<!--quoteo(post=1712596:date=Jun 17 2009, 01:31 AM:name=FocusedWolf)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FocusedWolf @ Jun 17 2009, 01:31 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1712596"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->No i'm quite serious. It was almost as if... because marines had "lmg" as their default weapon... that somehow that made them more powerful sounding. Sort of like to avoid flak from the community saying how IRL why would an army be armed with smgs... no ofcourse not... those are lmgs...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> who the hell cares
<!--quoteo(post=1713966:date=Jun 25 2009, 06:30 PM:name=FocusedWolf)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FocusedWolf @ Jun 25 2009, 06:30 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1713966"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->First off.. aliens can be 100% non related lifeforms as they are now. That is the reason having a name like "Skulk ABC321" doesn't make any sense at all.
Second... aliens would need more organic-ish names so a new alien can be called <insert random Pokemon name here>.
Now the main reason for adopting this naming style FOR GUNS is it allows for the following:
1. easily determining the weapons purpose and strength, while at the same time learning its 2-letter abbreviated name..( all from "Flamethrower: F4" we know it's a flamethrower and it's a lvl 4 strength weapon and "F4" explicitly identifies it against any other possible weapon and can be used in chat very fast as opposed to having to type out "Flamethrower" )
2. this naming style is efficient to enter in chat. Sure someone can say commander please drop some "Automatic Rifle: A1"... or he can just say "A1" and everyone will know what he means... he can also say "a1" obviously.
They can also ask the commander for some "M's".. ("Drop a M")... that is shorthand. for asking the commander for whatever type of Machine Gun he has... where Machine Gun is only be used to describe weapons similar to the NS1 "HMG".
3. NS2 will not be vanilla!!!! The game is so moddable that it will be where every other server is 100% not recognizable as "classic NS1". So in those cases where marines have AK47's, and the aliens are zombie scientists, then i guess we'll just revert to present day terminology "Com can i get an AK". But for those cases where the game stays sort of in the NS universe... it's not hard to imagine multiple shotguns... sniper rifles.... grenade launchers... sub machine guns... rocket launchers... helicopters... go karts... miniature golf... and i already mentioned zombies... but don't worry... i'm sure we'll see some xenomorphs and Predators aswell. And maybe even the AVP2 smart gun! And launchable "spider" grenades that chase down the enemy and run into the hive. Balance will be right out the window but knowone will care... it'll be to much fun. All the nostalgic people that cant stand their machine gun being called anything but "HMG" or "LMG" will flock back to NS1 where they will be superfades to rape marines on a day in day out basis. Everyone else will be playing garrysmod+aliens... i.e. NS2. Can't wait to see wiremod and spacebuild ported to NS2!!!
4. If we have 1 gun called HMG and 1 gun called LMG... then it prevents, and makes it very awkward, to have other guns that function as LMGs and HMGs. This is because "HMG" and "LMG" are categorical names... not something you use to identify one gun...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> NOBODY CARES STOP MAKING THESE LONG POSTS
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I like it.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
*Picks up shotgun*
"Shyguy, I choose you!"
*Ducks*
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who the hell cares
Second... aliens would need more organic-ish names so a new alien can be called <insert random Pokemon name here>.
Now the main reason for adopting this naming style FOR GUNS is it allows for the following:
1. easily determining the weapons purpose and strength, while at the same time learning its 2-letter abbreviated name..( all from "Flamethrower: F4" we know it's a flamethrower and it's a lvl 4 strength weapon and "F4" explicitly identifies it against any other possible weapon and can be used in chat very fast as opposed to having to type out "Flamethrower" )
2. this naming style is efficient to enter in chat. Sure someone can say commander please drop some "Automatic Rifle: A1"... or he can just say "A1" and everyone will know what he means... he can also say "a1" obviously.
They can also ask the commander for some "M's".. ("Drop a M")... that is shorthand. for asking the commander for whatever type of Machine Gun he has... where Machine Gun is only be used to describe weapons similar to the NS1 "HMG".
3. NS2 will not be vanilla!!!! The game is so moddable that it will be where every other server is 100% not recognizable as "classic NS1". So in those cases where marines have AK47's, and the aliens are zombie scientists, then i guess we'll just revert to present day terminology "Com can i get an AK". But for those cases where the game stays sort of in the NS universe... it's not hard to imagine multiple shotguns... sniper rifles.... grenade launchers... sub machine guns... rocket launchers... helicopters... go karts... miniature golf... and i already mentioned zombies... but don't worry... i'm sure we'll see some xenomorphs and Predators aswell. And maybe even the AVP2 smart gun! And launchable "spider" grenades that chase down the enemy and run into the hive. Balance will be right out the window but knowone will care... it'll be to much fun. All the nostalgic people that cant stand their machine gun being called anything but "HMG" or "LMG" will flock back to NS1 where they will be superfades to rape marines on a day in day out basis. Everyone else will be playing garrysmod+aliens... i.e. NS2. Can't wait to see wiremod and spacebuild ported to NS2!!!
4. If we have 1 gun called HMG and 1 gun called LMG... then it prevents, and makes it very awkward, to have other guns that function as LMGs and HMGs. This is because "HMG" and "LMG" are categorical names... not something you use to identify one gun...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
NOBODY CARES STOP MAKING THESE LONG POSTS
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