Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-10394435-20130831164029/@comment-23891957-20140622062234

Oasegenggam wrote:

Throws-Many-Darts wrote:

Oasegenggam wrote: What do you think about my Rapid-Raider carbines. The short version: They're good for a first attempt, but there's much more to it than what's shown there. Try again, and harder. You wanna restart this again huh? Saying my gun is just a pile of parts, well pal it's the same with yours. It's the same with everyone's. The entirety of Build-A-Blaster is throwing a pile of parts together. How you do it is what makes one work better than another.

It's like writing a story. In reality, you're throwing a bunch of words together, which in themselves are a bunch of characters, which in themselves have no meaning- but that jumble of words can convey more meaning than anyone could imagine.

I decided to look closer at your RRC and I've noticed some seriously bad slip ups. And, just for you, I point out a few functional design flaws since you seem to care about those.

First off, you used a Retaliator midsection. Never use the Retaliator midsection unless you want the mag. Judging by the fact that you covered the mag up with a Rayven mag, it's pretty obvious you didn't want it.

Also, it looks like you used a Hail-Fire handle for the acceleration trigger... but then you placed the Retaliator midsection over it. Because of that, your blaster has two triggers, or I guess a really long one with a strange black triangle in the middle. It looks hideous, and is in no way ergonomically feasible- how are you supposed to fit your finger into that?

You should have stuck with just the Hail Fire handle, and used the Barricade attachment point or the Vigilon front to square it off.

Also of note- because you used almost entirely Retaliator parts, it looks like nothing more than a Retaliator with a couple Rayven parts stuck onto it for no reason. Add some variety- make something fresh.

You also misaligned the Barricade attachment point and the Retal stock. The top of the Retal stock's attachment point and the top of the Barricade attachment point (sans tacrail) should be aligned. Here, it is clearly not. It looks strange and throws off the profile of the whole blaster.

All in all:

'''Try. Harder.'''