08-30-2010, 06:28 PM
My only contribution to this informal "new xonotic weapon design" thread is to make the hagar heat seeking and do low, rotting damage. The idea is to encourage burst fire. Here are my thoughts:
1. Heat seeking weapons are noob (and lag) friendly and you have to have fun as a noob to hang around long enough to become pro.
2. Tag seeker needs tagging before seeking so the only reason ever to use it would be because your nex is out of ammo. Don't give me any tag seeker replies. It is a poorly designed weapon IMHO.
3. This way the wall bouncing actually can be useful for something other than suiciding.
4. Nexuiz CTF is broken IMHO. With the ABSURD agility and speed of nexuiz most weapons are useless against a fleeing flag carrier. There is really little point in putting anything but nexguns and machineguns in even a semi-open CTF map. A weapon which slowly but constantly chews away at your hitpoints will at least encourage the carrier to engage a pursuer the way one would in Deathmatch.
1. Heat seeking weapons are noob (and lag) friendly and you have to have fun as a noob to hang around long enough to become pro.
2. Tag seeker needs tagging before seeking so the only reason ever to use it would be because your nex is out of ammo. Don't give me any tag seeker replies. It is a poorly designed weapon IMHO.
3. This way the wall bouncing actually can be useful for something other than suiciding.
4. Nexuiz CTF is broken IMHO. With the ABSURD agility and speed of nexuiz most weapons are useless against a fleeing flag carrier. There is really little point in putting anything but nexguns and machineguns in even a semi-open CTF map. A weapon which slowly but constantly chews away at your hitpoints will at least encourage the carrier to engage a pursuer the way one would in Deathmatch.
