Laser rifels!

[BiggusGeekus]

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8275

Problems

1) It looks really stupid. I've seen paint guns that are more meanacing.

2) It only has a "blind" setting? Lame. What about "mega-zorch"? If I'm shooting a laser rifle I want my target turned to dust except for his shoes.

3) No grenade launcher attachments. I could live with a normal grendade, but a laser rifle really should use plasma grenades.

4) It's not really a "rifle" unless the barrel is all carved up on the inside, right? This is a laser carbine. Who shoots a laser carbine? Not Han Solo, that's for damn sure.

5) Did I mention how stupid it looks?

Oh well, this is just the beta version after all. Hopefully they'll work out these bugs.

 

[Infiniti2000]

2) It only has a "blind" setting? Lame. What about "mega-zorch"? If I'm shooting a laser rifle I want my target turned to dust except for his shoes.

Well, apparently if you had a mega-zorch setting, then it wouldn't get banned. Blinding people is bad. Zorching them is okay.

 

[kenobi65]

The design can be explained by the fact that they call it a PHASR. Looks like bad Star Trek design to me.

And, personally, I want my laser rifle to have the "Flambe" and "Mertilize" settings.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Does it come with a laser sight? I hope not, those can blind people!

And I heard I has a bayonet mount for a Nerf sword.

 

[Warrior Poet]

Whoops, never mind.

Warrior Poet

 

[Umbran]

1) It looks really stupid. I've seen paint guns that are more meanacing.

Well, if you're blinded, do you really care how it looks??

 

[Crothian]

can we place a orange tip on the end so people trhing it is actually fake?

 

[KenM]

The thing just screams MOVIE PROP to me.

 

[Del]

In Calgary in 98 I was attacked by and temporarily blinded by someone weilding a high powered penlight. **** that disoriented me.

Since then over the years I have thrown together a few makeshift penlight weapon designs in my head. I don't see what is so original about this "PHASR".

 

[AIM-54]

Yeah, but if you make it out of hefty enough material, it looks like it could make a very serviceable bludgeon...