What Do You Think About This:
padijun
Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3419Members
Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3419Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Marines able to prone and sprint?</div> I know there's a suggestions forum, but this isn't really a suggestion, more of a discussion on how you think it would work out.
Prone: hit prone key, you lie down.
Pros: Smaller target for ranged attacks, higher weapon accuracy
Cons: You'd be so slow that aliens would have an easy time rushing you
I think this would work out in teams. 1 or 2 standing or crouched marines and one lying down for support fire would work well. You'd probably be a sitting duck if you were by yourself, but being alone is bad anyway.
Sprint: hold down sprint key and a movement key and you'll move much faster, but your stamina will drain. Your gun accuracy will be very crappy. Stamina won't recharge when you're walking or running but it will recharge at a medium level if you're not wearing heavy armor and it will recharge slowly when you are. When you're out of stamina you move at a very slow pace.
Advantages: faster movement for a limited bit of time
Disadvantages: Bad accuracy, stamina being drained makes you an easy target
This could give marines a tiny perk. Playing them right now is just seems simple. Move, shoot, crouch, follow orders. Nothing wrong with that, but this would give them more diversity, more options, more situations that the aliens would have to adapt to. Yes, I realize many other mods have prone and sprinting in them, but having similarities isn't always bad, and NS will still be one of the most innovative and original mods out there. Now I guess it's your turn to tell me why you think my ideas are good or horrible, and how you think they'd play out.
Prone: hit prone key, you lie down.
Pros: Smaller target for ranged attacks, higher weapon accuracy
Cons: You'd be so slow that aliens would have an easy time rushing you
I think this would work out in teams. 1 or 2 standing or crouched marines and one lying down for support fire would work well. You'd probably be a sitting duck if you were by yourself, but being alone is bad anyway.
Sprint: hold down sprint key and a movement key and you'll move much faster, but your stamina will drain. Your gun accuracy will be very crappy. Stamina won't recharge when you're walking or running but it will recharge at a medium level if you're not wearing heavy armor and it will recharge slowly when you are. When you're out of stamina you move at a very slow pace.
Advantages: faster movement for a limited bit of time
Disadvantages: Bad accuracy, stamina being drained makes you an easy target
This could give marines a tiny perk. Playing them right now is just seems simple. Move, shoot, crouch, follow orders. Nothing wrong with that, but this would give them more diversity, more options, more situations that the aliens would have to adapt to. Yes, I realize many other mods have prone and sprinting in them, but having similarities isn't always bad, and NS will still be one of the most innovative and original mods out there. Now I guess it's your turn to tell me why you think my ideas are good or horrible, and how you think they'd play out.
Comments
As for stamina... eh. I don't see why *not*... but I don't see why, either. It's just added complexity with not much payoff.
NO
and NO
Prone:
Useless, there are no HUGE areas..and there is hardly any recoil in the game. This isn't CS/FA/DOD, you point and shoot for dear life.
Sprint:
Nah, not really needed when you have Jetpacks. But the marines do need speed upgrades or need to be boosted up in speed. I don't think a shotgun would slow you down that much or at all. And Stamina, that would just ..well..lets just give the marines 1hp and start next to an onos when the game start while we are at it so the aliens will just win 50x faster. No point in stamina
My 2 cents
Peace
Another thing with the prone issue is that the game is meant to mostly CLOSE quarters fighting, they didn't include a sniper for this reason.