New Fade Ablilty Not Like Melnorme

kormendi

<div class="IPBDescription">... its Utwig</div> I was horrified to discover that Flayra has wrongly compared the new fade Ability to the Melnorme. Im too huge a fan of Star Control II to let this go. The Utwig Jugger has a special ability similar to the new fade ability, not the Melnorme Trader.

See for yourself:
<a href='http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/sc2/aliens/utwig.shtml' target='_blank'>Utwig</a>
<a href='http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/sc2/aliens/melnorme.shtml' target='_blank'>Melnorme</a>

That is all,
kormendi


P.S. Star Control 2 is a fantastic game, if you are interested in playing it for the first time or would like to reexperience one of the greatest games of all time check out <a href='http://sc2.sourceforge.net/' target='_blank'>The Ur-Quan Masters</a>

Soral

And for those artists and coders out there, try looking at this project, <a href='http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/timewarp' target='_blank'>TimeWarp</a>. I love it!

StarControl rocks!

Frogg2

Oh dear god, how could Flayra make such a huge mistake as this!?! :P

Macguyvok

Ok... I'm going to say somethign that's going to necesitate a flame retardant suit..... but be that as it may....

Where's the difference? I see differences in the weapons; but they both seem to work equally well for the anology, and from what I've heard about the new fade ability the melnorme trader weapon sounds more like the fade's thant the other one... but.. *sigh* I'm hopelessly inept at make analogies to games i've never played about a change in a beta i've never played..... I apologize in advance...

kormendi

I understand how there could be some confusion. The Utwig secondary/special weapon is a shield that absorbs damage and converts it to energy while the Melnorme's primary weapon can act as a shield while charging it is still a projectile weapon and does not convert damage to energy. For anyone familiar with Star Control II, Metabolize screams Utwig shield.

If Metabolize holds to the true spirit of the Utwig shield, it will be fun to stand in front of turrets while constantly metabolizing the bullets and emitting a menacing red glow.

Carling

umm i never heard of star command 2. well maby. i think i once had start command the first one. but i forget now <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> is star Command 2 out ? looks like a game i would like to play <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

kormendi

Well, it seems he fixed his error if you look at the <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=30&t=33545' target='_blank'>1.1j changelog post</a> in the beta forum.

Skillzilla1

Thats nice... I guess...

kormendi

Yes it is skillhouse...
being someone who spent much of his childhood playing Star Control II any mention of it overwhelms me with a barrage of emotions. In fact the only other thing that brings such intense feelings is biting the head off a marine with my sharp skulk teeth. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo-->

Ruke

Wouldn't a fade just turn on this ability, stand infront of a big turret wall, and block all the bullets while his skulky buddy chewed down the Tfac, making all turrets useless, totally useless once fades get this?

Talesin

As opposed to a regenerating Onos doing the same thing, but being able to join in on chomping them away?

I'm silently hoping that the shield can absorb stuff like Siege damage. Have three Fades standing around a hive, glowing as they absorb the siege shots and convert them over to personal energy in time to take the next hit.