The Mac Robots

NX Wolf

I think the mac robot's should a an advanced upgrade lvl where they can have weapons and become sort of a battle bot. That would be nice :)

ScardyBob

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T500ecHP3pE" target="_blank">Battle Bots!</a>

On a serious note, I think the idea is that marines do all of the fighting and MACs are just for building and support.

Papayas

It would be cool but...

Having BattleBots would turn NS2 into an RTS game mostly instead of an RTS where the Commander commands FPS people.




Maybe, someone will make a mod that makes NS2 a full RTS game. It would work, all it would need is a few more things (Like battlebots) and maybe something could happen.

Harimau

Battlebots for an RTS mod!

Chris0132

I have to say that being able to build things that are quicker on the draw and can do everything marines can from my CC is rather appealing.

Why, I wouldn't have to pay attention to the marines at all, who needs them when I have my robot army.

Of course I imagine the marines might object.

Shilorius

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Of course I imagine the marines might object.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Marine: No problem sir! Just bring beer and camping chairs and we will stay at base.... guarding and stuff, you know. :-P


Anyway, BTT.
A MAC as a battlebot.
I don't know, that sounds weird. Like equipping a SCV with a plasma cannon.

I like it better to have the choise to equip a ARC with the Siegecannon or a sentry-like Minigun.
..or at least, as harimau said, the model of a minigun-ARC for a RTS mod.

twiliteblue

Marines could send Battle Mac armies to attack aliens, and Aliens could produce swarms of Babblers and zerg the marine base! Alien and Marine players would build structures like Sentries and Whips to defend against the waves. A new Tower Defense game is born!

Kouji_San

And we shall call it <b>MAX</b> (<b>M</b>arines <b>A</b>liens <b>X</b>treme)

measles

MAC reminds me of Jonny-5 from short circuit.

Maybe a self-destruct upgrade like Jonny get in this video;
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danshyu

I prefer to give MAC a flood light or sensor upgrade. Make it tier 3 upgrade. Where MAC gets bonus armor and can follow marines around to provide either emergency lighting for darkened rooms, or highlight hidden enemies within certain range with it's sensor.

garthak

Ive actually thought about this idea a bit. You could use the macs as decoys, making them do very little melee damage. defenatly not enough to kill another player, unless hes already near death. you could send them against some harvester or something unprotected, and attack it, causing the other team to investigate. they then have 1 guy doing that instead of doing something damaging to your team. it would have to be after the mac stacking was fixed, otherwise you could do some real damage, and the idea needs some work, but I think it would work beautifully. you'd probly have to get rid of being able to see with macs, not that I'm sure you can anyway, otherwise the other team could just send their little drone to check it out. and the damage would have to be perfect, weak enough to not destroy whatever its attacking too fast, but enough to be a concern if left unchecked for too long.