Tuning changes for 05, open beta
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americanjoe
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*Dutch* said:
oh I forgot .. it's all newbie friendly ... lets not add something that might make you think on your feet
americanjoe said:oh I forgot .. it's all newbie friendly ... lets not add something that might make you think on your feet
Let's add something that makes fighting for dropped flags more challenging than shooting it with a couple discs to move it to the right place instead.
americanjoe
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Amadeu5 said:
Let's add something that makes fighting for dropped flags more challenging than shooting it with a couple discs to move it to the right place instead.
if you or the DEVs can come up with a new way of doing this beside grappling or discing the flag .. more power to ya .. I still think since the flag is an object in game .. it should be moveable (but who am I?
)americanjoe said:oh I forgot .. it's all newbie friendly ... lets not add something that might make you think on your feet
i would love to see you provide one point in which discable flags would benefit the game...
players are already "thinking on their feet" when it comes to a flag in the field, and if the flag is suddenly able to be moved by a weapon then all that adds is frustration for the offense, and the game slows down.
i know the t2 LD want to hide behind this ability, but the idea here is balance. There is a reason discable flags was not implemented from the start.
you want to move the flag, then touch it.. pretty simple.americanjoe said:I still think since the flag is an object in game .. it should be moveable (but who am I?
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americanjoe
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*Dutch* said:
hehehe first off ... I play Offence and I never had a problem grabbing a "moved" flag .. second, it wasn't added in because of the fact that you could grapple it .. now gone .. this why I ASKED about flag discing.
to prove my point ... now that you have no option of returning your flag from the field but to run over it (like every other FPS out there .. man I thought Tribes was different?), a dropped flag in the field is a dead target .. and could be taken again with ease if not secured when dropped. Allowing you to move the flag could in turn save a scoring chance in a open field if a player moved a flag just as someone tried to grab ...
I see your someone who can't think in several dimensions at once .. all you think about is how you couldn't scoop up a loose flag because someone shot your numny
like I said .. if you or a DEV can come up with a way to make open flag defense better w/o discing or grappling .. you go girl ... but then you might have to think again ... oh that hurts .... :ftardkill
That's exactly one of the many things that made the D overpowered in T2. Even if you didn't bother to disc your flag into lava, you could still just shoot it whenever someone tried to grab and make them miss.americanjoe said:hehehe first off ... I play Offence and I never had a problem grabbing a "moved" flag .. second, it wasn't added in because of the fact that you could grapple it .. now gone .. this why I ASKED about flag discing.
to prove my point ... now that you have no option of returning your flag from the field but to run over it (like every other FPS out there .. man I thought Tribes was different?), a dropped flag in the field is a dead target .. and could be taken again with ease if not secured when dropped. Allowing you to move the flag could in turn save a scoring chance in a open field if a player moved a flag just as someone tried to grab ...
I see your someone who can't think in several dimensions at once .. all you think about is how you couldn't scoop up a loose flag because someone shot your numny
like I said .. if you or a DEV can come up with a way to make open flag defense better w/o discing or grappling .. you go girl ... but then you might have to think again ... oh that hurts .... :ftardkill
The better solution is there. You have to actually fight for it. It happens in T1, you know...
americanjoe said:hehehe first off ... I play Offence and I never had a problem grabbing a "moved" flag .. second, it wasn't added in because of the fact that you could grapple it .. now gone .. this why I ASKED about flag discing.
to prove my point ... now that you have no option of returning your flag from the field but to run over it (like every other FPS out there .. man I thought Tribes was different?), a dropped flag in the field is a dead target .. and could be taken again with ease if not secured when dropped. Allowing you to move the flag could in turn save a scoring chance in a open field if a player moved a flag just as someone tried to grab ...
I see your someone who can't think in several dimensions at once .. all you think about is how you couldn't scoop up a loose flag because someone shot your numny
like I said .. if you or a DEV can come up with a way to make open flag defense better w/o discing or grappling .. you go girl ... but then you might have to think again ... oh that hurts .... :ftardkill
you are seriously retarded...
like i said before, BALANCE.. I was not some t2 capper upset because newbie LD could easily move a flag as I go to grab. I had no problems returning "stationary" flags in t1.
Nothing needs to be done about open field flag defense americant2allstarcapper.
And no, flag grappling was not meant to take the place of flag discing. Flag grapple = grab/return, discing the flag would be moving it...there is a difference.
The only thing I can MAYBE see working is if you can only move/shoot the enemy flag when it is in the field. But since you are so concerned with the defense, I doubt you would like that idea.
