Grenade launchers...

CMEastCMEast Join Date: 2002-05-19 Member: 632Members
in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">Just trying to get a feel for them</div>I just wondered what theyd be like. I know (stc etc) that they are timed explosives but is that like TFCs where they blow after a certain time unless they hit something? Or maybe they are timed only and never blow prematurely.

How are they fired? Is it like a mortar style, sort of like the MP5's grenade attachment in HL? Or like TFC and Q3's bombs that basically dribble out and bounce around a bit?

Can you fire a large group of bombs, sort of lay a carpet? Or is it one at a time accurate but powerful stuff?

I have my guesses based on game style etc but Im not gonna say anything and start rumours. Thanks for reading this PTers
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  • PseudoKnightPseudoKnight Join Date: 2002-06-18 Member: 791Members
    I believe they are timed, but I did hear that they explode on impact with an alien.
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  • HBNayrHBNayr Join Date: 2002-07-13 Member: 930Members
    That was in the changelog for RC6.  And, as with any RC, it could change before it's released.

    But I think it sounds like the most intuitive way to do it.  A GL againt an Onos (What do you call more than one Onos...Onoses?...Oni?) won't be useless as you wait for the grenades to go off, and hope he's standing on them when they go off.  Then again, maybe it will only end up exploding on contact with a building.

    -Ryan!


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  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    I heard they were timed as well, but blowing up on hitting a target is something that was just added/will be added/is being discussed, etc.
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  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I'm not sure how much I can tell you, but I can say that the grenade launcher is just 1 grenade at a time (no multi-nade shots, which would require secondary fire modes).

    I'll also say that if I have a choice of weapons, I try to get the grenade launcher above all else.
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  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    shotgun > all

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  • HBNayrHBNayr Join Date: 2002-07-13 Member: 930Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Greedo386+Sep. 10 2002,03:10--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Greedo386 @ Sep. 10 2002,03:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->I'm not sure how much I can tell you, but I can say that the grenade launcher is just 1 grenade at a time...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well, how quick can the GL fire?  How long does it take to reload?

    -Ryan!


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  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin--H'BNayr+Sep. 10 2002,00:25--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (H'BNayr @ Sep. 10 2002,00:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Well, how quick can the GL fire?  How long does it take to reload?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Umm...  Subject to Change...  and, uh..  Subject to Change!   <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
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  • BattousaixBattousaix Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 822Members
    I heard that the gl throws the grenade, and if it doesnt hit something it bounces and blows up after an ammount of time....
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  • LockNLoadedLockNLoaded Join Date: 2002-09-05 Member: 1282Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Greedo386+Sep. 10 2002,03:10--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Greedo386 @ Sep. 10 2002,03:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->I'll also say that if I have a choice of weapons, I try to get the grenade launcher above all else.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    all the more i wanna use this baby!

    yes even tho i've not even seen anything NS other than screens, i'll reckon the ROF is reduced to counter the damage it does...which sounds like its no puny weapon regarded by the aliens like some...should i say irritance? =)
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  • klauskalleklauskalle Join Date: 2002-08-15 Member: 1165Members
    well more important is the way u fire the GL. will it be like in HL (the mp5 thing) or will it be like TFC?
    /me hopes it will be like the mp5, as this was his favourite weapon
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  • FamFam Diaper-Wearing Dog On A Ball Join Date: 2002-02-17 Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Its a mix of both of them. It has to be experienced for sure.
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  • CMEastCMEast Join Date: 2002-05-19 Member: 632Members
    Thanks for the answers... Im not sure if they have helped me get much of a better idea of the GL but I know more than I did so it was worth posting.
    Anything else would be welcome.
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