History VideoGame / GunsOfIcarusOnline

* GlassCannon: The Spire airship has its weapon mounts arranged in such a way that it can bring heavy firepower to bear on any ship it sets its sights on, but has the flimsiest armor and hull strength out of all the ships and little to no speed.

* PaperRam: Averted with the Pyramidion ship. It is built to ram, yes, but it is still decently durable. It's main drawback is maneuverability.

* FixedForwardFacingWeapon: While all ships but the Galleon have forward guns, the Goldfish and the Spire are the only ones with heavy guns in front.
** Overall, though, largely averted. No matter where on the ship it is placed, each type of weapon has its own traverse arc in which it can be aimed. Some, like the Field Gun, have barely any ability to be aimed, while others, like the flame thrower, can cover almost a 180 degree arc. Others are much better at being vertically than horizontally as well.

* KillItWithFire: The Dragon Tongue Light Flamethrower lights any components within reach on fire, causing them to take stackable damage over time and causing any affected weapons to overheat and stop functioning.
** You can also load Incendiary Rounds into weapons to give them a chance to inflict fire with every shot. Using them with weapons that either fire out everything in bursts or have a long-lasting clip is a nice way to cripple an opposing ship.

** If you're using it to buff the turning engines, though, make sure to buff both and not just the one. Buffing just one turning engine will cause it to put out more thrust than the other, causing the ship to start turning on its own and forcing the pilot to compensate.

** Worth mentioning that everything but the hull can be repaired. So if your hull goes down to just a sliver of health, you better make sure the engineers are keeping that armour intact.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Manticore Heavy Hwacha fires 20 rockets per shot. A [[BigDamnGunship Galleon]] has four medium weapon mounts on which to put them, two on each side. A Galleon loaded with four Manticores is not something you want to be flying alongside.

* KillItWithFire: The Dragon Tongue Light Flamethrower lights any components within reach on fire, causing them to take stackable damage over time and causing any affected weapons to overheat and stop functioning. Anyone using Incendiary Rounds can also do this.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Manticore Heavy Hwacha fires 20 rockets per shot. A galleon has four heavy weapon mounts, two on each side. A galleon loaded with four Manticores is not something you want to be flying alongside.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The light and heavy carronades are shotgun-type cannons. They are very efficient weapons, especially when it comes to balloons. Unfortunately, [[ShortRangeShotgun they both have very low range.]]

* StopHelpingMe: Ships include an engine on either side for steering. If an engineer applies a buff to one engine, but not the other, the imbalance causes the ship to veer off to the side.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Lochnagar shots, a special gunnery tool, give a 150% damage boost to guns, but also renders the gun unturnable while it is in and explodes the gun when fired.

* MightyGlacier: The Galleon ship.

* CoopMultiplayer: Even more so than its predecessor.

Players have access to 3 classes: The Pilot, The Engineer, and The Gunner. The Captain is in charge of directing the ship, the Engineer is in charge of keeping it in good repair, and the Gunner is in charge of, well, [[CaptainObvious Gunning.]]

* KillItWithFire: The Dragon Tongue Light Flamethrower fits this.

* FlareGun: The Beacon Flare Gun.

* FragileSpeedster: The Squid ship. Even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Muse.

* GlassCannon: The Spire ship. Even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Muse.

* PaperRam: Averted with the Pyramidion ship. It is built to ram, yes, but it is still decently durable. It's main drawback is maneuverability.

Guns of Icarus Online is the MMO sequel to Guns of Icarus, developed by Muse games. It is a [[CooperativeMultiplayer co-op]] [[ShootEmUp shooter]] game where teams of airships, each manned by 4 people, attempt to sink the other teams' airships.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The light and heavy cannonades are shotgun-type cannons. They are very efficient weapons, especially when it comes to balloons. Unfortunately, [[ShortRangeShotgun they both have very low range.]]

* BFG: All the heavy guns.

* JavelinThrower: The Javelin Light Harpoon Gun. It actually latches other ships onto you and pulls them in. Some

* AfterTheEnd: It takes place after an [[AlternateUniverse and alternate universe]] where most of the world was reduced to dust. Details on why or how are vague, at best.

* DifficultButAwesome: Several guns: The Scylla Double Barreled Mortar, which is a rapid firing light grenade launcher that is utterly amazing against other ships when their hull armor is down, but is ignored mostly because it is hard to aim with due to bullet arc. Also, the LumberJack Heavy Mortar, which is a ranged, ship-destroying machine that is hard to master.

* Gatling Good: The Whirlwind Light Gatling gun has plenty of [[MoreDakka dakka.]]