ideas for bots,mechanics and weapons

Concept: Jikun Hu's evolution
S-size land ZERO. Locked parts but free engine slot on his back.
Jikun Hu has decided to incorporate gun skills into his training. As a consequence, he now prefers guns instead of his martial art abilities, but has learned to combine both together.

Comes with no hand weapons, but has leg subweapon and starts off with one main weapon, a Pierce Pistol.  All guns available to Hu fire unique Pierce Projectiles.  Unlike standard pierce gun projectiles, these new ones are unique in that they have armor-piercing capabilities.

Pierce Pistol (PP)
Force 15 (Up to 10 shots before cooldown)
Ammo 300
Range 250
Speed 360
Int 360

Transformation (by drawing weapon) dispells items in both hands as Hu will hold currently equipped weapon with both hands.
Leg subweapon's abilities will be determined by Zero carts, AND be determined by whether or not he's transformed, and what weapon Hu is holding. Right out of the box, untransformed, or while equipped with the PP, he'll perform his usual kick combo. The same holds true while certain weapons are equipped, as long as a zero cart that alters the leg subweapon is not taken.

Left arm's main ability will require a zero cart, available on both paths. Once cart is activated, Hu will attach a beam shield emitter to his left forearm as part of the transformation. Hu can use the emitter to temporarily generate a beam shield for up to 5 seconds, allowing him to become guard against all projectile attacks until either those 5 seconds elapse, or the LMB is released, whichever comes first. Hu cannot use any of his guns while guarding.  This ability will function identically to Sylvia's guard, with the same effects (Doesn't stop melee damage, CV while guarding), and the same use limit (Up to 30 seconds of guarding, split into a maximum of 5-second periods as mentioned).

Hu can gain a second weapon, or even change his starting pistol with a different weapon, based on the Zero path that is picked on his first level-up. Whenever Hu gains a second weapon after using the zero cart to unlock that weapon, his right arm's sub ability will become available. Using it will cycle between the two weapons

On one path, Hu will gain a Pierce Assault Rifle as a second weapon, and gain the ability to perform more damaging melee attacks.

Pierce Assault Rifle (PAR)
Force 20 (3-shot bursts)
Ammo 360
Range 330
Speed 450
Int 200 (300int cooldown between bursts)

Hu is still able to use his guard ability while holding the PAR, provided that cart was taken. Leg subweapon while equipped with PAR is still the standard kick combo

One zero cart available on both paths will unlock the melee ability on that path's guns (with exceptions). When taken, Hu can start a melee attack using a gun, which involves thrusting the gun forward, and upon a hit, fire multiple shots/single burst into the held-in-place target, and follow up with a quick 2-kick combo. If the initial thrust fails to hit, no shots will be fired and Hu will continue into his 2-kick combo.

The PP/PAR path will also have a cart that will change the leg subweapon ability while holding the PP. This ability will allow Hu to perform a milder version of his sister's Kuten kicks. This will occur even if a melee string is started with a PP punch. Kuten kicks will not be performed while equipped with the PAR.


The other path will provide Hu with a different pair of guns. Upon choosing this path, the PP will be replaced with a new weapon, the Pierce Accelerated Sub-Machine Gun,

Pierce Accelerated Sub-Machine Gun (PASMG)
Force 12 (4-shot bursts)
Ammo 520
Range 240
Speed 500
Int 100 (450int cooldown between bursts)
The bullpup PASMG fires lower-caliber ammo than the PP, but this type of ammo has a very high velocity, which partially makes up for the lower projectile size. Hu can still guard while equipped with the PASMG. Leg subweapon is a standard kick combo.

This path also unlocks a long-range option for Hu, a Pierce Sniper Rifle

Pierce Long Rifle (PLR)
Force 35 (single-shot, not affected by hypershot)
Ammo 200
Range 360
Speed 580
Int 1500 (cooldown between shots affected by hypershot)
A high-caliber anti-armor long rifle, this type of Pierce Gun has some unique features. First, in addition to the standard Pierce projectile properties, the PLR's anti-materiel rounds can pierce through multiple enemies up to its stated range. Second, with the use of the appropriate zero cart, a scope will be attached to the rail running along the top of the weapon.  The scope will have a sub-function that allows Hu to aim through the scope and gain a long-range buff as long as he does so. Hu can NOT guard while equipped with the PLR. The Leg subweapon now only performs a shorter 2-kick combo. This is also the only gun that doesn't have a melee ability (replaced by the scope).
When the scope is used, Hu will drop down to one knee and aim with the scope. While scoped in, he'll be under the effects of a long-range buff. While he can still move by crouch walking/running, his movement speed is reduced to 30% of his actual speed, but his turn rate is not affected (this is not a SLOW debuff). He also cannot dodge side-to-side while scoped unless either Short Boost or Assault Step is taken. If they are, dodging while scoped will have Hu roll in that direction. While rolling, Hu cannot fire the PLR until the roll animation has finished. To disengage scoped mode, simply use the PLR's sub ability again. Alternate ways of disengaging scoped mode include switching weapons, jumping, or performing a leg melee attack.

