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Thread: Idea for LP Special...Shock Blast

garvin
Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:25 pm
#1


I mentioned this in another post, but I thought it might be nice to get feedback on a seperate thread......A special for the LP that pauses the target's movement for 3 seconds to 5 seconds (random)...they can still attack, fire specials, etc, they just can't move...this would give us a bit of time to catch up with a kiter...not enough to time to make it impossible to kite us, but it would give us yet another weapon to switch to for strategy purposes...Think of it as a Shock Blast...the target is so shocked by the sight, sound and effect of the blast they lose their ability for a bit to move...It's similar to Stopping Shot, but also very different if you examine the 2 specials...


Remember, this won't be even close to any uber type of specials since we have only marksman accuracy with the LP...so we have a very good chance to miss...it would though increase our potential for catching up to our target...Think about how many seconds it takes you to run 50m towards a target (or use a vehicle)...3 to 5 second delay wouldn't be that great (or is it?)...we'd probably have to land several of these types of shots (which could be put on a delay to avoid spam) before we actually could have them in 16m range...


Thoughts? Or am I just crazy with this one? I know there have been plenty of great LP special suggestions out there previously...this one seems just different enough from other specials that other pistol users have that we might get by that "steping on toes of another profession" issue...Stopping shot is the closest thing to this idea, but if you are familiar with stopping shot you can see the differences...





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Mathurin54
Fri Feb 13, 2004 5:49 pm
#2

It's already in the game, and it's called supression fire...




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Penguinous
Fri Feb 13, 2004 6:11 pm
#3

hmm, I have a better idea...

in KOTR there was a adhesive grenade that would stick people to the ground. that would make genades more useful, and we wouldn't have to catch change weapons. it would have almost no damage, but it would stop people in their tracks.




ps. sorry for taking over you thread



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droidmakerman
Sat Feb 14, 2004 7:06 am
#4


are you thinking of the thing that happens in Call of Duty when you nearly get hit by a artilery (SP) or a tank shell you stop and fall down all dizzy? That special might work with a RL too



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Kovix
Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:32 pm
#5

Idea Ihad for LP special was inspired from the animation of just the regular fire. It really seams that you're firing mulitple shots so why not have a special where you fire a barrage of shots at an enemy....possibly calling it Barrage Shot . It would consist of calling one special and would fire like 10 different shots having a total damage of around 7000 or so.To keep things balanced, there would be a similar time delay to that of the flamethrower, but I would suggest it be somewhat quicker. I was also thinking that since you are essentially just launching as many shots as you can into a general area that there could also be a blast radius of damage, but that may be pushing it. Barrage Shot would pack the one hit punch like the flamethrower and would give us something else to use other than flamesingle2.
Raptor2k1
Sat Feb 14, 2004 5:26 pm
#6

"in KOTR there was a adhesive grenade that would stick people to the ground. that would make genades more useful, and we wouldn't have to catch change weapons. it would have almost no damage, but it would stop people in their tracks."


Hehe, we actually have those already, they're called glop grenades - they just dont' work like that. Which gives me an idea for a new request...


Personally I think the LP idea is kinda cool, even if it does seem a little illogical. I'd call the attack concussion warhead though (think of loading it with mini concussion missiles) so that the temporary movement pause is justified as being stunned (maybe add a stun effect too.)


Personally, I'd make glop grenades do the movement stop (as that's what they're supposed to do) and try to focus on getting us to a point where we don't have to chase down kiters all the time. Ie. expand our ranged abilities so that we can compete with those kiters and get in actual ranged battles with them, after all, we are the masters of general marksman abilities.I'd rather have LP specials focus on stat changes myself, such as a dizzying blast, stun blast, KD blast, etc.




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droidmakerman
Sun Feb 15, 2004 1:52 am
#7

in the discription, it says it fires mini homing rockets



Why doesn't it always hit ????????





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