Comments on new business

 Ishmael's comments 7/29/14 starred.

**Overall, I don't understand why we want more explosive bullshit on Era. I honestly believe P4s/Proximity mines etc etc are toxic to gameplay. On the whole, I'd rather not see another business selling a bunch of explosives on the server.
With that opinion in mind, I know new businesses are really limited since all guns are sold in NPC shops. So I'll balance these explosives with the current ones in mind.

Overall, you didn't note whether these explosives have knockback/bleed. I think an overall strategy would be slightly higher damage and sacrifice knockback/bleed.

Very quick recap of current explosives without including ultra-specifics of range/DPS/etc since those weren't included on this sheet.
frag
20 + bleed + knockback
napalm
10 damage over time
nitro
15 initial + 10 damage over time + knockback

Proxy
40 damage

Nuclear/Nuka Corp
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                  Explosives Sold
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$20 = Sticky Plasma Grenades ;-

Upon thrown, if someone runs over it,
it latches onto them.
If the sticky bomb in latched
onto a player he has a
few seconds to run into any
other player, if he runs by that
other player the bomb will stick
to them instead, timer will continue.

Stocking Items = 1 Lead

Damage Ratio = 30hp

**This damage is too high. Put it to 25 without knockback/bleed and you'll be good.


$15 = Plasma Grenades ;-

Plasma Grenades are thrown and set off
upon hitting the area it lands, its very
similar to the frag grenade apart from
its a plasma explosion rather than
a fire explosion.

Stocking Items = 1 Lead

Damage Ratio = 25hp

**If it's similar to the frag grenade, why is it 5 damage more? Either 20 without knockback/bleed or 25 with it but a smaller blast radius.

$15 = Plasma Mine ;-

Plasma mines are placed on the floor
and only set off when an opposing
player walks on or close to the bomb.

Stocking Items = 1 Iron

Damage Ratio = 40-50hp
**These are exactly proximity mines, but 2 bucks more. 40 damage and a slightly slightly bigger trip radius.

$13 = Tear Gas

Upon thrown it releases a smokey
cloud and causes the players
screen to go fuzzy and disfunctioned.

Stocking Items = 1 Iron

Damage Ratio = 10hp if hits player

**These are cheaper concussion nades. Get rid of the hit damage.

$15 = Cluster Bomb ;-

When thrown is similiar to a frag
but explodes into 5 different mini
explosions which can damage a few
different players.

Stocking Items = 1 Lead

Damage Ratio = 20hp on explosion
               5hp if hit by a cluster
** Does this mean it can possibly do 25 damage to someone? Either way, too high. Currently it's a frag with 5 mini-frags. 15 damage for explosion and 5 for cluster hit. Also, does this have knockback/bleed?

$15 = White Phosphorus ;-

Upon thrown it will release a harsh
burning smoke that will do damage every
second you remain in the smokey cloud,
it also slows the persons run down until
out of the cloud.

Stocking Items = 1 Lead

Damage Ratio = 10hp if it hits player
               5hp every second in gas.
**Check on whether the napalms/nitros are 10 damage per second or per some other time. Set it to that and it'll be OK.

$15 = Nuka Grenade ;-

Upon thrown it will release a harsh
radiation smoke that will do 2dmg every
second you remain in the smokey cloud,
it also slows the persons run down until
out of the cloud.

Stocking Items = 1 Iron

Damage Ratio = 15hp if it hits player
               8hp every second in gas.
** What's the difference between this and the above except this is much better? This is too overpowered. Just stick with the white phosphorus.

$25 = C4 Explosive ;-

The C4 is an explosive placed by the
player and detonated by the player.
Upon detonation it will burst an
explosive similar to the p4. Difference
being the C4 is detonated by player.

Detonator will slow player down by 60%
until detonated.

Stocking Items = 1 Iron

Damage Ratio = 100hp on explosion
               3hp every seconds you in fire.
**I didn't look up the p4 stats. Make this exactly the same as P4 damagewise.

$30 = Blachhole Grenade ;-

The blackhole grenade upon landing
will drag nearby players into its core
and explode when player reaches the center
of the black hole.

Stocking Items = 1 Iron

Damage Ratio = 5hp while being dragged in
               max damage while being dragged 15hp
               60hp on explosion
** This item should probably not exist on Era. If it does, the radius needs to be TINY and the effect very short. Also, do 30 HP on explosion. Think about how debilitating it's going to be just to have to walk away from the pull while PKing.