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Subject: Project: Balance, Version 3

To Make Posts is Glorious

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"heh"

I love you. That is seriously well thought out, and it sounds like it could all work.

  • 06.29.2006 4:49 PM PDT
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good job banshee well done.
Now run off and do one for vehicles.
Lol.

  • 06.29.2006 4:49 PM PDT
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All hail! That was stunning. I mostly agreed with all the ideas, and i hope that bungie listens to a little of it at least

  • 06.29.2006 4:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: bansheeownz
Energy Sword

Currently: +2
Resistance: 5
Fatality: 5 (The lunge)
Melee: 3
Distance: 2
Difficulty: 4
Efficiency: 5

Balance: Powerhouse
Resistance: 5
Fatality: 1
Melee: 5
Distance: 1
Difficulty: 4
Efficiency: 5

The dreaded lunges would be taken out and replaced with an instant kill up close. It would be battery powered in multiplayer. Since the battery would only degenerate if you kill someone, the Efficiency of this weapon goes straight to maximum.

Instead of lunging, Right Trigger activates, and deactivates your sword. This is extremely useful because with the new slower weapon switching, the player must decide between holding his sword out, and switching to it slower. The problem is that the sword is still visible when activated, if you're using camouflage. With this, we may even see Elites in the game hide their swords when they're camo'd on harder difficulties.

17/25 Hold your posts till I’m finished.



Thats cool. Ive always been like, "yea, cuz I dont see that glowing blade just floating there"

If anything from here makes it in, lightsaber swords would be it.

[Edited on 6/29/2006]

  • 06.29.2006 4:53 PM PDT

If you want to see the MC die, play Legendary. If you want to see MC finish the fight, play Halo 3. If you want to see MC finish the fight by dieing, why did you waste six years when you could have done it yourself right now?

☼►Popular Fusion - Doing anything, everything, and then some.◄☼

Table of contents is now complete. Damn, that's a lot of copying and pasting! My fingers need a rest.

  • 06.29.2006 5:07 PM PDT

To Make Posts is Glorious

Some threads will get posts before others and it is the duty of the Leadership to ensure that posts are made that best suit the public welfare.

"heh"

Posted by: Bungie is a Sage
Posted by: bansheeownz
Energy Sword

Currently: +2
Resistance: 5
Fatality: 5 (The lunge)
Melee: 3
Distance: 2
Difficulty: 4
Efficiency: 5

Balance: Powerhouse
Resistance: 5
Fatality: 1
Melee: 5
Distance: 1
Difficulty: 4
Efficiency: 5

The dreaded lunges would be taken out and replaced with an instant kill up close. It would be battery powered in multiplayer. Since the battery would only degenerate if you kill someone, the Efficiency of this weapon goes straight to maximum.

Instead of lunging, Right Trigger activates, and deactivates your sword. This is extremely useful because with the new slower weapon switching, the player must decide between holding his sword out, and switching to it slower. The problem is that the sword is still visible when activated, if you're using camouflage. With this, we may even see Elites in the game hide their swords when they're camo'd on harder difficulties.

17/25 Hold your posts till I’m finished.



Thats cool. Ive always been like, "yea, cuz I dont see that glowing blade just floating there"

If anything from here makes it in, lightsaber swords would be it.


It would be pretty scary seeing a Zealot drop from a Phantom, pulling out an Energy Sword when he lands, while shouting out a battle cry.

  • 06.29.2006 5:07 PM PDT
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itd be awesome.
I would be like O crap (assuming we have to even fight them this time)

[Edited on 6/29/2006]

  • 06.29.2006 5:11 PM PDT

If you want to see the MC die, play Legendary. If you want to see MC finish the fight, play Halo 3. If you want to see MC finish the fight by dieing, why did you waste six years when you could have done it yourself right now?

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Posted by: the squee masta
I love you. That is seriously well thought out, and it sounds like it could all work.


That's the idea :)

  • 06.29.2006 5:14 PM PDT
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I cant get over how great this is. Score one for Popular Fusion. Or D generation X. Or wherever we end up.

  • 06.29.2006 5:29 PM PDT

If you want to see the MC die, play Legendary. If you want to see MC finish the fight, play Halo 3. If you want to see MC finish the fight by dieing, why did you waste six years when you could have done it yourself right now?

☼►Popular Fusion - Doing anything, everything, and then some.◄☼

Posted by: Bungie is a Sage
I cant get over how great this is. Score one for Popular Fusion. Or D generation X. Or wherever we end up.


I wanted to make it here so I can referrence it wherever I go. You don't know how many times I referrenced the Popular Fusion version.

