Also nice. But this won't solve the main problem of plasma cannon. I only see a small chance for the plasma MG to be balanced, because it does no damage. But we can't have these impressive effects for the MGs
Rename the plasma cannon "fireworks launcher" and keep it in the game as a lulz weapon that does no damage or anything but looks really pretty.
Battlezone 2! Great game! Really the first fps/rts was Battlezone, which i still own by the way. I wish I knew where I put BZ2