Beetlebore

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The Beetlebore has been in the game for a while; Lanth tried it out while playing at Flagship in September 2006, but it's not yet shown up in any screenshots.

Name: Beetlebore
Type: Pistol weapon
Damage Type: Physical, splash.
Max Mod Slots: Unknown

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Most of what we know about this weapon comes from Lanth's play report.

One gun I got later in the game was a beetlebore which shoots out a small explosive charge that does area affect damage. If you simply shoot it as fast possible (hold down mouse button), you will shoot 1 beetlebore at a time out, with maybe a 0.75 second delay between them. This was a fairly weak way of using the gun. If you waited some time between shooting (ie, took your finger off the mouse button, or in between monster packs while you weren't shooting), then the next shot you did would be powered up to some extent and would shoot multiple beetles at once. It seemed to shoot about 12 or so at the maximum charge and this was enough to kill most monsters I came across in 1 shot. The charge up for this was approximately 5-6 seconds, however there was no gauge or meter to tell exactly when the weapon was fully (or partially) 'charged' to get this bigger affect. Something may be put in for this in the future.
--Lanthanide, September 2006, Flagship Visit Report