The Idea
With the introduction of the Siege Weapons alongside the release of the Dark Sea, I’ve been having a lot of fun playing around with the Mortars.
But what if you launched players instead of Cannonballs? It’s an absolutely crazy idea and seems completely nonsensical and silly, but I think it at least has some potential uses. It’s a long shot, but here it goes.
Possible Uses
- The Dark Sea: Not everybody likes climbing those super duper high islands, and launching
yourself upwards might save you the time of climbing up and down to grab all those chests. - Boarding Ships: I see his being used to board ships mainly in PvP scenarios. If someone is speeding away from you, then you can launch someone into the enemy ship to catch up to them.
- Schmovement: No longer need to wish you had a max intensity wind build friend to launch you up the stepstones, lol.
The Details
A player would get into the Cannon by holding “Q.” After that, The player inside can either launch themselves or be launched by other players the same way you would launch any other Siege Weapon.
When players are launched, they can’t use any abilities or movement until they touch the ground. They could also take a bit of damage upon launch, and maybe it would be pretty funny if players took damage if you hit a wall while being launched. The range could be limited to a wide cone in front of the ship and have a large cooldown applied to it. As a restriction, I think this object could use a fair amount of Magic Storage on each use.
Additionally, could have things like loading your sealed chests, but I’m not sure if that’s as useful. Alternatively, this weapon could launch a harpoon rope instead which players can use as a zipline.
Here are some examples of games that have done stuff like this before:
Sea of Thieves
Airship Assault
Possible Lore
This Player Launcher Cannon could originate from the Sky Islands, using the same technology used to keep Skyships afloat. However, instead of using all those clouds to push a ship upwards, it’s a giant explosion of it to propel the player forward. It could be made of Arcannium Metal and therefore would need Ship Magic Storage to use.
Name Ideas
cuz idk what to name this to fit into lore
- Cloudcannon
- Stratus Sling
- Contrail Catapult
- Maybe something related to Icarus or Daedalus
Feel Free to Reply with any additional ideas and criticism, it’ll be appreciated.
As of now, I’m having difficulty coming up with a name. I’m also looking to see if there could be any alternative uses or applications.
Upvotes will help a lot if you wanna see this idea in game!
