Posted by DingBat on December 21, 1998 at 21:59:04:
In Reply to: Suggestions..... posted by FaTaL on December 20, 1998 at 16:16:28:
: In a attempt to liven up this board a little bit, I
: think ill post a bunch of suggestions that have
: popped up in my little mind over the last month of NH :)
Wow, I actually get to respond to question regarding
a mod. Like I know what I'm doing. :^}
: 1. Maybe make the game a bit more HPW friendly, anyone
: who has played me has seen that i cant rail worth shit
: with of ping of 300+, The RL is too weak...maybe you
: could find a happy medium between the two?
I've wracked my brain for HPW "helpers" in this mod
that don't unbalance the game. BatCat has shot most
of them down. :^}
I agree that NH, being so dependent on the rail gun,
is even more ping sensitive than most mods.
BatCat is also correct in that many players don't
"think" stealthy. However, there is a limit to what
you can do with a nasty ping.
One possible option is to allow the pred to "overload"
the RL. This would then do "normal" damage, but at
the cost of TWO rockets worth of ammo.
: 2. I think it would also be cool if you could add the
: %L(location) varible that is in CTF. This way it would be easier
: for marines to communicate where the pred is to each other.
We can do this.
: 3. Instead of being booted immediatly after 4 friendly
: kills, I think maybe after the second one the offender
: will be penalized in some kind of way(can't pick up
: items,cant fire...etc..)for a min or so.
: Also flash what they did wrong across the screen
: so they don't kill 3 people before someone tells
: them what they did wrong(ive seen it happen).
My perspective differs from BatCat on this. Maybe I've
been lucky but I haven't really run into too many
problem players. I personally don't care if the
"kick" mechanism is in there or not, so changing
it is fine with me.
: 4. Custom maps, of course
: 5. This just a little pet peeve of mine,
: I think you should start with blaster selected
: not flares.You should be able to throw the flares
: while you have a weapon selected. Like a off-hand
: grapple(lithium)
Yah, I added the flares when I was just learning the
weapon code (I'm so much more knowledgable now :^}).
Originally, the flare was to do damage, but this was
changed.
Personally, a blaster is worse than useless in NH,
since it just makes the pred notice you faster. :^}
However, the off hand flare idea is a good one.
Consider it added to our to-do list.
: 6. Put the binds in the MOTD or something.
This is just a menu content issue.
: 7. New powerups
I've had a few other ideas. Note that we are NOT
commiting to any of these. However, your feedback
would be appreciated.
1) Marine Invisibility
Temporary invisibility. How does the pred like to be
hunted for a change?
2) Tracking device/Motion sensor
3) Trip flares
and a few others.
: I have more, but im just too lazy to write them all :)
: these are the main ones.
: Tell me what you [email protected]
: or reply here.
: long live NH :)
Thanks for your input!
/bruce