ARCs, how do they work?

sumguy720sumguy720 Join Date: 2011-02-09 Member: 81101Members
in NS2 General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">How can it be made clear?</div>The ARC doesn't make sense to me. There's nothing about the ARC that tells the player "Hey, this thing can shoot through walls". Right now it says "This is a big cannon" and you assume it works like a regular cannon that has to have line of sight to hit targets.

How, without changing the ARC significantly, could it be made more clear to the user what the ARC does and how it manages to shoot through walls?

Bonus points if you can explain the mechanism of the arc's whimsical disregard for solid material obstacles.

Thanks!
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  • DJPenguinDJPenguin Useless Join Date: 2003-07-29 Member: 18538Members
    edited May 2012
    future in-game tutorial. besides, a lot of things in this game "doesn't make sense".
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  • paradoxumparadoxum United Kingdom Join Date: 2012-03-05 Member: 148193Members
    I imagine that the ARC remotely generates some kind of graviton bomb at the location it's targeting, it obviously doesn't shoot any solid projectile through the wall.
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  • {GGs} Chicken{GGs} Chicken Join Date: 2011-11-22 Member: 134663Members, NS2 Map Tester
    <!--quoteo(post=1938571:date=May 23 2012, 07:16 PM:name=sumguy720)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sumguy720 @ May 23 2012, 07:16 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1938571"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Bonus points if you can explain the mechanism of the arc's whimsical disregard for solid material obstacles.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Nanites.
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  • PsiWarpPsiWarp Gifted Gorge Richmond, B.C., Canada Join Date: 2010-08-28 Member: 73810Members
    It would be nice to have a line drawing from the ARC to its current target, instead of just the hovering Attack waypoint. Perhaps this line can even be visible as a beam shown through walls on Marine HUD.
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  • FunkyFungusFunkyFungus Join Date: 2003-09-09 Member: 20691Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1938577:date=May 24 2012, 04:47 AM:name={GGs} Chicken)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE ({GGs} Chicken @ May 24 2012, 04:47 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1938577"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Nanites.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    the answer for everything :P
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  • JayarisJayaris Join Date: 2012-03-24 Member: 149321Members
    What bothers me is when an ARC is about to fire and scan wears off, this is annoying.
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  • Master BlasterMaster Blaster Join Date: 2012-03-17 Member: 148908Banned
    edited May 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=1938571:date=May 23 2012, 08:16 PM:name=sumguy720)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sumguy720 @ May 23 2012, 08:16 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1938571"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The ARC doesn't make sense to me. There's nothing about the ARC that tells the player "Hey, this thing can shoot through walls". Right now it says "This is a big cannon" and you assume it works like a regular cannon that has to have line of sight to hit targets.

    How, without changing the ARC significantly, could it be made more clear to the user what the ARC does and how it manages to shoot through walls?

    Bonus points if you can explain the mechanism of the arc's whimsical disregard for solid material obstacles.

    Thanks!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Well, for one thing you are arguing that this game is not realistic. So good luck with that.

    <b>Ever hear of a neutron bomb?</b> That supposedly leaves lots of structures in tact while killing organic life.

    /ZOMG THIS GAME IS UNREALISTIC ALIENS WOULD NEVER HAVE COMMANDERS OR HIVES
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