01-08-2011, 12:33 PM
I think one of the main reasons why the Electro balance is so controversial is that both the old and new primary are pretty much unique from other weapons we have. Up to now, (most) people have been arguing over which one is "better", and not considering that we have (see third section) three weapons that, while not exactly alike or useless, have uncanny similarities. Why not replace some of these duplicates with the old Electro primary and whatever other distinct fire modes we can up with?
As for exactly where to put the lightning shaft/old Elector pulse, I haven't thought about it much, but the more people thinking about it, the more ideas we'll have. Right now I don't think we should put the lightning shaft on the Crylink, it would be very powerful then. Hopefully I'll have more ideas after playing a little more.
And in consistency with the Law of Opposites, the Hagar, Crylink, and HLAC are getting a lot of bad reputation coming their way because the Hagar's secondary is similar to the Crylink's primary, and the Crylink's secondary is similar to the HLAC's primary.
I don't think all of us use the Rifle alike. I use it for my "charge in, do a lot of damage, and get out alive" tactic on CTF, and other team games where the enemy is bunched up. After charging in and getting out, I go restock on health, get some ammo, maybe reload, and do it again. Others might camp with it, and put the crosshairs on the flag and wait (a valid tactic, if unpopular). Still others might get some idea from it's name and go find a mountain to sit on. I find close range headshots to have the most potential, but that depends on your shooting style/skill.
The Rifle's secondary has been met negatively by all players I've seen, I think this requires some rewriting. Perhaps the clip reload could be put here, or even a zoom (if other player would use it), or possibly a previous weapon switcher (like the Laser) that would help in combos.
I really don't get what's so complicated about the Nex. The blue ring is how much charge the weapon has, and the red ring is how much you can charge the weapon. I could do with both the rings being a little brighter, maybe an adjustable opacity slider would be in order.
On a positive note, the HLAC is much better than in Nexuiz, it is now usable because the spread was turned down on the primary--it differs a bit more from the Hagar than it did in 2.5.2.
I hope that much text is manageable and that people will start thinking about how to incorporate both the old Electro primary and the new one, instead of just promoting their favorite. +1 for tZork here.
As for exactly where to put the lightning shaft/old Elector pulse, I haven't thought about it much, but the more people thinking about it, the more ideas we'll have. Right now I don't think we should put the lightning shaft on the Crylink, it would be very powerful then. Hopefully I'll have more ideas after playing a little more.
And in consistency with the Law of Opposites, the Hagar, Crylink, and HLAC are getting a lot of bad reputation coming their way because the Hagar's secondary is similar to the Crylink's primary, and the Crylink's secondary is similar to the HLAC's primary.
I don't think all of us use the Rifle alike. I use it for my "charge in, do a lot of damage, and get out alive" tactic on CTF, and other team games where the enemy is bunched up. After charging in and getting out, I go restock on health, get some ammo, maybe reload, and do it again. Others might camp with it, and put the crosshairs on the flag and wait (a valid tactic, if unpopular). Still others might get some idea from it's name and go find a mountain to sit on. I find close range headshots to have the most potential, but that depends on your shooting style/skill.
The Rifle's secondary has been met negatively by all players I've seen, I think this requires some rewriting. Perhaps the clip reload could be put here, or even a zoom (if other player would use it), or possibly a previous weapon switcher (like the Laser) that would help in combos.
I really don't get what's so complicated about the Nex. The blue ring is how much charge the weapon has, and the red ring is how much you can charge the weapon. I could do with both the rings being a little brighter, maybe an adjustable opacity slider would be in order.
On a positive note, the HLAC is much better than in Nexuiz, it is now usable because the spread was turned down on the primary--it differs a bit more from the Hagar than it did in 2.5.2.
I hope that much text is manageable and that people will start thinking about how to incorporate both the old Electro primary and the new one, instead of just promoting their favorite. +1 for tZork here.
