The game is set in the year 3030 or something. I wonder why the hell there are no WINDSHIELD WIPERS on exos?! Maybe frontiersmen are too damn noble that they want gorges to stand a chance against exos?
And they are still using the same weapon technology for lmgs, shotguns, gls, chainguns and flamethrowers. the only real year 3030 weapons are ARCs and railguns imo.
But movies like Aliens have the same problems. Only the motion tracking aimhack gun (I think it's called Smart Gun) is pretty modern.
Starship Troopers, again: simple bullet based weapons.
The game is set in the year 3030 or something. I wonder why the hell there are no WINDSHIELD WIPERS on exos?! Maybe frontiersmen are too damn noble that they want gorges to stand a chance against exos?
The moose is a herbivore and is capable of consuming many types of plant or fruit. The average adult moose needs to consume 9770 Calories per day to maintain its body weight. Much of a moose's energy is derived from terrestrial vegetation, mainly consisting of forbs and other non-grasses, and fresh shoots from trees such as willow and birch. These plants are rather low in sodium, and moose generally need to consume a good quantity of aquatic plants. While much lower in energy, these plants provide the moose with its sodium requirements, and as much as half of their diet usually consists of aquatic plant life. In winter, moose are often drawn to roadways, to lick salt that is used as a snow and ice melter. A typical moose, weighing 360 kg (790 lb), can eat up to 32 kg (71 lb) of food per day.
The game is set in the year 3030 or something. I wonder why the hell there are no WINDSHIELD WIPERS on exos?! Maybe frontiersmen are too damn noble that they want gorges to stand a chance against exos?
Obviously Bilebomb technology is far superior to landownership, chrome spell check WTF windshieldwipers :P
Far as bullets go, it's a pretty cut and dry tech. You don't need power to make it work, just a bang. So you don't have to worry about a battery running out mid-battle. Bullets are soft(ish) lead, so you don't have to worry about blowing holes in your spacecraft or station as long as its constructed out of something sturdy. As opposed to like laser beams that theoreticallly burn holes in everything.
Don't be hatin on the bullets, as long as its squishy, bullets should kill it, and they're cheap.
Any realism arguments are invalid, in 15 years combat here, on earth will be heavily robotic for the top nations, imagine a thousand years from now!
The mechanics are just there to make the game work. Better this way, than some ship that can instantaneously kill any life within light years of radius, lol! Wouldn't fit the model
The game is set in the year 3030 or something. I wonder why the hell there are no WINDSHIELD WIPERS on exos?! Maybe frontiersmen are too damn noble that they want gorges to stand a chance against exos?
Windshield wipers only come with the luxury package Exos. The TSF was cheap and only bought the basic model.
The game is set in the year 3030 or something. I wonder why the hell there are no WINDSHIELD WIPERS on exos?! Maybe frontiersmen are too damn noble that they want gorges to stand a chance against exos?
Windshield wipers only come with the luxury package Exos. The TSF was cheap and only bought the basic model.
Luxury model also comes with enough leg-room to physically allow a marine to realistically fit inside the cockpit.
If bile can chew through hardened metal, just think what it will do with a windshield wiper. It would melt away so fast there wouldn't be point of having it in the first place, right? Mystery sovled.
Kouji_SanSr. Hινε UÏкεεÏεг - EUPT DeputyThe NetherlandsJoin Date: 2003-05-13Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
I dunno man, there are some none metalic plastics and rubbers out there which can handle the most volatile acids quite easily, while anything else just melts away
You're forgetting that this is in a parallel universe where humans are 1000 years slower than us in developing technology. Their technology in 3030 is equivalent to ours in 2030 . Maybe they were set back by having to build spaceships.
You're forgetting that this is in a parallel universe where humans are 1000 years slower than us in developing technology. Their technology in 3030 is equivalent to ours in 2030 . Maybe they were set back by having to build spaceships.
Or maybe it was beacause in this parallel universe, religion was more prevalent...
