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Subject: Two peices of Project Balance I like. Read this
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Poll: Do you like these  [closed]
Sword:  31%
(5 Votes)
Needler:  6%
(1 Votes)
Neither:  12%
(2 Votes)
Both:  50%
(8 Votes)
Total Votes: 16

Project Balance, the 25 post topic by BansheeOwnz (A really good read)

The two things I like most from here are the needler and sword things.

Now if you dont read PB, Banshee suggests that there should be a full animation for switching weapons. So thats why this sword thing makes sense, and isnt stupid.

You can have the sword out, but turned off, so that if your using camo, they wont see you. A quick lick of the right trigger activates the sword, and you can lash out at someone, then turn it off. Plus it just looks cool.

The needler has some good update plans as for making it effective, but the part I like is that you can do a charged melee(by holding down B for a second) and then drive the needles into the enemy and then wrench the weapon out, and the needles will explode.

Do any of you like these ideas?

  • 06.30.2006 8:29 AM PDT
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"but you already knew that, I mean, how couldn't you?

Only when no Human brick is left atop another, shall we be satisfied with your destruction.

Could be hard to impliment, and how annoying would it be to turn the sword off in the middle of a hectic, close combat battle?

  • 06.30.2006 8:51 AM PDT
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Well make it so at the first pull of the trigger it activates and lockes on (the sword, that is)

As for the needler, i have ALWAYS wanted to smash the needle side into a grunt and have half ofthe needles fall out and stick to him and explode.

My kinda fun!!

  • 06.30.2006 9:00 AM PDT
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"but you already knew that, I mean, how couldn't you?

Only when no Human brick is left atop another, shall we be satisfied with your destruction.

Posted by: Wuyie
Being able to Camo and then turn off the sword in MM would make pple drive their controllers into their ears and let loose a string of curses that would summon Great Cthulu himself....the sword is the single greatest source of annoyance in MM but it can be countered as of now...your suggestion would drive pple pver the edge


how so? you could still counter with the shotgun, camo'd people arent actually invisible, just harder to see. Also how would it be different to simply having the sword as backup, and switching as you attacked?

  • 06.30.2006 9:07 AM PDT
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"but you already knew that, I mean, how couldn't you?

Only when no Human brick is left atop another, shall we be satisfied with your destruction.

As it is now there is virtually no delay, you can draw a sword though someone (in a most amusing fashion) as soon as you switch.

  • 06.30.2006 9:13 AM PDT
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"but you already knew that, I mean, how couldn't you?

Only when no Human brick is left atop another, shall we be satisfied with your destruction.

I agree with you in that the animation would be virtually useless if you were in a fight, but it would be good for filming, which is fun too.

  • 06.30.2006 9:22 AM PDT
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"but you already knew that, I mean, how couldn't you?

Only when no Human brick is left atop another, shall we be satisfied with your destruction.

The sword would then require more skill to use well, i kinda like that idea....

  • 06.30.2006 9:42 AM PDT
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No. The animation is for balance. So you cant just have a rocket launcher magically appear, you have to take the current gun and clip it onto you (or if you pull a sword, just drop the gun for fast switching) then pull out the other gun. Its just for balance. Read the main thing. These were just two of the ideas.
Also, the sword lunge will only drop shields down, and then a second hit for the kill, while the close range melee will take them out in 1 hit.

  • 06.30.2006 9:55 AM PDT
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not at all. Its much harder to walk up to someone shooting you with an SMG and hit them with a sword, then to do a 150 MPH dash from 15 feet away.

None the less, I really like that needle idea. Just imagine that for a second. Driving the needles in and wrenching the gun up, making the person explode in a purple-pink fireball.

[Edited on 6/30/2006]

  • 06.30.2006 10:12 AM PDT