Whatever weapons Hu has as a result of your cart choices will appear on his model. If he doesn't have a certain weapon, it's not going to appear (eg. One path's guns won't appear on his model if you chose the other path. Each path's second weapon won't appear until you take the cart to unlock it).  Also, if the PLR's scope is not unlocked, it won't appear on the weapon.


ARMOR-PIERCING NOTES
As mentioned before, all of the Pierce firearms that are specific to Zero-Hu have the ability to deal damage THROUGH armor/shields/barriers.  More specifically, Hu gets a damage bonus when engaging armored targets.  Each of his guns have different armor-piercing capabilities and rounds fired from these guns will do full damage to armor/shields, while a percentage of that will be additionally dealt directly to the target.  In addition, these rounds can pass through any static defenses (barrier item/Rouche Barrier/etc), and deal reduced damage against targets on the other side of/within that defense.  What happens to rounds that need to pass through multiple defenses will be elaborated upon after the AP stats for the weapons.

Pierce Pistol:
vs armor/physical shields/Eris Rejection: +40%
vs beam shields (Rosario/Elisalotte AURA shields): 25%
vs guard abilities: +20%
vs Force Barrier and associated abilities: +20%
vs Baltheon/Rouche Barrier/Barrier Field item: +10%
vs Ivis HD Chain Guard: Maximum 1 damage
vs Amot Vainic: Cannot bypass

Pierce Assault Rifle:
vs armor/physical shields/Eris Rejection: +60%
vs beam shields (Rosario/Elisalotte AURA shields): +50%
vs guard abilities: +40%
vs Force Barrier and associated abilities: +40%
vs Baltheon/Rouche Barrier/Barrier Field item: +35%
vs Ivis HD Chain Guard: Maximum 2 damage
vs Amot Vainic: Maximum 1 damage

Pierce Accelerated Sub-Machine Gun:
vs armor/physical shields/Eris Rejection: +75%
vs beam shields (Rosario/Elisalotte AURA shields): 60%
vs guard abilities: +50%
vs Force Barrier and associated abilities: +45%
vs Baltheon/Rouche Barrier/Barrier Field item: +40%
vs Ivis HD Chain Guard: Maximum 3 damage
vs Amot Vainic: Maximum 2 damage

Pierce Long Rifle:
vs armor/physical shields/Eris Rejection: +100% (effectively negates these defenses)
vs beam shields (Rosario/Elisalotte AURA shields): +80%
vs guard abilities: +70%
vs Force Barrier and associated abilities: +50%
vs Baltheon/Rouche Barrier/Barrier Field item: +45%
vs Ivis HD Chain Guard: Maximum 10 damage
vs Amot Vainic: Maximum 7 damage

Shots that hit Chain Guard or Amot Vainic are unique in that there is a numerical limit for each weapon on how much damage can be dealt directly to the target.
To elaborate on a shot that passes through multiple defenses, let's take an untuned PLR at 10TEC, therefore dealing its base 35 damage.  It passes through a Baltheon barrier (missing the Baltheon itself), entered a Rouche Barrier field, and hit a Rosario shield of a bot hiding in the field.  The damage done directly to the bot would be (35 x 0.45 x 0.45 x 0.8 = 5.67, round to 6).  The Rosario shield will also take reduced damage, taking only (35 x 0.45 x 0.45 = 7 damage).

All of Hu's melee attacks also have the ability to deal damage through defenses that would otherwise block it.  It this case, melee attacks use the PASMG armor-piercing characteristics, although the numbers for guard abilities and Force Barriers aren't applicable because those abilities do not block melee attacks.

To sum up.

2 paths (Pistol/Assault Rifle [Melee-oriented] or SMG/Long Rifle [Heavily gun-oriented, long-range])
All guns have armor-piercing capabilities.
Kuten kicks available in Pistol/AR path, only while using Pistol
Self LR buff available while aiming through Long Rifle scope on SMG/Long Rifle path.
Guard ability
ALL HIS MELEE ATTACKS ARE TEC-BASED.