Why do ExoSuits explode?

SnXSnX Join Date: 2013-01-17 Member: 180145Members, Reinforced - Gold
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It would be much cooler in my opinion to just let an exosuit shutdown and crash to the ground. The explosion looks kind of weird...

Lets say something like this at 0:50 :youtu.be/vvZBNnOFsj4?t=45s
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  • RippsyRippsy Join Date: 2013-01-16 Member: 179921Members
    becasue then we'd have exo suits littered all over the game world, why do aliens disolve? Where do bits of buildings go? Why aren't we knee deep in alien wingwong?
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  • dragonmithdragonmith Join Date: 2013-02-04 Member: 182817Members, Reinforced - Diamond
    edited March 2013
    NANITES!

    Also, PARASITES!
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  • SnXSnX Join Date: 2013-01-17 Member: 180145Members, Reinforced - Gold
    Rippsy wrote: »
    becasue then we'd have exo suits littered all over the game world, why do aliens disolve? Where do bits of buildings go? Why aren't we knee deep in alien wingwong?

    Easy, let them disappear after a while like an Onos that dies.

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  • OhnojojoOhnojojo Join Date: 2011-08-01 Member: 113400Members
    Why does everything in Starcraft II explode?
    Zerglings explode when they die. Even if they are shot by bullets or cut by Psi Blades.
    Siege Tanks and Thors explode when zerglings and hydralisks bombard it with spikes and claws.
    Why does anything explode in any video game?
    Barrels of gasoline don't usually explode when shot with bullets.

    Basically, the exo explodes when killed because its cool to look at. EXPLOSIONS YEAH
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  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    dragonmith wrote: »
    NANITES!
    If in doubt: nanites.

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  • peregrinusperegrinus Join Date: 2010-07-16 Member: 72445Members
    SnX wrote: »
    It would be much cooler in my opinion to just let an exosuit shutdown and crash to the ground. The explosion looks kind of weird...

    Lets say something like this at 0:50 :youtu.be/vvZBNnOFsj4?t=45s

    Except, because of the physics, it wouldn't fall and crash, it would bounce around and wiggle all about.

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  • Ghosthree3Ghosthree3 Join Date: 2010-02-13 Member: 70557Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    thefonz wrote: »
    Michael Bay.

    Pretty much this, game WAS made in America.
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  • The_JanitorThe_Janitor Join Date: 2013-03-24 Member: 184320Members
    edited March 2013
    Rippsy wrote: »
    becasue then we'd have exo suits littered all over the game world, why do aliens disolve? Where do bits of buildings go? Why aren't we knee deep in alien wingwong?

    I'd like to see bodies linger for longer. You're going through a hallway and spot 3 dead companions. Probably an ambush, better find another route.
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  • ZekZek Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 7962Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    They explode because of nanites. I think it's way cooler than just falling over, and more intuitive too for a major event like an exo going down.
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    edited March 2013
    Nanites are the only explanation you'll ever need in the NS universe, for anything. (Except of course when the answer is bacteria)
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  • GameOverGameOver Germany Join Date: 2003-10-15 Member: 21700Members, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Shadow
    Maybe that's why:
    Exo must run on something, it's a machine.
    -> It needs fuel. I'd say, that the fuel is very compact and unstable. If it get's into contact with O_2 and receives a ignition spark it may burn up instantaneously (boom!)

    So if the skulk is biting the exo, it's generating sparks like a bullet hitting a metal. If the armor is down, the fuel flows out. Both together: Boom!

    Now you're asking why how that can be? The Exo has no exhaust! It's super modern fuel which will be converted into bullets and railgun projectiles inside the exo!

    bla! :)
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  • IAINIAIN Join Date: 2013-03-26 Member: 184449Members
    edited March 2013
    actually check this out, he has a pretty good point,
    at the end of the release trailer (2:36 on youtube) you can see the exo dies and goes exploding into the air with its mini guns still firing which looks awesome but maybe got axed for being to distracting?
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  • CrazyEddieCrazyEddie Join Date: 2013-01-08 Member: 178196Members
    Ghosthree3 wrote: »
    thefonz wrote: »
    Michael Bay.

    Pretty much this, game WAS made in America.

    That's "Made in America, F*** YEAH!"
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  • WakeWake Join Date: 2003-03-05 Member: 14351Members, Constellation
    edited March 2013
    Old exos never die, they just fade away
    General Mc Arhur - TSF's South milky-way field marshall
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  • CiroCiro Join Date: 2013-01-09 Member: 178392Members
    Add a random slow power down. Cockpit glass breaks and the marine inside is trapped, with a pistol as part of a last stand.
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    The hell kind of question is this, of course they explode!

    There is no why... There is only AWYEAH!
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  • FirebreathingmaniacFirebreathingmaniac Join Date: 2013-03-18 Member: 184057Members
    Ok everyone knows that if you don't have a giant machine (with made in America on the back) explode when it dies. Then you might as well not make a giant machine. Plus 'splosions are cool.
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