fyi-gunship

Yes. The hook remains attached until something breaks it, or you detach it. It detaches if anything passes thru the line, for instance if the line passes thru a tree, or a player passes thru your line, or you pass around the corner of a building. There is a short grace area at the hook end of the line that can pass thru things (otherwise the hook would almost always break before you wanted it to). Currently there is an unlimited amount of "ammo" for the hook, but that may change as we see how it is used in the game.

I probably make it a once it breaks, thats it thing. Would make people try harder to use it in ways it wouldn't break, or make them cry every 5 mins because they broke it again :cry:

Hmm... seems to me that it would be a bit difficult to use if it was effectively a one shot weapon unless you detatched it.

Have to see.

one shot weapons are reminiscient of the one shot Nuke of UT2k4

uhhh nobody would use it if it was a one shot weapon

im really lookin forward to getting into beta and playing with all these new toys, it'll be like christmas in july...august....septembe r?

come on thrax, uve thrown us two bones in this thread, chuck us another :D

The only bone left (that we know of) is the 2nd ground vehicle. The rover all ready has a gunner. So the 2nd vehicle is probably a tank. :shrug:

edit: and of course we don't know the 4th pack :p

unless the 2nd vehicle is a wildcat type thing for capping...id prefer that over a tank. unless this has already been ruled out?

The buckler doesn't reduce damage the same way a shield pack does. When held, it reflects projectiles. It covers part of your front, but not all,
KP


Wow, sounds kind of like a medieval shield. Maybe even one with buckles.

http://www.ewto-hr.com/vodice_2003/bilder/buckler.gif

I believe thrax said that the other vehicles (not pod and rover) were multi person vehicles. I don't have a link, but I remember something like that. So that would leave out a wildcat type vehicle.

edit: did a quick skim through the dev tracker, have no idea if it's multiperson or not :p

Wow, sounds kind of like a medieval shield. Maybe even one with buckles.

http://www.ewto-hr.com/vodice_2003/bilder/buckler.gif

thank god, finally someone sees the light, even though thrax gave a direct link to dictionary.com earlier

I dont think bucklers were of the medieval period. Much more reminiscent of the classical period, perhaps even as far back as the bronze age. In the late classical and early antique period, larger shields hardened leather stretched over a wooden frame and support by iron bands were much more popular.

Bucklers were used in gladitorial combat in the Roman Empire until around 500ad, when most of the games stopped completely. Even then it was only as a balancing factor; there were a few classes of gladiators (Thraces and Gali, for example) who were lightly armed all around. These 'lights' were pitted up against heavily armed opponents for variety in the games.

Anyway, yeah, who didnt know a buckler was a type of shield?

unless the 2nd vehicle is a wildcat type thing for capping...id prefer that over a tank. unless this has already been ruled out?

In an interview, someone at Irrational said that, early in the design process, they realized that speed = skill.

I will be glad to see the end of Shrike capping.

i want my satchel pack

http://members.shaw.ca/dircen/ohsig.gif:rofl:

heheheh

i want my satchel packOK, you really need to go find a different game, or STFD & STFU.

Wow, sounds kind of like a medieval shield. Maybe even one with buckles.

http://www.ewto-hr.com/vodice_2003/bilder/buckler.gif

That's what a buckler is. It's a buckler shield.

OK, you really need to go find a different game, or STFD & STFU.


ok daddy. But can i still get my dessert after dinner?

T:V is starting to sound really, really cool

Gotta question (not sure how to explain it very well tho'):

-When you shoot the hook out and it connects with an object: does the hook reel in and out like a fishing line as you approach the object you connected to? or does the line slack as you get closer to the connecting object and then turn you when fly past and reach the distance established when you first connected with the object?

I'm trying to visualize it

It reels in, but doesn't pull in. So it says tight, but doesn't pull you. If you hook onto something, you can then hold the fire button in and it will slowly reel you in (like a winch, not like the old quake hook).