Date For 1.04?
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Join Date: 2002-11-17 Member: 9006Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2002-11-17 Member: 9006Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">1.04?</div> Was just curious about when 1.04 or the next patch is coming out. Supposed to have all the needs for an official clan match I thought? Im anxious to see it <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> . If these forums stay down 1.04 may stay a dream lol.
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1.1 is shaping up very nicely! We've worked out a new solution to the siege cannon complaints that involves a 2-stage attack instead of marines having only one option to attack alien installations.
The siege cannon still fires through walls but doesnt do the usual splash damage. It targets 3 buildings at time and does constant, albeit slower, damage to them. The damage will kill faster than 3 defence towers can heal, so more than one siege cannon will be required to remove larger walls of lame. With chamber restrictions the way they are you'll never need more than 3 sieges to remove a wall of lame (we're working on that balance now, might be increased to 4).
The second option for marines is a new "assault" cannon, simiar to the siege, that does <i>not</i> shoot through walls, but does have unlimited range, will auto-target buildings and fire old-style siege shots, splash damage included, but the any building damaged by the new cannon is disabled for 5 seconds (cannon fires every 5 seconds). The drawback to the assault cannon is that one marine must "operate" it for it to fire. The cannon auto-targets and fires only while a marine stands next to it holding the "use" key down.
We're happy with the results of these changes so far and we're looking forward to the 1.1 release!
Also, the 1.03 announcement on the main page closes with the comment, "The NS Team is now taking some well-deserved time off and may not be around to accept other mirrors." Well-deserved indeed... so don't expect 1.04 to come out quite as quickly as the previous patches.
In all seriousness though, I'm having a blast with 1.03. If they never touched the game again, I'd still be a very happy camper to have such a fine FREE game.
*sit´s and wait´s for 1.1 client*
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So "when it's done" is a pretty good assumption, the mod authors have not created a deadline that I know of. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Did this post have a meaning, beside taking a cheapshot at Fam? Of course not! I just could not resist..
edit: Though I don't know if there are any good ones finished. The ones I've tried have been a bit on the poop side.
"your job is to sit still with your use key down for the rest of the game!...have fun!"
(imagines start of match)
"IM NOT GOING TO DO THE ASSAULT CANNON"
"ME NEITHER!"
"come on. we need someone to do it!"
"NO WAY!"
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I was under the impression that the Dev Team in no way wanted a "manable" gun in NS. Where did this come from?
Not so much in response to what Fina said, but that's gotta be one of the best avatars I've ever seen.
(If you don't know which one I'm talking about, click back and look for the one that looks like the Major League Baseball symbol, only with a skulk shape.)
You win the talking out of your butthole award!
oh, and his ideas suck ;p
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Thank you, thank you. I can't stress enough, how easy it was to win this prestigious award! Just come home late one night drunk and post with my alcohol fueled imagination. Sorry if I've angered anyone or mislead some of the more impressionable of you.
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Hey man, thats not cool. I was just trying to keep the debate open on the siege cannon issue. I'd hate for the NS team to not look for alternatives simply because they think the siege is the <i>only</i> way marines can compete.
As for everyone else ragging on the "using the assault cannon" idea: #1 its not quite "mannable" in that it aims and fires on its own. #2 You'd <i>hardly</i> have to be on the cannon for the "whole game". Once marines get a well defended siege going outside a hive, it doesn't take very long to destory EVERYTHING.
Once again I'll apologize and point you to a more serious (and on-topic) thread on the subject if you care:
<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=16054&hl=' target='_blank'>Beating the dead horse of the siege</a>
Actually it was, it's a long-running fad from before the mod was released. No need to get uppity.
(Yes that's right. I consider sieges a bug, not a valid gameplay feature.)