I'll leave the current implimentation of the Sniper as a surprise for you guys, but I do feel confident in telling you that there are no plans to impliment a Lightning gun in this title.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying that we're using the UC2 design as a basis for UT. I was merely pointing out that we made a change to the fiction which made it more of an "Unreal weapon" and less of a "real-world weapon" that also allowed us to do more with it, such as the trail.

Lastly, I do like the Lightning Gun, and it certainly has its place (as I said before) in that game[UT2004]. I think that one of the cool things that people need to consider in 2k4 maps is which of the two weapons to place, as it can have a pretty significant influence on how the map plays out (as is the case with all weapon placement). It's now permenantly part of the Unreal Arsenal, and there's no saying it won't make a comeback at a later date. Just like the Ripper, Stinger, Enforcers...