Be the MAC
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Join Date: 2008-01-11 Member: 63385Members
Join Date: 2008-01-11 Member: 63385Members
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But Macs are bad for games, I would definitely continue to use my PC
Flying around building stuff and welding rines would be kinda fun I think.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It sure used to be.
I wonder how the symmetrical composition of NS2 will play compared to NS1.
it is MAC, in all caps
And would also take away far too many marines from the field.
Because first you have up to 3 people in the comm (mirrored by aliens, so not completely relevant), but then add a player in a masc and say 2 more each controlling a mac.
Thats 5 people just sitting in the base.
I like the idea but wouldn't that give conflicts with the commander?
Or would it be an idea to give the commander a MAC remote feature?
Flying around building stuff and welding rines would be kinda fun I think.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not unless you stick a missile rack, a giant laser, and lots more armor on it, no.
And rename "Commander" to "Mr. House" and "MAC" to "Securitron V2"
I was about to ###### about how I feel like such a dork for saying that...and then I realized, "Hey bud, you're on forums for a videogame...and it's 5:30am." There are worse tendencies to hide, perhaps...
Edit: I suck at being on topic, sorry.
OT: I think players would much rather have the option to use welders as marines (like to weld doors) than control MACs from the comm's perspective. A comm limiting his view by only being able to see from one MACs perspective is never a good idea, and a marine taking control of a MAC takes a marine off of the field of battle and doing something that the commander can manage by himself.
That's because NS1 diehards are obsessed with being able to do the most boring ######e possible like constructing buildings. The fact of the matter is, its easy to imagine a situation where the commander would need to order a drone to do a task under fire, and it would only be possible with FPS control so he'd be able to dodge incoming attacks while welding or whatever.
It's still better to get a marine to do that, they will after all be in the area if there's a firefight going on and they are a lot more durable than a MAC.
eh, no, they would be busy you know SHOOTING STUFF
That's be a nice mechanism for the portable power node.
<!--quoteo(post=1812458:date=Dec 2 2010, 11:44 AM:name=zex)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (zex @ Dec 2 2010, 11:44 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1812458"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->eh, no, they would be busy you know SHOOTING STUFF<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And the commander would be more busy being the commander.
You mean commanding drones to build things or weld things, as in exactly what we're talking about?
If I tell a bot to weld something I click twice and then go do something else.
If I have to stare at the thing I'm building while it gets built, then it's wasting time.
As commander I have to do lots of things, I don't really have the time to manually control a weld bot.
Of course you could say that would be an ideal job for a second commander, but why would you have a system where a guy gets into a command chair to go back into first person in order to build or weld something under fire, he could just go and do that as a marine.
Although really the whole idea of building 'under fire' is kind of silly, as marine you are fighting aliens who are fast and powerful, but they don't use ranged weapons much, so they can't realy just deicde to take potshots at the mac, they would risk being shot quite badly if they went after one and if they did, no amount of dodging would protect it.
As aliens, your builders transform into the building and it just grows, so you don't have to protect the builder.
If you need the precision of a first person control, use a marine, if you want mass 'fire and forget' style building, use a weld bot.
^ This
"Drifters vs MACs race through to victory"
Kinda like mario cart, but ns