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Beamrifles

Adds a set of energy rifles spread across tiers 3, 5, and 7. These beamrifles operate closer to modern laser weaponry: an infrared beam used to damage targets through sudden heating.

These weapons are named and intended for cavalry-esque hit-and-run playstyles. Each weapon has a capacitor in addition to it's energy cell slot. Attached to this capacitor is a hand crank allowing its user to charge the capacitor out of combat.

[Notice: I am chronically ill and am on an extended modding vacation. If my insurance decides to cover my autoimmune treatment again I will resume modding. Any user updates / edits of any of my mods have my blessing. Please contact me on steam or discord if you want advice on how to update these mods]

Infrared loses heat as it travels, limiting their effective range compared to laser weaponry.

Unlike vanilla lasers, beamrifle beams change temperature along their vector and especially to their target. Pools of water vaporize into steam, and ambient shrubs burst into flames as a firefight carries on. I capped the effects so most item drops will not burn unless explicitly targeted.

Lancer Beamrifle
Capacitor: 250
Charges 10/turn out of combat
50 charge to fire
7 penetration, 2d2 damage
+100 degrees on hit

Dragoon Beamrifle
Capacitor: 600
Charges 20/turn out of combat
75 charge to fire
8 penetration, 2d4 damage
+150 degrees on hit

Paladin Beamrifle
Capacitor: 1000
Charges 50/turn regardless of combat
100 charge to fire
9 penetration, 2d6 damage
+200 degrees on hit

Where does this mod go from here?
Swap recharging to recharge whenever the player passes their turn, rather than depending on combat state.
Raise recharge speed, capacitor size, and charge to fire, so the guns depend more on their unique mechanic.
Finish implementing the beamcannon, a heavy weapon beamrifle, once I can find a niche for it between the flamethrower and chain laser.
Finish implementing the repeating beamrifle, a carbine beamrifle once I figure out how to make multi-shot laser weapons satisfying to use.
General balance pass after I've done a few more runs of playtesting.

yes, I DID just play through Fo4 why do you ask