05-09-2010, 07:39 PM
(05-08-2010, 09:08 PM)Flying Steel Wrote: or something like what tZork suggested, such as having laser usage rely on the same regenerating "fuel" that the jetpack and grappling hook use.This is a bad idea, laser should be used as often as you can.
With a fuel based laser you could use it for a little while without losing health, but after that you'd have to use other movement features to remain agile and evasive.
(05-08-2010, 09:08 PM)Flying Steel Wrote: Might make a lot of sense to make the laser offhand too. It wouldn't be such a pain to use then, in competitive matches. And would be more recognizable as a "movement feature" if that is mostly what it is.This would be even worse than shotgun/laser merging.