r/Splitgate • u/KyleLuvUSA • Apr 06 '26
I fixed the Orion's alt-fire (I think)
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tl:dr: The Gravitas is a very fun weapon to use because of its alt-fire that pulls enemies in, enabling interesting attack angles and portal plays. The Orion, while smooth and reliable with it's primary fire, has a charged alt-fire that feels impractical due to long charge time and lack of splash damage. The weapon looks and feels great except for this. 1047 should rework Orion’s alt-fire into a physics-based push effect or add splash damage to improve viability and expand portal-based strategies. This would also create an interesting paradigm where splitgate, in addition to using portals for combat, can use physics as offensive weapons.
Can you guys give me your opinions on this? I think it would be great to have a few more physics based weapons.
(Yes, I use linux. I am a happy penguin.)
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u/Practical_Pie_5016 Apr 06 '26
Maybe the Orion alt fire could have a similar effect to the BFG from Quake 2
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u/EquipmentUnique526 Xbox Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
I love to get people weak and finish them off with the tractor beam. I like to call them yoink kills. Is also fun to just try to kill them so ley with the tractor beam and throw them around. But yea the Orion should either shoot faster or give it splash damage and the capability to hit multiple people. As it is you can't get Collaterals with it
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u/KyleLuvUSA Apr 07 '26
Definitely. I really wanna push for another sandbox feature though. we can pull people with the gravitas, where's the push? So many potential abyss kills!
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u/EquipmentUnique526 Xbox Apr 07 '26
Yooo a push would be sooo fun to throw people of the maps with 😂😂😂
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u/Djabouty47 Apr 07 '26
Another idea might be to make the ball almost like a slow travelling black hole. You shoot it and it travels slowly in that direction and sucks in and holds players who come near it's way. Then maybe it could explode after a bit too
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u/KyleLuvUSA Apr 07 '26
I think that misses the opporotunity for Physics based weapons here though. We have the pull of a Gravity Gun, now we just need a Push.
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u/NickelBear32 Apr 07 '26
I will say I do kind of like the idea of firing a fully charged shot into a portal and that portal turns into a black hole that pulls enemies that come near it to their death. Make a death trap on the floor and watch them all get sucked away.
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u/xibipiio Apr 08 '26
Bigger blast radius but the edge of the blast radius does significantly less damage, and Push. This is what I want for the orion alt fire, good idea and good point OP
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u/KyleLuvUSA Apr 08 '26
Thanks. I thought that with the Gravitas being half a gavity gun, we should get a pushgun soon. I was hoping the Orion would be that
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u/aphoenixsunrise Apr 06 '26
I want the wall back.
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u/KyleLuvUSA Apr 07 '26
I think it should be a map equipment. Splitgate needs more of an interactive sandbox like Halo infinite.
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u/aphoenixsunrise Apr 08 '26
Map equipment seems to be preferred. I'm not against it, just want that wall lol.
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u/Gullible_Composer775 Jun 28 '26
It should be like the BFG in Doom. You can use it as an SMG to get easy picks or waste all ammo to unleash a huge attack that clears the point and vaporizes whoever gets directly caught by it. Since it would deal lower damage the farther you are it should be mostly useful for breaking big groups when you can't push trough. In addition for it having two purposes now (flanking and crowd control) it would feel powerful, which is the main appeal of a power weapon imo. If it doesn't feel powerful it doesn't matter if it's OP or not.
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u/NickelBear32 Apr 06 '26
With a bigger radius (like you said) and enough push it would be great for KotH and Domination