RocketMan on 9/6/2009 at 00:29
The more I think about it, the more I realize how climatized I/we have become to swinging sounds. The truth is, swinging a wrench or a psi amp would probably be such an awkward process (seeing as they're both relatively dense items) that you wouldn't reach the velocity needed to get a whooshing sound. Some crystals are relatively light and a laser rapier is probably very light since it has essentially no rotational inertia. I wouldn't mind a silent wrench and amp myself.
The thing about how fire should damage robots a bit doesn't really make sense to me. Unless you're burning thermite on top of a robot laying on the ground, I can't see how any brief thermal event could be a threat to a non-organic enemy. What kind of cheap shit is Triop making if a fireball or a fiery "explosion" can render damage to it.
I have to agree about the whole "screaming toilet" complaint though lol
Enchantermon on 9/6/2009 at 02:31
Quote Posted by RocketMan
What kind of cheap shit is Triop making if a fireball or a fiery "explosion" can render damage to it.
Quote Posted by McKay
I can turn off the shields the worms and their helpers have set up around the shuttles. Once they're down, I can blow holes in those TriOptimum brand tin cans with my sidearm.
That kind.
Yes, it's talking about the shuttles, but I would think shoddy workmanship would carry over into other parts as well.
Nameless Voice on 9/6/2009 at 02:57
I can see no reason why the toilets scream when burned. It's quite bizarre.
RocketMan on 9/6/2009 at 04:20
Quote Posted by Enchantermon
That kind.
Yes, it's talking about the shuttles, but I would think shoddy workmanship would carry over into other parts as well.
Boy...they're in trouble then.
Even so, projectile weapons would probably produce much more localized deformations than a psionically generated energy blast might....just based on common sense. If the workmanship is poor then whatever damage a fireball can do should be nothing compared to what a bullet can do...then there's armor piercing rounds. No wonder Irrational made the pistol so freaking powerful.
voodoo47 on 9/6/2009 at 05:43
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The thing about how fire should damage robots a bit doesn't really make sense to me. Unless you're burning thermite on top of a robot laying on the ground, I can't see how any brief thermal event could be a threat to a non-organic enemy.
protocol droids look quite fragile (remember,they are supposed to be assistant/helper units,they are not meant to take damage in combat),they clearly have a lot of exposed wiring,so an explosion of any kind (and the pyrokinesis projectile clearly causes a small explosion,that means heat
and blast pressure) would probably be enough to damage them.just try throwing a molotov cocktail inside your pc and see if it still works once the fire is out :sly:
I suppose that the combat bots are thermally shielded,but that means they shouldn't take any damage from cryokinesis as well-think throwing a bottle with liquid nitrogen on a tank.wouldn't do a thing.
ZylonBane on 9/6/2009 at 14:33
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
I can see no reason why the toilets scream when burned. It's quite bizarre.
Perhaps he's referring to the player scream that's triggered every few seconds when the pyro field is active... a vestige of the original plan to have pyro field damage both enemies and the player, I'd guess.
Rainalkar on 9/6/2009 at 15:54
That would sound odd, if it really was the plan from the start. Maybe the player is just hot, but not that much that it loses HP :)
RocketMan on 9/6/2009 at 16:56
Quote Posted by voodoo47
protocol droids look quite fragile (remember,they are supposed to be assistant/helper units,they are not meant to take damage in combat),they clearly have a lot of exposed wiring,so an explosion of any kind (and the pyrokinesis projectile clearly causes a small explosion,that means heat
and blast pressure) would probably be enough to damage them.just try throwing a molotov cocktail inside your pc and see if it still works once the fire is out :sly:
I suppose that the combat bots are thermally shielded,but that means they shouldn't take any damage from cryokinesis as well-think throwing a bottle with liquid nitrogen on a tank.wouldn't do a thing.
Point taken but I think we can assume that even a protocol droid isn't quite as half assed as a walking PC CASE. Maybe little bit damage ok :D
Oh and of course a molotov cocktail would kill a PC....the rag would get jammed in the case fan, causing the CPU to reach critical mass, detonating with the force of a small thermonuclear device...duhhh.
Re: the fire thing....i laugh every time I think of what must be going through Goggles' head when he lights up.
"Aight, lots of worms and shit in this room....time to cook em" ZRRRRRRR [Pyro on] "Nyaahhhh fack....it burns, it burns!!! I can feel my ass hairs sizzle." [Does chicken dance while toilets explode around him]
Nameless Voice on 9/6/2009 at 19:29
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Perhaps he's referring to the player scream that's triggered every few seconds when the pyro field is active... a vestige of the original plan to have pyro field damage both enemies and the player, I'd guess.
The pyro field doesn't damage the player, though. But every time it hits something else, it triggers a player scream sample, as if that sample is being used as the damage sound for whatever it's hitting, even though I can't find any schema references to it outside the player's pain sounds, which are player-only.
voodoo47 on 9/6/2009 at 19:39
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Perhaps he's referring to the player scream that's triggered every few seconds when the pyro field is active...
nope.its triggered exlusively by items (some breakable,some unbreakable),like chairs,toilets,computer terminals and more.and btw,pyro field actually has very destructive effects on the surroundings (considering its just "fire")-it destroys almost all breakable decorations (pipes etc).its kind of fun-try walking down a narrow corridor in medsci,everything is breaking and crashing down when you get near :D
