MACS

PapayasPapayas Join Date: 2010-07-01 Member: 72219Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">MACS discussion.</div>Videocast #4
<a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/2008/8/unknown_worlds_videocast_4" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/2008/8/un...lds_videocast_4</a>

A few questions:

1. Does the MACS become vulnerable on the part that shoots when it is deployed?

2. Does it shoot lasers or bullets? (Nanites or whatever)

3. Is it for siege (On a hive) or for killing Kharaa units?

4. How much damage will it do; A Lot or not much? (Or somewhere inbetween)

5. Will it be in the Alpha?
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  • SlycasterSlycaster Limited Edition Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 24Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--quoteo(post=1781660:date=Jul 22 2010, 01:58 AM:name=Papayas)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Papayas @ Jul 22 2010, 01:58 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1781660"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Videocast #4
    <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/2008/8/unknown_worlds_videocast_4" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/2008/8/un...lds_videocast_4</a>

    A few questions:

    1. Does the MACS become vulnerable on the part that shoots when it is deployed?

    2. Does it shoot lasers or bullets? (Nanites or whatever)

    3. Is it for siege (On a hive) or for killing Kharaa units?

    4. How much damage will it do; A Lot or not much? (Or somewhere inbetween)

    5. Will it be in the Alpha?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I can answer some of these for you:

    1.) No official word on hit boxes on it.
    2.) Neither, if you listen to the podcast they specifically say it doesn't "shoot anything" persay.
    3.) In reference to the last question, it only targets Kharaa buildings, not players.
    4.) This is pretty subject and will be a playtesting thing for sure. We do know it's got a 900 unit range.
    5.) It wasn't mentioned on the original list, but I'm sure it will be patched in shortly if it already isn't.
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  • LazarusLazarus Join Date: 2002-01-28 Member: 122Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Gold
    It has always bothered me that <a href="http://www.naturalselection2.com/storage/marine_masc_render.jpg" target="_blank">the cannon</a> itself doesn't seem to be able to swivel vertically. Does it swivel vertically? It looks great in every other aspect, though.
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  • Raza.Raza. Join Date: 2004-01-24 Member: 25663Members, Constellation
    Haha, this thread proves that using the abbreviations MAC and MASC can be a little confusing. ;)

    Regarding 2.)
    I'm not sure, but I think the original siege fired sound blasts.
    No idea how that's supposed to work though.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    ^ What Raza said.

    It's MASC, not MAC. It's not to poke fun at you, it's entirely because I find that having two names so similar is a bad idea.


    For point 2: In NS1, the idea was that the siege cannon generated its own gravitational field at a given location, which made buildings collapse on themselves. The sonic boom sound supposedly means that the air is rushed into that high-gravity point.
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  • goblingoblin Join Date: 2004-09-05 Member: 31412Members
    just remember

    MAC = WITHOUT S
    MASC = WITH S

    S = SIEGE...
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