Displacer Cannon
Class: 6
Ammo Used: Plutonium
Maximum Clip Capacity: N/A
Maximum Ammo Capacity: 100
Best Used Against: Anything tough
Range: Long
Accuracy: Medium
Damage Potential: Extreme
If you need to get rid of an opponent by the fastest means possible, Opposing Force's new displacer cannon has no equal. Operating somewhat like the BFG in Doom and Quake II, the displacer fires off a huge orb of energy that damages anything it passes by and completely obliterates anything it hits directly. There's not much thinking involved with the displacer; simply point and shoot. However, the more accurate you are with the glowing orb, the more damage you'll inflict on your foe. The displacer uses 20 points of plutonium with each shot in primary fire mode (it can carry a total of 100).
The displacer does have a few unique uses. In the single-player game, the alternate fire mode acts as a gateway to Xen. Once you press the alternate fire button, the displacer cannon, using 60 points of plutonium, will instantly transport you to the alien world of Xen. Unfortunately, it doesn't work in all areas of the game. Furthermore, sometimes you'll appear in a very undesirable spot inside Xen (such as in midair with nothing underneath you). Other times, though, you might find yourself next to a healing pool (a small blue pool) or even next to a trapped scientist. Always save your game before using the displacer's secondary fire mode.
In a multiplayer game, the alternate fire button serves to teleport the user around the map. If you're under fire from several enemy players, and if you've got at least 60 points of plutonium in storage, just load up the displacer and press the alternate fire button. You'll appear somewhere else on the map. Keep in mind you might teleport to an equally dangerous location.
Spore Launcher
Class: 7
Ammo Used: Spores
Maximum Clip Capacity: 5
Maximum Ammo Capacity: 20
Best Used Against: Anything tough
Range: Long
Accuracy: Medium
Damage Potential: High
A new alien-based weapon for Opposing Force, the spore launcher operates like a combination of rocket launcher and grenade launcher. In primary fire mode, the spore launcher launches a deadly alien spore. These are found in the spore patches scattered around the levels (the green-yellow blobs). Once you pick up a spore, if you wait a few moments, another will grow in its place. Though the spore launcher lacks the projectile speed and laser-tracking ability of the standard rocket launcher, it holds more ammunition, and that ammunition is readily available.
In secondary fire mode, the spore launcher operates like a grenade launcher. Instead of the projectile shooting straight forward, the spore is lobbed much like a grenade from the MP-5. It doesn't explode on impact, though, and bounces extremely fast and haphazardly, so you'll have to time your destruction well.
The spore launcher works wonders against Opposing Force's tougher enemies, especially the shock troopers and Black Ops. Nearly every creature will explode into bits from just one spore launched into its torso. Fire the spore launcher in grenade mode down tight hallways, and watch enemy players attempt to dodge Opposing Force's version of the "super bouncy ball."
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