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So this idea is inspired by a favorite weapon for the Xbox game series gears of War.

This would be an interesting weapon.

The weapon works similar to a sniper or a long arm having a very fast rate of travel and high accuracy. The explosive arrow detonates seconds after impact causing a immediate kill. But also can kill on impact if the target is struck in the head in wich case the arrow(bolt) travels throw the head and then sticks walls and surroundings to still detonate seconds after impact, sometimes even traveling through the target to impact a target behind the intended target and then detonating resulting in two kills from one shot this is called a TRICK SHOT or a HAT TRICK.

So my idea is that much like gears of War this weapon should have 5 shots befor reload and the reload time should be about half as long as need to reload a long arm sniper rifle. It should also hit harder when the target is further away. But since there are no head shots in mech arena I suggest that this weapon have the ability to actually pierce through enemy's when they are lined up. Bots and players who like to hide behind each other will find that strategy less effective when faced with this weapon.

The impact should cause its own damage and the the explosion that comes shortly after should deal 3 or 4 times more damage. Now to talk about functionality this weapon should not shoot when the fire button is pressed but instead should begin to cook and once cooked when the fire button is released it should then fire. Cook time should take around 2.5 seconds and failure to fully cook the bolt will result in to little tourqe build up and a bolt that lands at the mechs feet possible causing self damage if the player fails to escape the bolts detonation radius.

Finally I think a detonation radius about 1.3 times a large as the rpg's radius would be a fair on.

If your not familiar with the tourqe bow maybe look up some videos of gamplay in gears of War to see how this weapon could be incorporated in to mech arena. I think it would be really interesting to see.

Sincerely - Feralsworn