Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20170714130723/@comment-27447621-20170726183304

I've just glanced over this thing so far, but I have a couple of questions about it.

1- How heavy is this thing? I feel like even if this character really strong, the weight of the railgun and the fact that he has to one-hand it (because it's a sword and supporting the bottom would have to be done carefully- if at all), it's going to throw off his aim, or at the very least make it harder to aim and to reset the weapon once he's fired it.

2) Speaking of aim, how does the character aim this thing? The way it's drawn now, all I can see is the left-hand guard and sun-like detailing getting in the way of his aim, unless there's something akin to a sight built into the guard itself?

3) You say this thing fires a beam of electrical energy. Is that when it uses Lightning Dust, or is that just how it naturally performs? If it is when it's shooting Lightning Dust, then what does it fire when it's not using Dust? If it naturally fires electricity...how? Is it a tesla-coil style Lightning Bolt, or what? And how does the user know the Bolt's going to travel forward as opposed to grounding itself or jumping to the nearest metal object?