MaD_ReBeL 10-06-2004, 11:52 AM it needs to do more damage. right now it is, IMO, the only truely worthless weapon in game.
this is what i propose for a future patch. change the firing from click = fire to click, hold, charge, fire on release.
this would allow you to charge a 'shot' by draining your energy supply. IMO a fully charged hit should take out a heavy.
now, im sure some of you will scream bloody murder but think about it for a second. how often would you really be able to charge up a full shot? you would have to be walking on the ground not jetting etc and stll have to take the time to fully charge.
i think that would be cool. right now the energy blade isnt very useful and i feel that should change.
Phantom 10-06-2004, 11:54 AM It is usefull for what it was designed for. My energy blade kills is allready at something >10. It's very usefull when you run out of ammo.
And makes for cool movies.
enDless_Delirium 10-06-2004, 11:54 AM the energy blade is supposed to be useless.
it was made so that people playing Single Player have a weapon to fall back on when they accidentally run out of all their ammo in SP (as some people will do). It was moved over to Multi Player for 1) continuity and 2) because a lot of people asked for it (after all, you may need a fallback weapon in MP as well)
It won't be changed, aside from maybe in a mod/mutator.
MaD_ReBeL 10-06-2004, 11:55 AM It is usefull for what it was designed for. My energy blade kills is allready at something >10. It's very usefull when you run out of ammo.
And makes for cool movies.
no, it really isnt useful.
wow, youve already got over 10 kills with it. well gee willickers aint that special.
Asura 10-06-2004, 11:56 AM i like the charge idea, someone mod it in.
enDless_Delirium 10-06-2004, 11:57 AM no, it really isnt useful.
wow, youve already got over 10 kills with it. well gee willickers aint that special.
not supposed to be. It's a last ditch kill or be killed weapon. If you kill someone with it it's a humiliation kill.
The type of thing you'll probably see on Arena pubs when it's down to 1 on 1.
Phantom 10-06-2004, 11:57 AM no, it really isnt useful.
wow, youve already got over 10 kills with it. well gee willickers aint that special.
Ofcourse it ain't special, I'm just saying it's not useless. That's atleast 10 times when I didn't die and could go on attacking/capping etc.
Asura 10-06-2004, 11:57 AM not supposed to be. It's a last ditch kill or be killed weapon. If you kill someone with it it's a humiliation kill.
The type of thing you'll probably see on Arena pubs when it's down to 1 on 1.
i like to get snipers who have no situational awarness. i have at least 15 kills so far.
Fiberoptic 10-06-2004, 11:58 AM you should at least get style points for poking someone with it
TheGrudge 10-06-2004, 11:59 AM well gee willickers
:roller:
Phantom 10-06-2004, 11:59 AM you should at least get style points for poking someone with it
You actually occasionally get MA style points for killing peeps in mid-air. :P But yeah, real style points would be good.
The energy blade is designed to be the last ditch weapon if you run out of ammo. It was intended for single player. It's not a new shocklance (even though when I play HO I run into it all the time for some reason, makes me chuckle).
haniblecter 10-06-2004, 12:10 PM It was meant as an insult kill, like the knife in CS.
NEVER did they say they wanted it to be an actual weapon.
Just an insult kill.
enDless_Delirium 10-06-2004, 12:12 PM It was meant as an insult kill, like the knife in CS.
NEVER did they say they wanted it to be an actual weapon.
Just an insult kill.
actually. WE wanted an insult kill. They wanted it as a last ditch weapon for SP :)
MaD_ReBeL 10-06-2004, 12:31 PM ok, noody that matters (to me) gives a crap about single player or 'last ditch'. IMO everything should have its place and certainly it should be useful.
the only use ive found for it is to whip it out on cappers as i body block them.
TF_Baxter 10-06-2004, 12:52 PM it's useless, and it's going to stay that way unfortunately
I think it should be more like the knife in SOF2/CS
Emilee 10-06-2004, 12:53 PM We dont want another shocklance.
Who's shocklance, and why do people not want him back? Anyhow..., the perfect and obvious fallback weapon would be the buckler, with it being a shield and all... :D
Fiberoptic 10-06-2004, 01:02 PM Who's shocklance, and why do people not want him back?
:rofl:
MaD_ReBeL 10-06-2004, 01:06 PM it's useless, and it's going to stay that way unfortunately
I think it should be more like the knife in SOF2/CS
no way that knife rocked :D.
We dont want another shocklance. it wouldnt be although IMO the shlance wasnt a bad weapon.
the shalnce was also an instant fire weapon. no charging necessary. what im talking about would take a good 3-5 seconds to deliver a full power charge, and you have to start with full energy to begin with.
that means youre nailed to the floor with no energy ... i fail to see how that would make for something being over powered.
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