MAX exploding

[Neon Apocalypse]

I have come up with the idea, that when a MAX dies, its capacitor should overload, and then the thing should explode. Now the explosion doesn't have to be huge. It would just have to be like a frag grenade. What do you guys think?

[Mr1337Duck]

Be kinda cool, but really, if the guy inside is killed, it'd probably be just a shell of armor with a body inside, so your idea really wouldn't be all that realistic.

[Neon Apocalypse]

well then where is the max capacitor, surely a max couldnt generate a shield or a use jumpjets, there has to be a power core

as for a TR max then maybe this doesnt have to apply, since all they can do is lock down

[Warborn]

What do you hope to accomplish with this idea? Or is it just meant to be fluff?

[SpunkJackel]

*cough* TR max is the only MAX with some kinda visible buldge on the back that could very well be a power pack, besides, run mode requires some sort of power assist...

[Neon Apocalypse]

this is so when people kill a max, the max can take some people with it, killing something so powerful definitley must have a consequence, and it would just be cool

[jsloan31]

it would be cool, but maybe only after the MAX takes some more power, then the thing overloads.

why? cuz then, you can still revive the guy inside the MAX. plus, you can ambush the medic trying to heal the MAX :p

*MAX Dies*

Medic: Oh no! *runs over to MAX*
*MAX Blows up in Medics face, killing Medic*

but that's just me...

[JakeLogan]

Sorry I don't like it. If NC and VS get it TR should as well.

[SecondRaven]

I dont think it would be a good idea...a max could run into a CC die and then take out everyone in the cc.....aka cheap bad idea...

[xmodum]

I dont think it would be a good idea...a max could run into a CC die and then take out everyone in the cc.....aka cheap bad idea...
He said it would have the damage of a frag, ever heard of a frag killing 3+ReXo and maybe a max or two?

[Neon Apocalypse]

yeah it definitley wouldnt be something that big, maybe 2 frag grenades, but no more, it has to have some effect

[SecondRaven]

Still max's would rush the CC take out as many as they can and die happply knowing that they are going to blow up and take out the rest of them with it

[Onizuka-GTO]

mmmm...why don't we just have a blast radius when a Decimator kills a Max? I mean why should a Max-Killing Soldier firing a Decimator pointblank at a Max be the only one to survive or anyone else standing next to the point of impact?
Or anything else with such Max killing power?
Its a price to pay if you going to be such an idiot and firing a high explosive weaponary at a Max in a confined indoor space.

[UncleDynamite]

If an exploding MAX does that damage of one or two frag grenades, then only fools would rush in a suicide attempt. They'll kill/injure a lot more people if they actually used their MAX weapons instead of just trying to get themselves blown up.

I also agree that the exploding MAX idea poses problems with Medics trying to revive. I suppose you could have the MAX overload once the player chooses to respawn, but that could lend to some problems of players respawning once someone is right next to him.

The idea is interesting, but I'm not sure its worth the hassle to implement it *shrug*

[Dyentious]

Yea i would not support the idea.

Gives me a flashback of people in counterstrike typing /kamakazie (which turns them into a ticking time bomb), and running into a large group of the enemy.

It already pisses me enough when we're defending a tower and some MAX NC asshole comes running down the stairs and basically does a crowd dive into all the TR, causing us to TK many of our own while trying to hit some guy in the middle of 20 TR. This would just fuel that fire.

[dscytherulez]

I don't really like it, nor do I think it is necessary. One max can do enough damage, plus you have to think about grief too. If your in the middle of a crowded spawn and some nme with a deci runs in and blows you to hell, the grief would be insane.