30XX:Aiming Gear

Aiming Gear
8-directional goodness! (Fusion: Aim)
Statistics
Type	Power
Effects
20 base damage 5 Energy Cost

Aiming Gear is a Power for Nina, Vika and Delta. It allows the player to fire gear-shaped projectiles in 8 directions which roll along surfaces that they don't directly collide into. Up to three gear projectiles can be on-screen at once, though this limit ignores shots that have been active for more than 1 second.

When used by Delta, the gear cannot be aimed manually. It will automatically aim towards the nearest enemy, even if they're not aligned to the 8 cardinal directions.

Power Fusions

Aiming Gear's fusion effect is Aim; as this should imply, it gives all weapons it is fused with the ability to aim in the eight cardinal directions.

• Zen Mortar (Aiming Mortar)
  • 10 NRG cost.
  • Fires a mortar in one of eight directions, following an arc if fired upwards and dealing 50 base damage.
  • On second button press, splits into 8 fiery gears that spread out in all directions, each dealing 20 base damage.
• Crystal Wave (Aiming Crystal)
  • 8 NRG cost.
  • Fires a crystal in any of eight directions that can freeze a single enemy on contact, dealing 20 base damage.
  • If this would defeat an enemy, it keeps on travelling.
  • If this hits a wall, it will create a small block that lasts about 3 seconds.
• Rending Whirl (Aiming Whirl)
  • 15 NRG cost.
  • A tornado that can be fired in 8 cardinal directions, but only appears on one side of Nina.
  • Deals 15 base damage up to 5 times for 75 total damage.
• Crushing Void (Crushing Slam)
  • 20 NRG cost.
  • A dashing tackle that can be aimed in 8 directions, dealing 40 base damage, plus 8 base damage per bonus point of run speed.
  • The tackle gives full immunity to all enemies, projectiles, and hazards for its entire duration.
  • Can only be used once in the air, unless it defeats an enemy.
• Negation Pulse (Negation Gears)
  • 20 NRG cost.
  • A shield of four gears that will orbit the player.
  • Each gear does 20 base damage, and can block a single projectile before disappearing.
• Jagged Bolt (Divine Gear)
  • 8 NRG cost.
  • Fires a fan of 3 small projectiles at 30-degree angles which home in on enemies and deal 10 base damage each.
• Autodrone (Twin Fangs)
  • 8 NRG cost.
  • Throws two Gear Rollys; one upwards, one downwards. (25 base damage)
  • The Rollys will stick to floors, ceilings, and walls.
  • The Rollys are also aimable.

Stage Interactions

• Highvault: Rides the tornadoes generated by Tornado Machines, and deals 999 damage to them.
• Deepverse: Rotates Boltpairs.

Demo GIFs

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  Aiming Gear

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  Aiming Gear fused with Zen Mortar

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  Aiming Gear fused with Crystal Wave

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  Aiming Gear fused with Rending Whirl

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  Aiming Gear fused with Crushing Void

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  Aiming Gear fused with Negation Pulse; the result resembles Flameshield, a power from 20XX

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  Aiming Gear fused with Jagged Bolt

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  (Old) Aiming Gear fused with Autodrone

History

• Early Access 0.40.0: Removed shot cooldown; instead, it now has an onscreen limit of three gears, similar to how the N-Buster works.
• Early Access 0.36.0:
  • Cooldown between shots increased to 0.25 seconds (250 ms, up from 37.5 ms).
  • Its Crushing Void fusion is now only usable once in the air. Previously, it could be used infinitely in the air.
• Early Access 0.35.0:
  • Due to the energy rework, now costs 5 NRG (originally cost 0.5).
  • Reworked a majority of Aiming Gear's fusions.
  • Fusions now provide the same result regardless of fusion order.
• Early Access 0.29.0: Added interactions in Highvault and Deepverse.
• Early Access 0.24.0: Can now be fused with Jagged Bolt.
• Public Demo 2: Released.