# Flares

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flares/3718>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [October 30, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flares/3718 "2013-10-30T07:48:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![TaigaR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@TaigaR](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TaigaR)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flares/3718/1 "2013-10-30T07:48:47Z")

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Hi.  
It seem like we have forgotten about flares and flare guns!  
It could be a nice source of light and a ranged weapon!

And The explosions arent powerfull enough. And smoke bombs give so little smoke and smokers give too much.  
Maybe they should equal?

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**Author:** ![infectedmochi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/infectedmochi/32/206_2.png) [@infectedmochi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/infectedmochi)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flares/3718/2 "2013-10-30T10:52:21Z")

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AFAIK flare guns aren’t exactly good weapons, you still can still ignite something (preferably zombies) with it. Other than that, a light source gun sounds good.  
If a flare gun is used as a weapon, I think it would have a very bad accuracy (heavy shot and low muzzle velocity) and a chance to bounce off the target and ignite something else.