Nerfs xray gun

[phil235]

• Nerfs xray gun by giving it a shorter range Fixes Xray lasers OP #9923. Fixes XRAY Lasers are kind of awfully balanced/maybe should exist at all #6928.
  Its range is now 15 tiles.
• Fixes projectile with a range having their range drop faster than it should when passing through things.
• Make vault airlock more explosion resistant (explosion_block var) for consistency.

[SconesC]

high security airlocks

If I paint an airlock high-security, am I powergaming vs Science now?

[AKlimentyev]

👎 to being completely blocked by rwalls. Xray lasers were a good way of killing a relatively bunkered down target or a rogue Ai without needing thermite or huge bombs. Especially not since bombs are getting nerfed with rwalls blocking the explosion more.
Also, Inb4 engie borgs get an airlock painter and malf AIs make xray proof door forts.

[Cheridan]

Look at the code, guys... Paint doesn't matter.

[SconesC]

fug u cheridan

[phil235]

If people aren't happy with reinforced walls blocking the beam I can tweak the values pretty easily.

[ChangelingRain]

Yeah rwalls and secure doors, like the ones for the AI core, should definitely block the beam.

[Kromgar]

How many blob tiles can xray lasers go through

[phil235]

Five if you are right next to it or one tile away. Three if the blob tiles are just out of your sight or one tile further (with no obstacles inbetween). And probably two if there's only one normal wall tile between you and them.

[AKlimentyev]

I don't get why it should be stopped by rwalls though. The xray laser isn't that cheap, and normal walls can be deconstructed or blown up pretty easily. It seems like a major nerf to be unable to shoot into the bridge or sec.

[SconesC]

they're fairly cheap iirc

[Lumipharon]

they only have a really high uranium cost BECAUSE they're pants on head retarded strong in some situations.

[Deputi]

How will the crew win blob? Does blob really need another buff?

[Cheridan]

Xrays being this cheezy hard-counter to Blob isn't good balance. If blobs are too strong lategame then we should fix that directly. The mode shouldn't be determined solely by the crew's ability to rush production of a single weapon type.

[AlexCrimson]

Then maybe you should fix blobs lategame steamrolling rather than nerf the only thing in the game capable of stopping them.

[PKPenguin321]

👎 on making it blocked by things, but 👍 for the range decrease
👎 overall, however

[Lumipharon]

Clusterbangs (if you can make xrays you can make these) also pretty much ggnore blobs but yeah, an anag shouldn't only be counterable by a high end R&D item.

[phil235]

Nevermind, let's just go with only the 15 tiles range nerf..

[WJohn]

I'm okay with this.

[phil235]

Don't mind Travis, he's being silly.