Trip Mines - Team/Self damage

friedricekid

<div class="IPBDescription">BOOM</div>what do you guys think?

would it make sense for trip mines to do self/team damage?
and what if you or your teammates could set them off by crossing them, etc.

Chris0132

Logical yes, enjoyable no.

monopolowa

this should be in I&S

Comprox

What he said ^
Done!

Terr

Set by teammates, triggereDamage teammates = No. Griefing hazard.
Damage self = Maybe, as long as you can tell which ones are your own.


Alternately, just have tripmines only trigger against aliens, and then that explosion hurts anybody, so you could kamikaze to take out some marines...

RobB

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Enemys. Don't forget MvM mode, if your post is used 1:1 we'd end up with a map full of mines and noone can set them off.

Terr

Blah, you know what I meant.

Temphage

Friendly Fire controls are a wonderful thing.

Laser tripmines were stupid worthless in NS1 except to build ladders, need to find a way to make them more useful. I wouldn't be opposed to a proximity/motion triggered mine of some sort. Having the laser visible just makes them too easy to evade / destroy.

A spatial limitation on the quantity of mines should be imposed as well, of course, so we don't have a giant pile of explosives that's insta-gibbing an Onos.

ghost in the shell

mines are for noob kills
any one who gets killed by one is clearly a noob

RobB

Or in a pinch. Don't make generalized claims. There are good spots to kill with mines where even professional players trip on them.
Don't forget the carpet tactic, too. I've seen whole hallways locked down by mines.