farther forward

 

[Hunter]

...It looks like a six-step shotgun with double height. I just see it being way too powerful.

 

[hihihilolHI]

...It looks like a six-step shotgun with double height. I just see it being way too powerful.

For 50 points?

 

[hihihilolHI]

Aye, what I meant by multi height weapons was double height lasers etc. As in a 2D surface on multiple layers.

I'm not AGAINST this idea, I'm just not sure how much it'd be used. (And also we have nobody to code it unless KingSam thinks it's the best idea in the world and attempts to).

But do you think its code-able?

 

[Marnixxie]

But do you think its code-able?

Not without Destoyerx1 around.

 

[minecrafter1414]

...It looks like a six-step shotgun with double height. I just see it being way too powerful.

Hihi did say it would move at a walking pace, not instantly like a shotgun.