Equipment Grouping Explained

[frvge]

Remember though, both teams get an extra gadget.

O? That's new to me.

[Gawain]

it's an axiom for spekkio's suggestion.

play testing with such many combinations will take months if not years (it took some time for people to change from bullets to hbs), especially considering that with a new gadget noone knows how to use best at the beginning.

[B1nArY_001]

Remember though, both teams get an extra gadget.

O? That's new to me.

In theory based on this thread. That wasn't a definitive statement  ;D

[B1nArY_001]

it's an axiom for spekkio's suggestion.

play testing with such many combinations will take months if not years (it took some time for people to change from bullets to hbs), especially considering that with a new gadget noone knows how to use best at the beginning.

It would take a while yes but I doubt that long. Remember we have experience with a lot of these items already.

[Spekkio]

Some of you guys really need to lrn2read. Go back to my original post where I clearly said that as the number of AVAILABLE GADGETS, and thus equipment slots expand, it would be best to implement such a system.

I am not saying there is anything wrong with the 4-gadget system we have now with 8 items to choose from. The only problem with it currently is that some items are "must haves" while others are "nice to haves," so the "nice to haves" get ignored. What I'm saying is that if there are 10+ items to choose from, the amount of slots needs to be expanded. I only used the current loadout as an example to demonstrate how it would work.

The system would limit combinations to make balancing easier. That is all. Yes, no merc with a right mind would take 5 "group 2" pieces of equipment; that's part of the point of grouping them the way I did -- the most balanced and intuitive loadouts would remain.

Jeez some of you guys are dense.

[InvisibleMan999]

Some of you guys really need to lrn2read. Go back to my original post where I clearly said that as the number of AVAILABLE GADGETS, and thus equipment slots expand, it would be best to implement such a system.

Even if you expand the available gadgets, I'm not seeing a good reason to have groupings. Until you give some broken equipment configuration you're trying to prevent, it seems like needless complexity.

[Westfall]

Some of you guys really need to lrn2read. Go back to my original post where I clearly said that as the number of AVAILABLE GADGETS, and thus equipment slots expand, it would be best to implement such a system.

Even if you expand the available gadgets, I'm not seeing a good reason to have groupings. Until you give some broken equipment configuration you're trying to prevent, it seems like needless complexity.

I like this post. Made me think of what a preventable combination would be, that you are ACTUALLY trying to prevent. Honestly, nothing is avoided. I think you may be adding just nonsense now and making it a little more difficult than necessary. No, I'm not saying its difficult to select the gadgets. I'm talking about adding something that is just going to take a little more time (to make and go through) and won't benefit anything. Interesting point as always Spekkio and wise input, but maybe this is a little over the edge?

[AgentX_003]

Hmm intresting idea.. but what about a twist ,something similar to Single player.. where you have Assault ( aggro ) , or Stealth eq.... ie. Stealth you would have less battery time on the shocker similar to how you have less bullets in the single player../ or perhaps like combo gadgets pre-set soo that would save alot of time waiting in lobby for those IMPATIENT people. =/. .. !?!

[Cyntrox]

Stealth you would have less battery time on the shocker

Not while the camo suit uses the same battery!

[InvisibleMan999]

Stealth you would have less battery time on the shocker

Not while the camo suit uses the same battery!

I wonder... do you guys think it'd be broken if we made the camo suit have infinite energy? Maybe you can only turn it on when your gun energy is at 100%, but once activated it doesn't drain power anymore.

[Gawain]

it takes away the timing aspect and makes the activation sound almost redundant. the problem with camo was not it's energy consumption, but the activation noise with eax superhearing, vision whoring and the fact that it's too easy to see with high resolutions, especially with camnet.

[Westfall]

it takes away the timing aspect and makes the activation sound almost redundant. the problem with camo was not it's energy consumption, but the activation noise with eax superhearing, vision whoring and the fact that it's too easy to see with high resolutions, especially with camnet.

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