News: T:V Pack Roundup

BUZZ PACK

I haven't seen it mentioned and I came up with it last night. I can finally ask my teammates "Got a buzz?" and actually be talking about something in the game. ;)

It would be cool if BUZZ was an acronym for some futuristic technology like "Bionetic something something something" but it doesn't really matter because the name still fits.

Medi Bot
"Med Station" is close and fits in with all the other "stations" although I still think "Water Cooler" is a more appropriate nickname.

I really like the "Sprinkler" that appeared in one of those long lists of possible names.
A variation on that could be "Health Sprinkler" or "Nano Sprinkler".

As for the speed pack's name, I like the "Quick Pack" most. "Flurry Pack" is also nice.

The turrets in T2 were called the landspike turret and the spider clamp turret. I enjoyed these names. This is why it should be called something like the repair spike or the repair clamp.

I guess this is one reason that the Rover can only take a small bit of damage, if it was anything like the MPB you could just set up a repair spike near the Rover- the repair spike would heal the Rover and itself.

thanks for answering my question KP :)

I like adrenal, accel, and turbo pack so far..

edit: blah that doesn't fix the problem :p

Buzz pack...ah thats the worst name i ever heard.

OH NO, hes gone, joey joe joe...

After extensive polling the winning names suggested on TW are:

Speed Pack -> Speed Pack
Repair Turret -> Repair Node

Credit goes to Irrational for the good original name of the new pack, and a member of TW for the Repair Node suggestion.

I like kinetic pack though , has a nice ring to it. I don't care if it's short for KP, it sounds nice and the name fits too

keep it as speed pack, as the name is stuck now anyways :p

and tbh, I think we're stuck with 'lovemaker' as of this moment

About the grappler working with flags in the field... that goes for both offense grabbing flags and defense returning them? It will also grab them out of the air if someone tosses it I assume?

Imagine : flying in the air with an nme, that nme shoots a mid air disc at you, you grab your buckler, deflect the disc mid air and the Nme gets shot down by his own disc that you deflected... It would be cool, but is it possible?

Technically, though I don't know how easy it would be.

You cannot start and stop a pack's charge arbitrarily. We've had a lot of discussions about this. Personally I enjoy the skill it takes to turn a pack on and off. Others do not like this ability, and I can appreciate why. So that's the way it is for now.




Trust your instincts man, don't let the noobs make the decisions for you. Please leave some skill in pack management.

Technically, though I don't know how easy it would be.


probly no rarer than a water skip ma

One thing that will be kinda weird is when a flag is in the field there will be grappling hooks flying at it at all times....

Oh, and just so I can post 4 times in a row, I agree it should be called the Kinetic Pack. I think its the best name regardless of the fact KP is a dev. But thats cool too.

Kinetic Pack.


Repair Spike (this is of course before I've seen the model for the thing... )

I like the kinetic pack name.. but it just seems too long of a name. those 3 sylables just take too long to say. I do however like REPAIR node/spike/turret depending on the design. I think the design and look should have an effect on it's name. if it looks like a turret, then call it a turret, if it's like the old beacons, then call it a node, if it's like t1 sensor jammers, then a spike.

I like the kinetic pack name.. but it just seems too long of a name. those 3 sylables just take too long to say.

This is why it will be shortened to KP or "Kay-Pee". The major thing is for most people, to get it to have a different abbreviation than the Shield Pack.

You can think of honoring the beloved author of Team Rabbit if you like...

The new pack sounds very cool and will interesting elements to the game. I also am excited to try the new "pack specific" features.