Yeah, they are deliberately adding a gun which everyone will want to use for all of the mod's history so that people wont use the other guns that they worked on for months. Just like FA did. <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->
FamDiaper-Wearing Dog On A BallJoin Date: 2002-02-17Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Actually, some guns and attacks will be mightyly powerful, but you will always have to give up a chucnk of resources or/and time to get them, so balance is sustained.
will there be alot of recoil with any of the guns? like in dod they made the guns kinda bounce all over the place and make it hard as heck to shoot half way straight(i hate it!<!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->
Im not sure, I don't think they will. NS isn't really about weapon realism. About the only think you'll notice with the lmg and hmg are the ROF, clip size and accuracy.
Its more like 'Hey, thats a biiiiig gun .. lets go kill stuff' more then 'Hmm, I wonder, does this weapon feature anti-recoil burst system' er .... something like that ..
Look, Im not a weapons buff ... <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
hmmm shotgun.. i like the idea of that:D oh yeah and the turrets can we control them? i hope we dont because the aliens could just come behind us and kill us EASY?!? I have a another idea for a good gun.. maybe a m60?!?!
The turrets are aren't controlable. The dev team also doesn't like the idea of controlable turrets. So it seems unlikely that we'll ever have to control the turrets.
FamDiaper-Wearing Dog On A BallJoin Date: 2002-02-17Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
<!--QuoteBegin--Ginger+Aug. 04 2002,13:41--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Ginger @ Aug. 04 2002,13:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->I have a another idea for a good gun.. maybe a m60?!?!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> What on God's Earth is an M60? Sounds like a Motorway.
well it was just a idea..e you know it would be fun blasting them aliens with a m60 tho <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
FamDiaper-Wearing Dog On A BallJoin Date: 2002-02-17Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Why is using an outdated gun more fun than using a futuristic gun that does exactly the same thing? Or is it my fault for not being a fan of firearms and guns.
People who like guns confuse me, they seem to put perfectly modelled weapons and stats above playability and fun. If I wanted realism I would go outside and eat a plant.
Well, since the M60 is a big (and likely heavey) machine gun, by NS's gun naming system, it would be a Heavy Machine Gun. And since we already have a heavy machine gun, we can't have a second, sorry. NS isn't about realistic guns; the names describe what they are: pistol, light machine gun, grenade launcher, etc.
Well i dunno i think it would have been cool if the weapons u used would be futuristic models of actual weapons. I know it's late and irrelavent at this time but had to speak my mind.
well i was only saying at it would be good to have a m60.. but i dont mind using a heavy machine gun <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
I was thinking about something...now in real life when the only thing a soldier ever fights is humans a knife seems ok...but I think if I was fighting aliens I would want something with a little more pizaz perhaps a sword...or maybe an axe...anyone else see where I am coming from?
what about REALLY heavy machine gun <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
Sure, I'll just stick my sword in my back pocket <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--> I know a knie is wimpy, but if you get down to a knie, you deserve to die! Trust me though, if you cacth a gestating alien, knifing them can be fun <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
Anyays, I would explain more, but a marine would not carry around a sword or axe, they would carry a knife. /me runs off to go tubing
other melee weapons have been suggested. But this is really a weapon of last resort. First off, you need to be able to draw it quickly, secondly, a knife has more uses than larger wepons of the same type. The knife is just there in absolute worst cases, or in cases where you don't want to waste ammo. ex. destroying chambers.
i would love to run around with a axe in my hand killing some aliens... there would be so much blood flying every where and other aliens will be like WTF IS HE DOING?!? sorry bout that i got a but carried away???
DruBoBack In BeigeJoin Date: 2002-02-06Member: 172Members, NS1 Playtester
<!--QuoteBegin--MooMoo the SnowCow+Aug. 04 2002,15:30--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (MooMoo the SnowCow @ Aug. 04 2002,15:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->the hmg kind of looks like the m60<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> My point exactly.
well so my idea of the m60 was already in the game lol <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--> but we didnt know it!
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And for yer Question. No, there won't be any overpowered guns they are aiming for balance.
Its more like 'Hey, thats a biiiiig gun .. lets go kill stuff' more then 'Hmm, I wonder, does this weapon feature anti-recoil burst system' er .... something like that ..
Look, Im not a weapons buff ...
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-PD
I <b>never</b> used the shot gun unless I had the flashlight on too ...
it just looked to damn good <i>not</i> too ...
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What on God's Earth is an M60? Sounds like a Motorway.
<edit> I cannot spell. </edit>
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This is a bad idea!
People who like guns confuse me, they seem to put perfectly modelled weapons and stats above playability and fun. If I wanted realism I would go outside and eat a plant.
Anyays, I would explain more, but a marine would not carry around a sword or axe, they would carry a knife.
/me runs off to go tubing
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I would think that it would be better if destroying alien structures actually took some resources (bullets, grenades, etc).
But whatever. =/
<img src="http://contaminated.net/nsworld/dbstuf/m60.jpg" border="0">
This is a picture of the NS Heavy Machine Gun:
<img src="http://contaminated.net/nsworld/dbstuf/hmg.jpg" border="0">
'nuff said.
My point exactly.