The Quasi-Plasmatic-Massmotron-Electralitic-Atomising-Cannon (Plasma Cannon) is a worthy addition to the less gung-ho Roboteer out there. The newly patented “Coiled Arc Inhibitors” generate phenomenal long distance accuracy, sit back and observe the devastation from a safe distance in your plush hand stitched pyjamas and pilot seat made from the finest replicant Bison hide .The plasma projectile itself is a plethora of destructive elements, a dense military grade core containing subtronically charged molecules that are just dying to set themselves free with a thunderous bang.
Here is an video trailer showing the Plasma Cannons in actions in the Robocraft multiplayer battles, now live online.
PLASMA CANNON DETAILS:
- Plasma Cannons fire projectiles of Plasma energy which are highly destructive to Robots
- Plasma projectiles have a high velocity so have a very large range
- Projectiles aimed at the right angle can travel from the team base to near the middle of the map
- You need to aim above your target and need to judge the projectile velocity and gravity to get the distance of impact correct
- You need to ‘lead’ your target depending on how fast they are moving and how far away they are
- All Plasma Cannons on your Robot fire simultaneously (up to a maximum of 6)
- Plasma projectiles explode on impact causing damage to everything within the blast radius
- If the blast radii of multiple projectiles overlaps then you do combined damage to the cubes in the overlapped area
- The fire rate decreases as you add more Plasma Cannons to your Robot, i.e. the opposite of Laser Cannons
- The fire rate with just 1 Plasma Cannon is about 1 per second, with 6 Cannons it is 6 seconds in between shots
- Hitting the floor near your target will still damage the target as long as they are within the blast radius
- It is possible to hit multiple targets at once with one blast radius
- The damage of the Plasma blast is more intense at the centre and weak at the edges
- A direct hit of a few Plasma Cannon projectiles on a Robot of equal Tier can make a huge hole in the Robot and often destroy it
- Direct hits are quite difficult and require more skill than the Laser Cannons
- Turret rotation speed of the Plasma Cannon is very slow, up close a fast Robot with Laser Cannons or a fast flier can out manoeuvre your Plasma Turret
- Plasma Cannons can only be Top-Mounted, they cannot be placed underneath or on the side of your Robot
- You must choose either Laser Cannons or Plasma Cannons on your Robot, you cannot mix-and-match
- If you team up with Robot with Laser Cannons you can have him go ahead and block the path of the incoming whilst you hang back and cause devastation with your Plasma Cannons, this pairing was quite effective in our tests
- The Plasma Cannon has a custom cross hair which shows the recharge time
- The recharge time is also audible, and you get a nice ‘clunk’ when they are ready to fire again
