Overwatch

HarpoonHarpoon Join Date: 2002-10-06 Member: 1448Members
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It's in their features section. Can anyone elaborate on this, is it still in the game? After a certain time period, does your character suddenly snap to autoaim and begin firing at targets, reloading, etc..? How accurate are you?
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  • JediYoshiJediYoshi The Cupcake Boss Join Date: 2002-05-27 Member: 674Members
    1: Your sig is too large, 400x75

    2: Nope, taken out, too effective, mabey version 2.
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  • HarpoonHarpoon Join Date: 2002-10-06 Member: 1448Members
    ok

    hmm can I keep it? I know its tall... but its only 9kb as opposed to your 19 kb <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    No.

    The limit exists for a reason.
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  • JediYoshiJediYoshi The Cupcake Boss Join Date: 2002-05-27 Member: 674Members
    Err. cut of some of the head and the mouth, make the main focus the eyes, then i think we'll all be happy.
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  • HarpoonHarpoon Join Date: 2002-10-06 Member: 1448Members
    ok!  <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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  • Carbon14Carbon14 Join Date: 2002-07-29 Member: 1025Members, Retired Developer
    Just use something like this:

    <img src="http://www.imahosting.com/sigs/harpoon-sig.gif" border="0">
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  • HarpoonHarpoon Join Date: 2002-10-06 Member: 1448Members
    oh.. my.. god

    how'd you do that?

    photoshop?

    some people are just God

    thx btw <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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  • J1mmyZJ1mmyZ Join Date: 2002-09-09 Member: 1304Members
    < phears Carbon14's skillz
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Back to the subject of Overwatch...

    Was once implimented, many builds ago. Was entirely too fast and accurate. Was taken out to save time. -Might- be in V2. Might not be.
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  • InexorableInexorable Join Date: 2002-09-28 Member: 1360Members
    Seems odd something like that would be too powerful. After all the marine has to be standing still for it to work, which makes him an easy bite target. Course, I suppose the fact that you couldn't sneak up on an overwatch marine made up for that.

    In the end though, I guess it doesn't matter that much. If you really want to chatter that much during a firefight, get voicechat.
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  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    A single marine could hold a hive room all by himself.  All he had to do was back into a corner and then aliens wouldnt be able to get in.
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  • PseudoKnightPseudoKnight Join Date: 2002-06-18 Member: 791Members
    If a sentry marine was that effective, how effective is the sentry gun?
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Not as effective. But more effective than, say, a rock.

    Narrows it down a bit, huh? <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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  • outerfroggy1outerfroggy1 Join Date: 2002-10-01 Member: 1401Members
    i think overwatch is a damn good idea, too many times ive had to take a break from a game for a few mins and i dont want be be a useless AFKer. but it shouldnt be too accurate... it should just spray some bullets in the general direction of the alien just to try and scare it off... or whatever.
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Yeah, that's just it. It would have taken too much time to make a bot that was semi-accurate, rather than a l33t sn1p3r '0 d00m. l33t sn1p3r '0 d00m is very easy to do. It's making it less accurate that is hard.
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  • FlickFlick Join Date: 2002-08-11 Member: 1137Members
    If you were a marine, and backed into a corner  to hold a room.. what happens when you run out of ammo?
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  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Flick+Oct. 09 2002,14:03--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Flick @ Oct. 09 2002,14:03)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->If you were a marine, and backed into a corner  to hold a room.. what happens when you run out of ammo?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You never do, the commander could easy keep dropping it on top of your head.

    It seems Flayra can code good aimbots, good thing he uses his powers for good, instead of evil <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->
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  • RavenousRavenous Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 48Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Silver Fox+Oct. 09 2002,14:14--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Silver Fox @ Oct. 09 2002,14:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->A single marine could hold a hive room all by himself.  All he had to do was back into a corner and then aliens wouldnt be able to get in.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    As I understand the overwatch only activated once a enemy entered a fairly small circle in the middle of the HUD. The aliens would just have to strafe up to the side of the Marine to kill him.

    Don't they ?
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Yup. Or that was one way we were going to try. Never got the code that far though. Got busy with other things, like turrets and siege cannons and the like.
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  • InexorableInexorable Join Date: 2002-09-28 Member: 1360Members
    Damn that actual game stuff for getting in the way of your aimbot development.  <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
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