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Pipegun updates and glowup (tgstation#83063)
## About The Pull Request Updates pipeguns with a brand new set of sprites. Also comes with pipe pistols; plinkier versions of the pipegun.    Alters pipeguns away from utilizing shotgun/rifle ammunition towards a bespoke junk round ammo. These shells are crafted similarly to current improvised shells. This also removes improvised shells as a shotgun ammo type. (these new shells aren't shotgun shells to begin with, they're more like rifle bullets) Crafting junk rounds produces an entirely unknown projectile in the shell. You won't know what you get until you fire the gun. Almost in every instance, however, the shot is beneficial towards killing things. And they all do about the same amount of damage, so there is hopefully never a round you didn't want to fire in the gun. Fighting someone with a pipegun is usually predictable for what amount of damage it will do, but any additional effects it might have is going to be an unknown factor. They also brutalize borgs, which is a quality that improvised shells had previously. Pipeguns operate as they did before, and do roughly 40 damage per shot with the majority of their ammo types (less than what they do currently with .310). They only have one shell in the gun at a time, so every time they're fired, they must be reloaded. Pipe pistols do roughly 15 damage per shot, but hold more ammo than the bigger pipegun. However, they're more likely to veer off-course. There are regal versions of each of these weapons, and each are more potent respective of their general rarity. Having one is going to be a lot more noteworthy. ### Minor changes Some more clothing items can carry pipeguns in their suit storage. The icemoon hermit spawns with a heroic laser musket rather than a regal pipegun (partially because it is too difficult for the hermit to get more ammo for their gun, and also because the regal pipegun is a more powerful weapon than previously) ## Why It's Good For The Game It has been a few years since I added the pipegun, and time was never particularly kind to it. There are alternative weapons now with interesting mechanics of their own. The ammunition it used has changed considerably. And it simply didn't ever feel like a 'junk gun' in a way that was fun. The original mechanics added to give it that feeling were just not fun to experience and were removed. So the pipegun has been left as 'a shitty version of X'. Even the regal pipegun was, at the end of the day, a shittier version of either a shotgun or cargo rifle. It didn't feel right not having some kind of unique quality to using these weapons that help them express themselves as unpredictable trash weapons built inside of maintenance. But I expressly didn't want to make it 'unpredictable' in a way that felt unfair on the person getting shot either. So just giving it more damage was right out. As a compromise, I reduced the overall lethality of the weapons while introducing a gimmick that will appeal to those wanting to play out the role of a homeless lunatic with a shitty homemade gun stalking maintenance. A 'chaos gun' so to speak. Maybe that will appeal to people. ## Changelog :cl: balance: Reworks pipeguns to use an unpredictable 'junk round'. You won't know what you're shooting until you fire it. add: Introduces a pistol version of the pipegun; the pipe pistol. It is inaccurate and does significantly less damage, but more portable and has more ammunition in the gun. image: Updates the visuals of the pipeguns. balance: Also improves the Regal varieties of these weapons. By a lot. balance: More articles of clothing can be used to carry pipeguns in suit storage. balance: The Icemoon Hermit comes with a Heroic Laser Musket instead of a Regal Pipegun. remove: Improvised shells (the shotgun shell) has been replaced with improvised junk shells (which don't work with shotguns but do work with pipeguns). /:cl: --------- Co-authored-by: Jacquerel <[email protected]>
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