You're forgetting that this is in a parallel universe where humans are 1000 years slower than us in developing technology. Their technology in 3030 is equivalent to ours in 2030 . Maybe they were set back by having to build spaceships.
Really?
We are less than 20 years away from colonizing other planets? From being able to precisely teleport matter (including humans) over huge distances? From developing a nanite bullet that has advanced friend-or-foe detection system and is able to dissolve itself before hitting friendly target? We are 20 years away from being able to construct advanced, complex machines and computers from scratch in literary several seconds?
Whoa there must have been significant scientific advances while I wasn't looking....
I mean seriously, just because TSF marines are not running around with pew pew ray guns and anti-gravity boots and forcefields doesn't exactly mean that we are anywhere near their level of technology.
You're forgetting that this is in a parallel universe where humans are 1000 years slower than us in developing technology. Their technology in 3030 is equivalent to ours in 2030 . Maybe they were set back by having to build spaceships.
Really?
We are less than 20 years away from colonizing other planets? From being able to precisely teleport matter (including humans) over huge distances? From developing a nanite bullet that has advanced friend-or-foe detection system and is able to dissolve itself before hitting friendly target? We are 20 years away from being able to construct advanced, complex machines and computers from scratch in literary several seconds?
Whoa there must have been significant scientific advances while I wasn't looking....
I mean seriously, just because TSF marines are not running around with pew pew ray guns and anti-gravity boots and forcefields doesn't exactly mean that we are anywhere near their level of technology.
So called "lo-tech" stuff like ballistic weaponry is still around because they are still efficient, cheap, and reliable. It's simple economics, people. We don't need fancy laser cannons to take care of a couple of bugs. Plus, we want to keep these facilities intact, not nuke the entire site from orbit.
You're forgetting that this is in a parallel universe where humans are 1000 years slower than us in developing technology. Their technology in 3030 is equivalent to ours in 2030 . Maybe they were set back by having to build spaceships.
Really?
We are less than 20 years away from colonizing other planets? From being able to precisely teleport matter (including humans) over huge distances? From developing a nanite bullet that has advanced friend-or-foe detection system and is able to dissolve itself before hitting friendly target? We are 20 years away from being able to construct advanced, complex machines and computers from scratch in literary several seconds?
Whoa there must have been significant scientific advances while I wasn't looking....
I mean seriously, just because TSF marines are not running around with pew pew ray guns and anti-gravity boots and forcefields doesn't exactly mean that we are anywhere near their level of technology.
Someone explained this quite well a while back but I cant remember the details. Something to do with the Nanite Weapons which are used by the military get jammed alot (or something like that) because of the infestation or Bacterium (or both, I can not remember) so they have to revert back to good old gun power and lead weapons to be able to fight the kharaa.
Nah, someone just has minor pet peeve about people thinking that ballistic weapons are primitive/easily replaced. :P
Also common people, the exo actually doest have cockpit windows, it has a small camera stuck on the front armor, how would even windshield wipers work? /srs mode.
So called "lo-tech" stuff like ballistic weaponry is still around because they are still efficient, cheap, and reliable. It's simple economics, people. We don't need fancy laser cannons to take care of a couple of bugs. Plus, we want to keep these facilities intact, not nuke the entire site from orbit.
Tell me ... what good is nuking from orbit when there's nothing there to exert gravitational pull?
The guns have no recoil whatsoever. Nanite bullets. For a broke tsf this is pretty good stuff. I miss this grenade launcher attachment but its not in the budget anymore.
I don't care how low tech bullets are in this great and glorious TSF future, just give me my Heavy Machine Gun. It can use brass cartridge bullets propelled by refined Gorge dung and I wouldn't care, just get that Alterra HMG factory back online, stat!
Nah, someone just has minor pet peeve about people thinking that ballistic weapons are primitive/easily replaced. :P
Also common people, the exo actually doest have cockpit windows, it has a small camera stuck on the front armor, how would even windshield wipers work? /srs mode.
