Gasmask Functionality

[DreadStunLock]

What Mulle just wrote is killing me because I really want to know what he meant ><

[ShadowX]

Caffeine trip late at night ain't the best time to start forum posting.

Guess I wasn't being exactly clear with what I was trying to say, forgot to add the whole balance concept there. Yes the reflex time stays the same if you instantly get the gas mask running when choosing it and if you already have it equiped and then activate it at the right time, don't know what I was thinking there.

I already find the gas mask a bit too overpowered considering how little you actually lose of the power charge when you have to use it. A skilled user can activate it at the time it takes to press a single button, when you're right at the edge of a smoke, charge thro it and swap to another gadget to deactivate it, this takes just over a second, cam gas's can be bypassed even faster. I haven't had a game in a long time where I actually ran out of power on my mask because it's almost impossible unless getting completely bombarded with smoke nades all game.

Adding an animation, that won't take long, but makes it require a bit more effort and tactical thinking when using it would be great. Now there was an idea of giving gas mask as a universal gadget - because it's pretty much a necessity - that you would always get and that would free up a slot for another gadget. I feel like I support the idea itself, but not with the current gas mask, it's simply too overpowered.

My thoughts about the gas mask, brought to you late at night or evening, with no caffeine.

[VaNilla]

I still personally believe what I suggested just before would work best, however I do agree that the lifetime of the gasmask is a little too long though, but that's just balancing really.

[MulleDK19]

Also MulleDK19, not quite sure what your suggesting :P

What Mulle just wrote is killing me because I really want to know what he meant ><

An animation for putting on the gasmask. As in, it'll take a second or two to put on, thereby eliminating the possibility to just switch to gasmask whenever you suspect there's gonna be a gas cloud.

[VaNilla]

Is that not the point, to use it when you think there will be gas? I don't think there's really an issue with a no delay activation.

[monterto]

just throwing this out there to add a flip side to mulles idea. what about inf gas mask that only works for short durations with a cooldown

[DreadStunLock]

In my honest opinion I think the real problem is that when you shoot the Sticky Cam you have to wait till it reaches the damn wall, I think that sucks, you can get headshotted while doing so :/ what if making it instant land?

[frvge]

No.

[tigaer]

No.

[DreadStunLock]

My first fail :(

[frvge]

Yes.

[CurdyMilk]

In my honest opinion I think the real problem is that when you shoot the Sticky Cam you have to wait till it reaches the damn wall, I think that sucks, you can get headshotted while doing so :/ what if making it instant land?

Yes, it is annoying, but changing it to instant would make the game too unrealistic.  Some things need to be unrealistic for gameplay to work, but this probably isn't one of them.  ;)

[Farley4Fan]

My first fail :(

I'm gonna be honest, it's not your first.   :-X  But you have good intentions so we'll cut you a break on this one (except for Agent who is, well, Agent)...  I have had plenty of fails, believe me.

Adding a delay to the gas mask would only make stickies even more powerful.  Probably not the best way to go.  I know we've all gotten used to stickies being one of the main hinges of gameplay but perhaps it's time to nerf them just a tiny bit? Not make them stronger?

[DreadStunLock]

Maybe it's not the powder should be deluted, but the loudness of the camer should be bigger? Hmm?

[monterto]

WAIT! Hold up! Are you saying that the sticky cam shoots sleeping powder?