Acquirable Howitzer

[elchapetas]

Can anyone make an acquirable howitzer? Boomer artillery just owns and it'll be great to have such firepower at the push of a button.

Here's my vision of how it could be implemented:

Through some marked or unmarked quest, you come to know of or directly find or even purchase a working/repairable howitzer (I leave the story however you see fit to design). Once it's restored or "pulled out of the hole" or whatever, you are able to push it around by yourself, but as can be expected, that's not the fastest way to transport it, so then you might want to acquire "accesories", for example a brahmin or an engine to quickly move it around. You can even further fix it and/or add mods just like the man portable weapons (mods you can craft or purchase), same could be made for the ammo, being craftable or having to purchase or find it scattered around.

There is a mod that already apporaches my concept, however it is of very crude design. Here's a video:

The mod is the Real Time Settler.

Firing mechanics are decent in my opinon, and of course, I don't like 1 bit the idea of being able to lift it in the air. I think the deployment mechanics could be that the cannon needs first to be detached from its propulsor, leaving it in a sort of middle deployment state which let's you rotate it in the angle you prefer, and then, firmly attach it to the ground to be fired.

Lastly, for the sake of gameplay, you can just leave it anywhere, being immune to robbery. Or maybe have some garage or some safe place to store it.

If you want to bother with seeking a realistic approach (of sorts) to the howitzer transportation, the concept of these 2 mods could very well fill the gap of how the hell you can fast travel 100 miles with a howitzer in 2 hours.

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/37708/?

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/40571/?

Transportation could be handled in tiers, you move it at half walking speed, brahmin moves it at little more than walking speed, engine moves it at running speed, and vehicle allows you fast travel with it.

Well, I think that pretty much sums up my ideas for the inclusion and "balancing" of a howitzer in the game, explore and question people around, find out about the howitzer, and pay the price of buying/excavating/fixing, gasoline/fuel, brahmin/engines and ammunition if you want to have access to such awesome firepower, ooor... just place it in your inventory if immersion just makes you yawn.

So that's it, what do you guys think? Edited May 8, 2013 by elchapetas

[CrimsonFist501]

I like the idea maybe it weighs about 400 pounds ingame go its harder to move around, but maybe it takes a while to disassemble to. i think a cost of around 20000 would be sufficient for purchase and would work great with player homes, i can't mod myself, but im supporting you on this one great idea.