Btw, although I'm not one to take this thread seriously, you may be happy to know that all those things you mentioned so seriously in your response to me are indeed possible today, albeit expensive and not perfected to large scale applicability. In 20 years it may indeed be very common in the laboratory setting. But again, relax, I was only coming up with some humorous response on the spot. I didn't sit there and sketch blueprints like perhaps some of us <.< did.
Btw, although I'm not one to take this thread seriously, you may be happy to know that all those things you mentioned so seriously in your response to me are indeed possible today, albeit expensive and not perfected to large scale applicability. In 20 years it may indeed be very common in the laboratory setting. But again, relax, I was only coming up with some humorous response on the spot. I didn't sit there and sketch blueprints like perhaps some of us <.< did.
Link to relevant science articles? Or at least relevant wiki pages?
Lets turn this into glorious NS2 lore/current technology comparison thread. :-B
Comments
But movies like Aliens have the same problems. Only the motion tracking aimhack gun (I think it's called Smart Gun) is pretty modern.
Starship Troopers, again: simple bullet based weapons.
The moose is a herbivore and is capable of consuming many types of plant or fruit. The average adult moose needs to consume 9770 Calories per day to maintain its body weight. Much of a moose's energy is derived from terrestrial vegetation, mainly consisting of forbs and other non-grasses, and fresh shoots from trees such as willow and birch. These plants are rather low in sodium, and moose generally need to consume a good quantity of aquatic plants. While much lower in energy, these plants provide the moose with its sodium requirements, and as much as half of their diet usually consists of aquatic plant life. In winter, moose are often drawn to roadways, to lick salt that is used as a snow and ice melter. A typical moose, weighing 360 kg (790 lb), can eat up to 32 kg (71 lb) of food per day.
Obviously Bilebomb technology is far superior to landownership, chrome spell check WTF windshieldwipers :P
Don't be hatin on the bullets, as long as its squishy, bullets should kill it, and they're cheap.
The mechanics are just there to make the game work. Better this way, than some ship that can instantaneously kill any life within light years of radius, lol! Wouldn't fit the model
Luxury model also comes with enough leg-room to physically allow a marine to realistically fit inside the cockpit.
Or maybe it was beacause in this parallel universe, religion was more prevalent...
/thread
Really?
We are less than 20 years away from colonizing other planets? From being able to precisely teleport matter (including humans) over huge distances? From developing a nanite bullet that has advanced friend-or-foe detection system and is able to dissolve itself before hitting friendly target? We are 20 years away from being able to construct advanced, complex machines and computers from scratch in literary several seconds?
Whoa there must have been significant scientific advances while I wasn't looking....
I mean seriously, just because TSF marines are not running around with pew pew ray guns and anti-gravity boots and forcefields doesn't exactly mean that we are anywhere near their level of technology.
So called "lo-tech" stuff like ballistic weaponry is still around because they are still efficient, cheap, and reliable. It's simple economics, people. We don't need fancy laser cannons to take care of a couple of bugs. Plus, we want to keep these facilities intact, not nuke the entire site from orbit.
Someone took the thread too seriously.
Nah, someone just has minor pet peeve about people thinking that ballistic weapons are primitive/easily replaced. :P
Also common people, the exo actually doest have cockpit windows, it has a small camera stuck on the front armor, how would even windshield wipers work? /srs mode.
I don't care how low tech bullets are in this great and glorious TSF future, just give me my Heavy Machine Gun. It can use brass cartridge bullets propelled by refined Gorge dung and I wouldn't care, just get that Alterra HMG factory back online, stat!
Btw, although I'm not one to take this thread seriously, you may be happy to know that all those things you mentioned so seriously in your response to me are indeed possible today, albeit expensive and not perfected to large scale applicability. In 20 years it may indeed be very common in the laboratory setting. But again, relax, I was only coming up with some humorous response on the spot. I didn't sit there and sketch blueprints like perhaps some of us <.< did.
Meh
Why not
Link to relevant science articles? Or at least relevant wiki pages?
Lets turn this into glorious NS2 lore/current technology comparison thread. :-B
And it was written: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human windshield-wiping hand."