The Massacre at Obraxis Prime...
Lonnehart
Guam Join Date: 2016-06-20 Member: 218816Members
Guam Join Date: 2016-06-20 Member: 218816Members
After crafting the knife I got the message about that incident. Now I'm curious as to what happened there. Hopefully after reading the article I'm going to post, the devs won't remove the knife as well.... hmm...
Yes. This happened locally. My thought at the time was that since everyone's doing the massacre thing with guns, someone's eventually gonna try with the knife...
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/guam-man-charged-with-killing-3-injuring-12-in-crash-stabbing-rampage/
Yes. This happened locally. My thought at the time was that since everyone's doing the massacre thing with guns, someone's eventually gonna try with the knife...
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/guam-man-charged-with-killing-3-injuring-12-in-crash-stabbing-rampage/
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The name of the planet is absolutely a shout-out, like how you see the word "Flayra" in one of the alien messages.
The developers made a decision not to include weapons in the game due to the Sandy Hook Shooting (a mass shooting at an elementary school). I'm guessing the Obraxis Prime Massacre is a reference to the school shooting, and when you first craft the knife that incident is mentioned as the reason you don't get weapons with the knife being the exception.
I thought I'd post that article about someone attempting the same thing with a knife. I still remember reading about all the school shootings going on and had always thought someone would be crazy enough to try it with a knife. And sure enough... there's a crazy person going through the hotel district trying exactly that... because he really did lose his mind...
As for the devs taking away the knife, I agree with DealWithDog. The knife is way too important to be taken away, and the knife we get is hardly a weapon (you can kill things with it, but it's too small to do that effectively).
Oh neat! I missed that the first time around, I'll have to check for it again. Thanks!
The linked news article talks about how some person went on a rampage, stabbing over a dozen people before being arrested. The new message in game when crafting the knife indicates only Survival Knives are allowed to be crafted, as weapons are prohibited because of the "massacre on Obraxis Prime." Whether or not the OP is being serious or cheeky, they're 'concerned' the devs will remove the knife from the game because of the 'violent history' weapons have caused in the universe Subnautica exists in.
Given the developers' stance on weapons, and since the knife is needed for survival and is the only lethal option available (I don't know if Gas Torpedos can kill or just stun), I don't think it's much of a concern.