Why Do Spores Damage Armor?

playermanplayerman Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7854Members
in NS General Discussion
spores don't damage buildings, which makes sense since spores are like some sort of biological weapon.
so then why do spores damage armor? it seems inconsistent to me but maybe it does make the game better somehow. what's the reasoning behind it?
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  • RueRue Join Date: 2002-10-21 Member: 1564Members
    cause there a weak acid? that can hurt armour but its not strong enough to hust the buildings?
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  • McMastersMcMasters Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8536Members, Constellation
    Because it is a game?
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  • HavoKHavoK Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3698Members
    Would you rather spores ignore armor and kill heavies just as quickly as it kills newly-spawned marines?

    Thought not.
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    Armor is made from a special material that isn't metal but is like metal. Stink clouds deteriorate this metal. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> There you go.
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  • BrewBrew Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2572Members
    A wizard did it.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Brew+Nov 19 2002, 11:10 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Brew @ Nov 19 2002, 11:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->A wizard did it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    LOL!
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    /me claps for brew and HavoK (one of em got it right, can you guess)
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  • WhiteMagicWhiteMagic Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3470Members
    Somewhere else it was already said that the armor the marine suse has some sort of protection against natural hazars. So it's like you get shot the armor gets consumed while trying to stop those spores.
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  • BridgerBridger Join Date: 2002-10-30 Member: 1761Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Brew+Nov 19 2002, 10:10 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Brew @ Nov 19 2002, 10:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->A wizard did it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    lol, simpsons, xena
    classic
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  • InsanityInsanity Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8660Members
    On a spores-related note, a couple times, I have noticed spores still lingering at the start of a new game. Once in Nancy, the aliens had basically turned our main into a big spore cloud. Upon starting the next game, a few of the marines died from spores which hasn't disappated.
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  • BrewBrew Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2572Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Bridger+Nov 19 2002, 10:46 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Bridger @ Nov 19 2002, 10:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--Brew+Nov 19 2002, 10:10 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Brew @ Nov 19 2002, 10:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->A wizard did it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    lol, simpsons, xena
    classic<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    he shoots he scores!
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  • playermanplayerman Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7854Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--HavoK+Nov 19 2002, 08:40 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (HavoK @ Nov 19 2002, 08:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Would you rather spores ignore armor and kill heavies just as quickly as it kills newly-spawned marines?
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    No.
    I would rather have armor protect against spores depending on the amount of armor; more armor takes more time for the spores to penetrate, without actually damaging the armor.
    So a HA marine would lose health slower due to spores than a LA marine

    Besides i think wizards don't have a place in a scifi game. The aliens can have pretty much any weird abilities, they are alien after all.
    But the marines have futurisic earth technology, and as good sci-fi goes there has to be scientific consistancy even if it's fiction. That's why it is called -Science- Fiction.
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  • MEShootHereMEShootHere Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6975Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--playerman+Nov 20 2002, 06:42 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (playerman @ Nov 20 2002, 06:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Besides i think wizards don't have a place in a scifi game. The aliens can have pretty much any weird abilities, they are alien after all.
    But the marines have futurisic earth technology, and as good sci-fi goes there has to be scientific consistancy even if it's fiction. That's why it is called -Science- Fiction.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Boy you have the sense of humor of a brick don't you? hehehe <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Anyway, why not give HA guys an armor that wont let anything through?!? And guns that kill in one hit?!?
    In every game it happens, dont worry about it, its called balance. I mean spore cloud is good because it does what it does. If it didn't, what would be the use? I doubt very much its gonna change.
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