In HLDM, the gluon owns all. tho I got at least 20% crowbar kills <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. MP5 w/ grenades is pretty powerful too, if you don't kill yourself.
<!--QuoteBegin--Shadowlinex+Jan 6 2004, 08:46 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Shadowlinex @ Jan 6 2004, 08:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> the double shot that can kill anything in one hit. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I always play on the hardest level and it takes a hell of a lot more than that to kill an Alien Grunt. And sometimes you can shoot a Marine pointblank in his face with a double blast and he won't die! <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Sirus+Jan 7 2004, 01:59 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sirus @ Jan 7 2004, 01:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> it had great accuracy or it had a pretty fast ROF. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> And over quite a long range too!
In retrospect, I'll have to say <b>CROWBAR</b>, because I didn't feel I'd truly killed anything until I'd gibbed it with my crowbar. Boy I spent ages killing things... <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Shadowlinex+Jan 6 2004, 12:46 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Shadowlinex @ Jan 6 2004, 12:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Just the other day i was playing on a HL server and was thinking to myself what is the best in the ORIGINAL HL. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Just to end some confusion about what i said about the shotgun killing anything on hit, I was mostly taking about the other players.
So let me fix this now <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
for me it has to be the crossbow... zoom in for sniping that drives the others around the bend them zoom out to deal explosive death when they come to get you XD
I liked the tau/gauss for getting around and getting the people who stayed in cover for too long, but the crossbow is just way more versatile =3
I adore my Sniper Gauss, I've been known to headshot grunts across the map. Nothing like seeing a marine's face turn into a giant red smudge whilst he's a tiny figure in the distance
Poop, no expansions or mods? And I was just about to pick the rocket-crowbar. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
Oh well, it would have to be the... shotty. My most used weapon in HL.
this is the only weapon that truly emphasizes creativity and psychology <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
I'm the master of tripmines. I stick them in places you would NEVER look in, vertically around corners, in crazy places. I love tripmines!!!
Second place would be the rocket launcher, simply because of the <b>PWNAGE</b> aiming system.
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<!--QuoteBegin--Geminosity+Jan 6 2004, 08:31 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Jan 6 2004, 08:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> the tau cannon and gauss cannon are the same weapon, you're thinking of the egon/gluon liku ^^
Not sure why they have 2 different names each... probably just valve unable to make it's mind up =3 <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yesh! There it is. What was the point of the Secondary attack with the Gluon Gun?
something about unlimited ammo just makes me drool. the hive hand is the best. and that meaty kachunk kachunk it makes when a hornet buries itself into enemy flesh... oh my....
I always loved the .357 once I got it, I always knew I had a good solid weapon that could save me from a tight spot. If reload was faster and ammo more plentiful, it would be my only weapon. Other than that, crowbar. I would walk into a crowd of zombies and wack a few on the head only to pull back and watch them miss their swipes.
Only weapon with infinite ammo. NTM it's good attack speed. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Still, satchel spawncamping can be fun. you let someone spawn and let them see the floor littered with satchels. They usually go "....****", and then... /me pushes Big Red Button
well, originally the gluon/egon had a secondary fire but they didn't put it in for some reason... the code's still there somewhere it's just not hooked up. Can't remember what it does either ^^; Think it's just a more focussed beam, so it's thinner but does more dmg and used more ammo or something ~shrug~
Nothing like a game of crossfire and gaussjumping your way into the shelter and gibbing people at the same time (whee!)
Second place would be the Crowbar though. Nothing better than the sound of your crowbar hiting flesh on impact <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Nade-launching is always fun with the mp5. *Yo, Barney, come 'ere, wanna show you something* <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
my fav would be the .357 in single player. If I'm running thru the game with cheats, then the gl on the mp5, unlimmited explosive power baby...... <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo-->
Hand Grenades. The skill weapon. Jeopardyzes clueless monsters in SP , and is so satisfying to use in HLDM. Owns your enemy with prediction. Clic , wait , throw , bounce , boom look a flying noob.
Most other HL weapons do require skill , and are satisfying to use as well. Crowbar fights are always great fun , 357 works with luck mostly , the MP5 is clean and effective , the shotty... well that's your generic short range killer , the xbow is nasty but not too effective against decent players , the RPG always kills something (including you) , the Tau is the weapon of choice for the elitist HLDMers , the Gluon is the weapon of choice for the laming noobs , the hornetgun generates lag , shooting highly inefficient but unavoidable hornets , the satchels always rejoices you by sending your enemy's gibs flying , the tripmines are evil when placed right , and the snarks are always fun to throw at people , just to watch them flee.
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I always play on the hardest level and it takes a hell of a lot more than that to kill an Alien Grunt. And sometimes you can shoot a Marine pointblank in his face with a double blast and he won't die! <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
And over quite a long range too!
In retrospect, I'll have to say <b>CROWBAR</b>, because I didn't feel I'd truly killed anything until I'd gibbed it with my crowbar. Boy I spent ages killing things... <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
Just to end some confusion about what i said about the shotgun killing anything on hit, I was mostly taking about the other players.
So let me fix this now <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
The shotgun can kill anything in HLDM/THLDM
I liked the tau/gauss for getting around and getting the people who stayed in cover for too long, but the crossbow is just way more versatile =3
Best.Weapon.Ever.
Oh well, it would have to be the... shotty. My most used weapon in HL.
I'll say the Crossbow's my favorite, then Shotgun/.357 then Crowbar.
this is the only weapon that truly emphasizes creativity and psychology <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
I'm the master of tripmines. I stick them in places you would NEVER look in, vertically around corners, in crazy places. I love tripmines!!!
Second place would be the rocket launcher, simply because of the <b>PWNAGE</b> aiming system.
Not sure why they have 2 different names each... probably just valve unable to make it's mind up =3
Not sure why they have 2 different names each... probably just valve unable to make it's mind up =3 <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yesh! There it is. What was the point of the Secondary attack with the Gluon Gun?
Other than that, crowbar. I would walk into a crowd of zombies and wack a few on the head only to pull back and watch them miss their swipes.
Only weapon with infinite ammo. NTM it's good attack speed. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Think it's just a more focussed beam, so it's thinner but does more dmg and used more ammo or something ~shrug~
Nothing like a game of crossfire and gaussjumping your way into the shelter and gibbing people at the same time (whee!)
Second place would be the Crowbar though. Nothing better than the sound of your crowbar hiting flesh on impact <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
And if we could choose OpFor, the BARNACLE!!
So yeah. Crowbar.
Anyone who voted for crowbars should enjoy <a href='http://www.evolutionarily.org/archl/' target='_blank'>my mod</a>. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
*Yo, Barney, come 'ere, wanna show you something* <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
Most other HL weapons do require skill , and are satisfying to use as well. Crowbar fights are always great fun , 357 works with luck mostly , the MP5 is clean and effective , the shotty... well that's your generic short range killer , the xbow is nasty but not too effective against decent players , the RPG always kills something (including you) , the Tau is the weapon of choice for the elitist HLDMers , the Gluon is the weapon of choice for the laming noobs , the hornetgun generates lag , shooting highly inefficient but unavoidable hornets , the satchels always rejoices you by sending your enemy's gibs flying , the tripmines are evil when placed right , and the snarks are always fun to throw at people , just to watch them flee.