Pustules vs Cysts
RisingSun
RisingCalifornia Join Date: 2004-04-19 Member: 28015Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
RisingCalifornia Join Date: 2004-04-19 Member: 28015Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
Why choose? Why not make the "unconnected" ones be named Pustules (the less threatening name) and "connected" ones be Cysts? That way you don't have to name them connected and unconnected. Kinda immersion breaking plus being such an awkward long word to use in a fast pace FPS/RTS.
p.s. Cant't wait to be on team "Lancer", specializing in eradicating this threat muhaha
p.s. Cant't wait to be on team "Lancer", specializing in eradicating this threat muhaha
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Cyst and Pustule both have that phonetic "I don't want THAT on my dinner plate!" yuk-effect. Cyst is shorter, easier to say, and it still gets that same feeling across. I like it. Cyst FTW!
Besides, I can already see some confusion on the battlefield when players could yell out "assist."
Assist assist!
Where's the cyst?
No, help me darn it!
1) Pustules: not a commonly understood word. Feels like I need a medical dictionary. Still better than Cyst imo.
2) Cyst: Definitely has the urpy gross feeling to it, but seems out of place as an official term. It makes me think of acne and popping zits more than naturalistic organic growth. Sounds too much like slang. Too close to Starcraft 2's "creep tumors".
3) Seedling: Gorges help seed the infestation. Alien comm seeds the infestation. Makes far more sense to use this than "hey we need cysts over here". It sounds better to say "I need help seeding heliport comm" or "Can somebody start seeding surface before I drop the hive?" or "I'm gonna seed Crevice up". If a new player hears a player say "We need some more seedlings in flight control", even without knowing what it is, he will know it likely involves growth just from the context and association of the word. It invokes better imagery like tree roots, green plants, and soil. The infestation it produces is the bedrock and soil of the plants the alien comm/gorge make.
You can't really say the same thing for "Cyst" or "pustule". Those sound more like medical abnormalities that need to be destroyed rather than a living, breathing organism. Which makes sense since marines will want to destroy them and probably use slang, but I still think seedling is the all around better choice. Here's to hoping it gets changed, after all, we're still in Beta :)
OHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
They have improved the Gorge class to allow FARMING!!!!!!!!!!! Wooooooohoooo!
You get to sell kharumpkins as med pack to your fellow team if they give you a bit of PRes in return.
Edit: Actually, that isn't that bad of an idea. What if the gorge could place Kharaa Med packs (Kharumpkins) to allow healing to those who pick it up. These would also use PRes up as well. That way the gorge would have a better way of healing. I think they should put the gorges Healing as a separate move and make the Kharumpkins the alt-fire of the heal. Or it could work the same way as the current infestation does. Where you just look at the floor and heal it. That way gorge heal could stay with his basic offensive move.
what if other aliens could go to the bottom of the gorge and "milk" him to get healing??
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back to topic: i like "cysts". it has been changed from pustules already and i guess they will not rename it again
Besides, I can already see some confusion on the battlefield when players could yell out "assist."
Assist assist!
Where's the cyst?
No, help me darn it!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Made me laugh (at the absurdity of it).
+1 for Cyst
I like cyst because it is a synonym of pustule, and it uses letter combos that we do not see terribly often, which helps it feel a little more foreign or alien, like the kh in kharaa.
Infestation itself makes me feel a bit urpy, and the idea of this pus-filled cyst oozing a blanket of nourishing corruption until it is finally burst in order to alleviate the infection really keeps the theme of how I felt when I heard about the original pustule. Only now we don't actually have to say "pus" every time, which is out and out urpy lurpy.
most of all though, it is short to type
Besides, I can already see some confusion on the battlefield when players could yell out "assist."
Assist assist!
Where's the cyst?
No, help me darn it!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Never thought of that. While I'm sure the community will learn its way around that, I... could actually see it happening a few times. o.O
So when an alien says 'comm drop assist here' you know he actually means cysts.
Cyst is fine and it is better than pustule.
(Straighten up your pustule)
What is that?
It's a cyst.
Will it kill us?
No. But we should remove it from our barracks.
It will be interesting if another name comes out in lingo though.
Awful names aside, I have no problem with waiting to see if the new Infestation will be an improvement or ruin the kharra's advancement.
Awful names aside, I have no problem with waiting to see if the new Infestation will be an improvement or ruin the kharra's advancement.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Surprise! It ruined it! Now marines can one shot a piece of infestation with a shotgun! This is much more balanced!
I should probably play Kharaa more...