Tabun
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Sounds good to me.
Shambler: do you mean a tattoo made by the use of a nailgun, or a tattoo depicting one? ;]
In any case, there's work to be done still on Slipgate weapons (we're close to tweaking animations for most of the weapons, but the SNG needs some extra work from Pho), and with animations come POV-positions, so don't worry. We're on it!
And yes, this also means we're almost halfway done animating the Generations arsenal ;]
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I would be happy when I could give you a SNG piercing :p
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yeah up the nails
we need more nails of DOOM
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I tried to get a demo of me ripping Ranger a new one with only the nailguns, since I'm not too bad with them, but I ran into a problem -- he would only use the RL, and he kept pasting me with it no matter what I did! And rockets beat nails any day of the week...
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If you see a "Rona Altana" out there on the internet somewhere, that's probably me
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but again why needle him if you can rocketblast him into next year .
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Because they're trying to demonstrate that the nailguns aren't useless. Didn't you read the rest of the topic?
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Out of intrest, how does the hyperblaster compere with the SNG for ammo, speed, damage etc?
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Makou
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So here's a question for everybody: Why doesn't anybody ever complain about the Hyperblaster?
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If you see a "Rona Altana" out there on the internet somewhere, that's probably me
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I think the SNG in Generations is an awsome weapon, just the ammo is scarce like everyone else said.
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... nobody digs Strogg over other class? ... *looks at Tab with silly smile*
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I think this highlights the problem then. Hyperblaster Max ammo: 300 cells Ammo per weapon pickup: 50 cells Ammo per cell pickup: 50 cells Super Nailgun Max ammo: 200 nails Ammo per weapon pickup: 30 nails Ammo per small nailbox pickup: 25 nails Also Note: supernailgun=railgun!
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Tabun
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I don't complain about either nails or hyperbolts, so I don't see where that's an indication of anything ;]
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I don't hear the Waabulence Tab, do you?
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Beer? I'm down.
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I can't complain about the hyper bolts... I played 1v1 against Ranger the other day and used nothing but the hyper to try and compare. I found that my shots were hitting a lot more often than when I used the SNG. I have no real idea as to why... I can lead and time a LOT better with the hyper than I can with the SNG. I beat him 10 - 3... I even avoided the ammo pickups, just keeping the 50 you get from weapon pickup (unless he dropped some in his backpack). But anyway... the hyperblaster (300 max ammo, 1 cell per bolt) gets more shots compared to the SNG (200 max ammo, 2 nails per shot)... so I guess there's no reason to complain. And if anyone finds the same anomaly that I did above (being able to aim a lot better even tho the projectiles move at the same exact speed) that makes complaining even more unlikely.
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I'm crap with the SNG be it in Gen or QW. Same goes for the HB. I just suck with Strogg cos I do. That said, Tab only beating me 3-1 on q2dm5 in 1v1 Strogg-only is an achievement in my book. The secret? HIDE!!
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Shambler quoted from the stats of the SNG and the Hyper. When weapons are basically similar, it can help to compare how much "damage" is contained in the weapon pickup and the boxes.
Damage in Pickup (damage in one shot times number of shots) SNG: 270 (18*15) Hyper: 750 (15*50)
In one big ammo box SNG: 450 Hyper: 750
In pickup + two boxes (which are often together ) SNG: 1170 Hyper: 2250
Max damage weapon can carry (according to max ammo) SNG: 1800 Hyper: 4500
The biggest differences are with the weapon pickup and the max ammo.
I agree that the hyperblaster can seem better than the SNG, even though it has to spin-down after every burst. Maybe it's because you feel like you can sweep slower with it because you have more ammo, maybe it's because the projectiles appear closer to their real size, maybe it's by comparison to the class's other weapons (the SNG is, as shambler said, the Slipgater's railgun). I agree with other people who have said the only thing that could be improved about the SNG is the starting ammo, possibly by upping it to 50.
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Then it sounds like a plan.
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