Marines and Aliens get Tierd?
Chocolate
The Team Mascot Join Date: 2006-10-31 Member: 58123Members
The Team Mascot Join Date: 2006-10-31 Member: 58123Members
Hey,
I came up with a less than brilliant idea when surfing the forums and after gym class, why don't the marines and aliens get tired?
Lets say I'm a marine. I start off and run to the nearest hive. Along the way, I kill 1 skulk. Then I get to that hive, and find 3 skulks packed up in a corner (I dunno why they would be there <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />) and pick them off. I build a few RT's, a PG and pick off a few more skulks. Assuming I can get that far (I personally couldn't), if I were that marine, I would probably be tired (at least a little).
I was thinking that for every thing you do, you use up "stamina". If you kill a skulk, you'd lets say use a little of your stamina. If you work in groups, you'd use less stamina because more than 1 person is doing a specific task or 1 person needs to do less tasks. The less stamina you have, the less you character can do.
For the marines, reduced stamina could result in reduced aim, reduced speed, heavier breathing, louder footsteps or something like that. For the aliens, it could be slower adrenaline regeneration, reduced speed, reduced ROF or something like that.
I'm not thinking something major, maybe a 5 - 10% decrease in the ability to do something. It could probably even be nullified from a catalyst pack, health pack or a heal from the hive.
The Pro's:
- Could reduce rambo's because people would want to use less stamina
- Adds a little bit of teamwork because not 1 person can do everything
- 1 man armies will cease or be discouraged to exist
- Less of a chance of 5000 - 1 score players (ok, maybe I went overboard there <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> )
- Adds more realism to the game
- Adds a "Now thats cool" factor
The Con's:
- More work from the dev team (we all want NS2 sooner)
- Could annoy some of the players
- More I can't really think of
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I came up with a less than brilliant idea when surfing the forums and after gym class, why don't the marines and aliens get tired?
Lets say I'm a marine. I start off and run to the nearest hive. Along the way, I kill 1 skulk. Then I get to that hive, and find 3 skulks packed up in a corner (I dunno why they would be there <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />) and pick them off. I build a few RT's, a PG and pick off a few more skulks. Assuming I can get that far (I personally couldn't), if I were that marine, I would probably be tired (at least a little).
I was thinking that for every thing you do, you use up "stamina". If you kill a skulk, you'd lets say use a little of your stamina. If you work in groups, you'd use less stamina because more than 1 person is doing a specific task or 1 person needs to do less tasks. The less stamina you have, the less you character can do.
For the marines, reduced stamina could result in reduced aim, reduced speed, heavier breathing, louder footsteps or something like that. For the aliens, it could be slower adrenaline regeneration, reduced speed, reduced ROF or something like that.
I'm not thinking something major, maybe a 5 - 10% decrease in the ability to do something. It could probably even be nullified from a catalyst pack, health pack or a heal from the hive.
The Pro's:
- Could reduce rambo's because people would want to use less stamina
- Adds a little bit of teamwork because not 1 person can do everything
- 1 man armies will cease or be discouraged to exist
- Less of a chance of 5000 - 1 score players (ok, maybe I went overboard there <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> )
- Adds more realism to the game
- Adds a "Now thats cool" factor
The Con's:
- More work from the dev team (we all want NS2 sooner)
- Could annoy some of the players
- More I can't really think of
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Comments
Marines, perhaps, but all in all I think that in a FPS where one side doesn't tire, balance needs to be maintained. This is actually fairly similar to the question on weather or not aliens and marines should show injures, I.E., if they get bit they limp, etc.
In my opinion, although it's a good idea for other games, I just can't see it in NS or NS2 without it getting annoying.