  • 06.29.2006 5:33 PM PDT
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Yes, I do.
Achronos is around. He should read it.

  • 06.29.2006 5:49 PM PDT
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I can't respond to everything, but I must say, I'm not a fan of the full weapon-switch animation. It really takes away part of the strategical element of the game. By being able to hide a weapon, your opponent usually won't know what other weapon you have. I think it'd be a bad decision to remove that.

  • 06.29.2006 6:11 PM PDT

If you want to see the MC die, play Legendary. If you want to see MC finish the fight, play Halo 3. If you want to see MC finish the fight by dieing, why did you waste six years when you could have done it yourself right now?

☼►Popular Fusion - Doing anything, everything, and then some.◄☼

Yeah, we at least need to get his attention, but I'm sure he's already read it.

  • 06.29.2006 6:12 PM PDT

To Make Posts is Glorious

Some threads will get posts before others and it is the duty of the Leadership to ensure that posts are made that best suit the public welfare.

"heh"

Posted by: sXeHades
I can't respond to everything, but I must say, I'm not a fan of the full weapon-switch animation. It really takes away part of the strategical element of the game. By being able to hide a weapon, your opponent usually won't know what other weapon you have. I think it'd be a bad decision to remove that.


I think it adds more strategy to the game. With the weapons on their backs, snipers could take out the most menacing targets first, and you would be alerted to who is a real threat an could send people to go attack that person.

  • 06.29.2006 6:26 PM PDT

If you want to see the MC die, play Legendary. If you want to see MC finish the fight, play Halo 3. If you want to see MC finish the fight by dieing, why did you waste six years when you could have done it yourself right now?

☼►Popular Fusion - Doing anything, everything, and then some.◄☼

Posted by: sXeHades
I can't respond to everything, but I must say, I'm not a fan of the full weapon-switch animation. It really takes away part of the strategical element of the game. By being able to hide a weapon, your opponent usually won't know what other weapon you have. I think it'd be a bad decision to remove that.


On the contrary, it would add more then take away to strategy. By knowing this, you have a better chance of preventing yourself from getting nailed by the magically appearing rocket launcher or sword. This will also make your primary weapon... your primary weapon.

  • 06.29.2006 6:32 PM PDT
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well actually only the magical rocket. The sword will have to be a guess. There might not be a secondary weapon at all.

  • 06.29.2006 7:37 PM PDT

If you want to see the MC die, play Legendary. If you want to see MC finish the fight, play Halo 3. If you want to see MC finish the fight by dieing, why did you waste six years when you could have done it yourself right now?

☼►Popular Fusion - Doing anything, everything, and then some.◄☼

Posted by: Bungie is a Sage
well actually only the magical rocket. The sword will have to be a guess. There might not be a secondary weapon at all.


You have to be insane to not have secondary.

  • 06.29.2006 7:38 PM PDT
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you did a great job on this. i agree with pretty much everything

  • 06.29.2006 7:41 PM PDT
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or just unlucky. Or just respawned.
More then often on Lockout, if this was there, and I saw someone with no weapon on their back, I would be careful of the sword, but not really expect it.

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  • 06.29.2006 7:44 PM PDT

If you want to see the MC die, play Legendary. If you want to see MC finish the fight, play Halo 3. If you want to see MC finish the fight by dieing, why did you waste six years when you could have done it yourself right now?

☼►Popular Fusion - Doing anything, everything, and then some.◄☼

Posted by: Bungie is a Sage
or just unlucky. Or just respawned.
More then often on Lockout, if this was there, and I saw someone with no weapon on their back, I would be careful of the sword, but not really expect it.


Remember, most games don't spawn you with a secondary weapon.

  • 06.29.2006 7:48 PM PDT
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Overall I greatly agree with the ides presented, the biggest thing that I wold love to see is the refined details, actually arming your grenades, clips dropping, shells (like EA's BLACK), and as you mentioned having weapons visible.

Great Job

  • 06.29.2006 8:09 PM PDT
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OMG, that is pretty. So much organizationisum.

  • 06.29.2006 8:27 PM PDT
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this is so impressive. Are you working on vehicles?

  • 06.29.2006 8:34 PM PDT

If you want to see the MC die, play Legendary. If you want to see MC finish the fight, play Halo 3. If you want to see MC finish the fight by dieing, why did you waste six years when you could have done it yourself right now?

☼►Popular Fusion - Doing anything, everything, and then some.◄☼

Honestly, Sage. You're always telling me about how much vehicles need changing. You've seen the ideas I've come up with, but it could never add up the extent of change this project would have.

PS: The draft is on my other computer and I can't work on it now. I knew I should have emailed it to myself.

  • 06.29.2006 8:44 PM PDT