Customizable games

merringoo

<div class="IPBDescription">What options should or will there be?</div><!--emo&:asrifle:--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':asrifle:'><!--endemo--> I think that there should be a huge selection of options for the server.  For example there should be an option to stop certain types of weapons being used.  This would make the game more accessible for people who think a certain weapon might be annoying.

coil

I have a feeling that this idea, while valid when looking at other Mods, wouldn't really work in NS.  NS's weapons are balanced like the weapons in an RTS - each has pros and cons, and each frequently acts as a counter to a weapon on the other team.  Removing a weapon - like, say, the marines' grenade launcher - would leave that team at a definite disadvantage when facing a certain type of attack.

I'm also not sure this is needed.  One of the team's top priorities is to make sure none of the weapons feels "cheap."  You will not find some jerk camping with a sniper rifle, taking pot shots at every alien who pokes his head around a corner.  Combining these two points, I don't think a "vote out X weapon" feature is really needed.

Moleculor

Right. Coil's right, there aren't really any 'cheap' weapons in the game. This isn't a weapons mod where you have five machine guns, three sniper rifles, six pistols, and two shotguns. You've got one of each type (sometimes none, in the case of the sniper rifle), and they're all meant to be used.

Sono

Yes, coil is right.
NS is not like AHL beta 4 with a _way_ overpowered shotgun.

Lazarus

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Yes, coil is right.
NS is not like AHL beta 4 with a _way_ overpowered shotgun.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Or AVP2 with that ridicilous disc.

Moleculor

Or CS with that AWP.

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What? Someone had to say it! <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->

Cork2

well if you disable a weapon then the eliens have a betterchance of winning

Fam

<a href="http://www.adminmod.org/" target="_blank">Adminmod</a>.

Surge

Stupid disc? The disc in AvP 2 can be dodged as any species, and it can be avoided if there's cover.

I probably already asked, Laz, but what is that avatar from, again?

On subject... well, <i>naturally</i>, you should be able to <i>select</i> a number of options, and Adminmod will help. (No pun intended)

Lazarus

I got it here: <a href="http://animatedgif.net" target="_blank">http://animatedgif.net</a>

Its not that easy to dodge a disc that was thrown away from 5 meters.

[edit] just testing: <span style='color:BLACK'>Disc = Bleh!</span>[/edit]

Scythe

I don't like the Disk nor the people that use it. It's a point and click weapon. You don't really have time to dodge it when you are a wirling flurry of claws slashing marines into bloody gibs. Same with the Plasma Cannon. If I play pred I always use the Combistick + Net + Wristblades and sometimes the Speargun. I took out a marine in an exosuit with a Combistick so bleh to the people that call the exosuit an "Unbeatable lama weapon".

On topic bit: Umm, I wouldn't really trust anyone to remove weapons from NS other than the dev team. NS seems to be pretty finely balanced, if a dimwitted admin takes out a weapon because a few fools complain about being killed with it, it could throw the entire game out of whack.

--Scythe--
<a href="mailto:the_only_scythe@subdimension.com">the_only_scythe@subdimension.com</a>

merringoo

<!--emo&:asrifle:--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':asrifle:'><!--endemo--> Even so, maybe the server having the option to give the humans or aliens a disadvantage would be a welcome addition?

Sgt_X

Me thinks not. Realy, messing with the balance is not for us.

Sono

One word to the disc:

The disc is a ###### weapon, just like the plasma cannon, it is point and click. so always can be lucky if you play against a honerable pred.
And besides that, if you play yourself honorable you have a more exciting game <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->