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Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix
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LDial Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:43 am Posts: 1085	Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix I wanna see them spray lasers around in a stream like a sprinkler. Get a few streams going for maximum laser rave party.
Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:09 pm

hvcterr Joined: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:41 am Posts: 1567	Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix Give the shots more of an after-trail, and fix the bug where they sink down into the ground and invisibly kill you. _________________ Did you know you can disable annoying signatures? Look under Board Preferences >> Edit Display Options.
Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:21 pm

TheGargoyle Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:49 pm Posts: 266 Location: Northamptonshire, England	Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix I can get behind this. Whilst they are at it, red for enemy fractals, green for friendly. _________________ Tribes: Ascend game-tag: "Gargoyle" Tribes-2 game-tag: "[BDH] Pain Reaver" Classes most frequently used: "Doombringer (DMB)" "Brute (BRT)" and "Juggernaut (JUG)"
Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:28 pm

hvcterr Joined: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:41 am Posts: 1567	Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix Heck, somehow highlighting friendly grenades and mortars would be great too: The game doens't provide communication tools for people to warn/reassure teammates, so it seems reasonable for it to be part of the existing IFF stuff. _________________ Did you know you can disable annoying signatures? Look under Board Preferences >> Edit Display Options.
Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:19 am

Elysiume Joined: Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:33 pm Posts: 1058	Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix TheGargoyle wrote: I can get behind this. Whilst they are at it, red for enemy fractals, green for friendly. hvcterr wrote: Heck, somehow highlighting friendly grenades and mortars would be great too: The game doens't provide communication tools for people to warn/reassure teammates, so it seems reasonable for it to be part of the existing IFF stuff. As long as ff isn't in the game, it really should distinguish between allied and enemy fused explosives. _________________ 100% inheritance is something the game needs. Jetpacks need to behave more like jetpacks, at all speeds.
Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:53 pm

Elysiume Joined: Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:33 pm Posts: 1058	Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix Bump. _________________ 100% inheritance is something the game needs. Jetpacks need to behave more like jetpacks, at all speeds.
Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:01 am

fr0zenknife Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:27 pm Posts: 110	Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix Good lord, i love throwing three fractals and not being able to get out because they knock me back to each other. Sometimes i just walk through them and take only 400 damage. +1 for more consistency.
Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:19 am

Reani Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:55 pm Posts: 39	Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix mad paint skillz. anyway, thats how i think it should be.
Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:47 am

DibbzTheLoner Joined: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:30 am Posts: 1616 Location: Australia Steam Gamer Name: Dibbz	Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix It's nice that I sometimes get free kills because my fractal hit someone 4 times in 2 seconds, but it's not satisfying knowing that I didn't actually earn the kill. On the other hand when a blind enemy stands in the AoE for the entire duration and only gets hit once it's frustrating as heck. Making fractals more consistent wouldn't be a buff by any means, but it would certainly make them slightly less frustrating for both the fractal thrower and the person in the fractal's AoE, since there would be less cases where someone who should have survived getting instagibbed, or cases where someone should have died being unharmed. It might be a bit tedious trying to redesign the formula for fractal-beam direction but it could definitely be improved. I don't think the beams need to be changed, maybe just have a specific pattern designed to leave no spot in the AoE untouched. _________________ This signature is green. I like the colour green. Wait, why are you still reading? It should be obvious that this signature is pointless and just here to be green. Stop reading already! You're procrastinating too much!
Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:58 am

Lepr0n Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:33 am Posts: 8	Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix I see a growing trend of people just suiciderunning and drop fractalnade over n over n over. And ending up top on the lists. Just by doing so. Kinda onesided if one type of nade can castrate a class so much. I think it needs abit of balancing either way. shorten its duration or nerf the damage. But on the other hand. If guys enjoy playing like that... But worries me.
Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:43 pm

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LDial

Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:43 am
Posts: 1085

Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix

I wanna see them spray lasers around in a stream like a sprinkler. Get a few streams going for maximum laser rave party.

Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:09 pm

hvcterr

Joined: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:41 am
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Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix

Give the shots more of an after-trail, and fix the bug where they sink down into the ground and invisibly kill you.

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Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:21 pm

TheGargoyle

Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:49 pm
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Location: Northamptonshire, England

Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix

I can get behind this. Whilst they are at it, red for enemy fractals, green for friendly.

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Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:28 pm

hvcterr

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Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix

Heck, somehow highlighting friendly grenades and mortars would be great too: The game doens't provide communication tools for people to warn/reassure teammates, so it seems reasonable for it to be part of the existing IFF stuff.

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Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:19 am

Elysiume

Joined: Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:33 pm
Posts: 1058

Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix

TheGargoyle wrote:

I can get behind this. Whilst they are at it, red for enemy fractals, green for friendly.

hvcterr wrote:

As long as ff isn't in the game, it really should distinguish between allied and enemy fused explosives.

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100% inheritance is something the game needs.
Jetpacks need to behave more like jetpacks, at all speeds.

Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:53 pm

Elysiume

Joined: Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:33 pm
Posts: 1058

Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix

Bump.

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Jetpacks need to behave more like jetpacks, at all speeds.

Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:01 am

fr0zenknife

Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:27 pm
Posts: 110

Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix

Good lord, i love throwing three fractals and not being able to get out because they knock me back to each other. Sometimes i just walk through them and take only 400 damage.

+1 for more consistency.

Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:19 am

Reani

Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:55 pm
Posts: 39

Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix

mad paint skillz.
anyway, thats how i think it should be.

Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:47 am

DibbzTheLoner

Joined: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:30 am
Posts: 1616
Location: Australia
Steam Gamer Name: Dibbz

Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix

It's nice that I sometimes get free kills because my fractal hit someone 4 times in 2 seconds, but it's not satisfying knowing that I didn't actually earn the kill. On the other hand when a blind enemy stands in the AoE for the entire duration and only gets hit once it's frustrating as heck.

Making fractals more consistent wouldn't be a buff by any means, but it would certainly make them slightly less frustrating for both the fractal thrower and the person in the fractal's AoE, since there would be less cases where someone who should have survived getting instagibbed, or cases where someone should have died being unharmed.

It might be a bit tedious trying to redesign the formula for fractal-beam direction but it could definitely be improved. I don't think the beams need to be changed, maybe just have a specific pattern designed to leave no spot in the AoE untouched.

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Wait, why are you still reading? It should be obvious that this signature is pointless and just here to be green.
Stop reading already! You're procrastinating too much!

Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:58 am

Lepr0n

Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:33 am
Posts: 8

Re: Fractal Grenade Consistency Fix

I see a growing trend of people just suiciderunning and drop fractalnade over n over n over.

And ending up top on the lists. Just by doing so.

Kinda onesided if one type of nade can castrate a class so much.

I think it needs abit of balancing either way. shorten its duration or nerf the damage.

But on the other hand. If guys enjoy playing like that...

But worries me.

Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:43 pm

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