What weapon types would you like to see added to vanilla?

As the title says, what types of weaponry would you like to see added or expanded upon in vanilla Starbound?
Random Generated weapons, structured, or epic loots. Melee, Ranged, or other.

Personally, like I've been working on, I'd like to see vanilla Arm Cannons as random generated drops.

I'd also like to see some form of throwing weapons that either build up ammo over time, or use energy instead of being an expendable item.

 

I would love to see multiple weapon types added to the game such as rapiers, kusarigamas, and polearms.
It would also be amazing if they added secondary functions to all kinds of weapons like they did for broadswords.

 

Part of the big combat update is adding special moves to the right clicks of weapons. I'm looking forward to that.

 

Specialized Daggers.

Back in the days of pre-combat rework, I used to main dual-wielding Hylotl daggers, and those things were beasts, with great dps, and burst, when used together, but it would seem like this kind of gameplay style has been ditched in favor of more defensive Shield play.

Id quite like to have a "Flurry" special move, or maybe just a period of time where you could reflect enemy projectiles, maybe even a steathed buff whilst activating em, and get a Backstab crit or damage buff, something of that sort, but with respectable damage.

Other than that, techy adaptations of normal weaponry, and more advanced, non tradition weaponry.

Id quite like to have a Neon blue Pulse Baseball bat as a weapon, wouldn't you?Maybe even some Pneumatic Gauntlets?

Or just a Resonance Detonator, a singularity grenade, a hovering machine drone to the likes of the Apex staff, or just a Sonic Detonator.

 

I want special 'fist' weapons to make my dreams of space monk-ery and punching dragons a reality.
Any game I can punch a dragon in the face to death becomes that much more awesome.

 

Or C4 for SCIENCE, because that can be very useful for mining.

 

I'd like spears and hammer/axes to be expanded. They seem like they'll take a back seat to the longsword's block and range making it a very safe melee weapon.

I'm a fan of generated weaponry, but there are some legendaries I love to have.

 

Gunblades would be an awesome addition

 

Well that's GREAT idea, but both of them, gunblade from Final Fantasy games, and C4 for SCIENCE.

 

grenadeblade now that would be awesome

 

Would that be a weapon that somehow explodes on each hit while remaining intact (like that one guy's spear in One Piece), or a grenade that fires SWORDS in all directions?

 

I was thinking it would be left click fires a grenade while right click would swing the blade

 

Yes. (Now seriously, it could be both).

Quite a few(In fact, I did a suggestion to add them, among other things):
Burstguns: A variation on assault rifles that shoots in bursts, but would have a delay between shots. The advantage on assault rifles is that they would be more accurate and deal more damage per hit.
Automatic Shotguns: The already-existing shotguns that can shoot more than 2.5 times per second, as they are different enough from slower shotguns.
SMGs: Deal a massive amount of DPS, but has a low damage per hit, and isn´t as energy- efficient as other weapons (Meaning that, if you found a SMG with (At tier 5) 420 DPS, it could beliabily have 21 damage per hit, shoot 20 times per second, and would use 16 energy per shot, meaning that it would be basically what happens if you go for quantity being a quality.
Whips: A weak melee weapon that deals both a low DPS and DPH, but that deals a random amount of damage, meaning that it sometimes can deal impressive amounts of damage, has a longer range than other melee weapons, and has various combo-like abilities that can do such things as paralyzing, reducing damage, increase damage taken... making it a bad main weapon, but a very good support one.

 

Hmm... good question...

I wouldn't mind seeing:
1. A whip is a few forms; regular taming leather whip to an fancy beam whip. Maybe even an electric whip that would work similar to ivy in soul caliber, but a bit more shocking. Whips would be good to have a stun effect, or a multitude of things added; mainly a reach like a spear if done right and possibly right click could be a quick closer range type effect.
2. More thrown weapons in the form of returning ammo, like a boomerang/discus of some kind. The discus could have a energy flare all around it in the shape of a flaring serrated saw blade. Boomerang could have counterparts as well; having one edge or the whole thing energy up in flight to give a plasma, shocking, or fire-like effect.
3. Claws, knuckles, and many different fist fight type weapons. This also could have things of both, as the claws could extend like a light saber, but a shorter distance.
4. Darts, blowpipes, and some advanced equivalents. Blowpipes might work similar to guns & Darts similar to thrown weapons; at least a starter ground.
5. Some more that are made for obvious humor. Example being a rubber chicken, or rice ball. The latter comes to mind is a food fight, but generally things with some light humor or at least obvious for it. After all we have folding chairs.
6. Maybe more polearms, can never have enough. Well what I mean is ones that may attack differently, like a halberd. Not really meant to stab, as it is a defensive weapon. I would imagine that one working like a long reach downward slash, and pulling the pole back; while the secondary click could be a hold ground type function for charging enemies. Think horses running into a spear wall.
7. Boa staff. I think that is how you spell it. but basically a long stick used in martial arts and quick ease of movement with versatile use. In the game it could be something similar to a thrust & swipe up n down; while having a secondary move spinning to deflect shots, or some/most. Of course the sci-fi variant as well, would be a darth maul light saber type weapon. Really do need more light saber like weapons.
8. More grenade types that can be thrown, and maybe even a land mine; or would that be a proximity mine... Either case it would be a thrown weapon, although...
9. Traps, being able to set some down; from simple to more sci-fi ones. This could be used for enemy and/or for a possible addition to the farming tree; think ranching. In other words ones that don't require the wiring to be used. Like to have more of both types.

Hmm... That is all I can think of for the moment, even if I have others in mind, but some are already in... to an extent.

 

Basically the Manipulator weapons replaced with more Engineer themed weaponry like flame-throwers, radiation weaponry, deployable turrets, etc. Thematically the only races the current "wizard" role fits with is the Glitch and Avians, maybe the Florans too. But on the more technologically advanced races they stick out like a sore thumb.

 

A death star would be nice.

 

A Graviton Beam Emitter will be definitely nice... againsssst Tentacles.

 

Bo staff would be awesome.