News: Wow no crossbow thread yet... [Archive]

SturmovikDrakon

2013-03-14, 08:41 PM

Mietz

2013-03-14, 08:48 PM

Why crossbows?

Because crossbows and bows are in now.

Crysis 3, Farcry 3, CODBLOPS2...etc.

And if we make our game more like those other games, we can attract more players and shit.

Expect incoming ballistic knives soon.

Merzun

2013-03-14, 08:56 PM

I would probably use one on my infiltrator. But I also can't see where they would fit. We already have pistols, SMGs for close quarters and semi autos with silencer for medium.

http://i.imgur.com/EKZTrWS.jpg

Am I the only one that thinks that the front of the pulsar looks like a whale head. Well it fits the fishheads theme for sure.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--02P6jSlGZY/UFn_mX3S9lI/AAAAAAAAA2o/1E5S3JJ_GKE/s1600/weisswal-oder-beluga-delphinapterus-leucas-8847.jpeg

OctavianAXFive

2013-03-14, 08:59 PM

Obligatory Statement: Just because CoD and BF3 have crossbows doesn't mean PS2 needs them.

Joking: What's next, a siege catapult for launching players over fortifications?

Admission: I actually want that now that I think about it.

Seriously though.
It's less about the crossbow and more about what it represents to fans. I do not care one way or the other. But they had to know this would cause some serious forum and twitter flames.

RadarX is gonna be mad busy.

But hey! Isn't that what the roadmap is for?

p0intman

2013-03-14, 09:05 PM

HI, MY MAIN BATTLE RIFLE IS A SUPERCHARGED GAUSS RIFLE THAT HOLDS 100 ROUNDS AND CAN EMPTY IT INSIDE HALF A MINUTE, ITS RECOIL WOULD PROBABLY SEVER YOUR ARM FROM YOUR BODY WITHOUT ARMOR. MY ARMOR HAS THE CAPABILITY TO STOP EXPLOSIVES IN THEIR TRACKS AND HAS A SHEILD THAT LAUGHS AT BULLETS.

And you propose a CROSSBOW can do anything worthwhile?

... Wut?

Vashyo

2013-03-14, 09:15 PM

I could accept this as long as it's infiltrator only stealth weapon, with high risk. Could encourage the squads of snipers sitting at the back to come a bit closer since it's "CoD-cool".

VaderShake

2013-03-14, 09:28 PM

I would not mind crossbows for zip line squad insertion by infiltrators but as weapons??? Well...maybe circumstances/climate/atmosphere on another continent would dictate the use of a crossbow or lower tech weapons?

camycamera

2013-03-14, 09:37 PM

nobody has asked where this has come from. source?

OctavianAXFive

2013-03-14, 09:49 PM

nobody has asked where this has come from. source?

A good point.

Merzun

2013-03-14, 09:54 PM

nobody has asked where this has come from. source?

From new Command Center episode. Was shown at least twice during the show for a short moment.
http://de.twitch.tv/planetside2/b/377804163

Zulthus

2013-03-14, 10:01 PM

Sigh... why?

And why is there a rail on it? Even if you put a scope on it you couldn't see shit, there's a giant limb in the way.

Timealude

2013-03-14, 10:21 PM

I could see it working, I though really like to have it more as a climbing tool but I dont see how they could work on the current continents now as weapons. Also, this isnt the first time we have really heard about them talking about crossbows. I know purrfectstorm and Jimmy were talking about it a few episodes ago back on FNO.

Climhazzard

2013-03-14, 10:23 PM

Crossbows would be relatively silent...

camycamera

2013-03-14, 10:51 PM

From new Command Center episode. Was shown at least twice during the show for a short moment.
http://de.twitch.tv/planetside2/b/377804163

oh. i only watch the command centre when it uploads on youtube. idk when the show airs on twitch, lol

Babyfark McGeez

2013-03-14, 10:58 PM

This game allready lacks enough futuristic elements as it is, crossbows are silly.

SturmovikDrakon

2013-03-14, 11:04 PM

This game allready lacks enough futuristic elements as it is, crossbows are silly.

Another good example of them robbing something futuristic out of this game is this

http://i.imgur.com/kAKN4ol.jpg

Chain-blade, force-blade. Pah.

Now they're just... blades

I agree, this game needs more futuristic elements, not less

Helwyr

2013-03-14, 11:46 PM

This is just Higby trolling everyone again. Seriously look at that thing, it has a rail for a scope that would be blocked by the third arm of the crossbow. It's too ridiculous to be real, if you guys buy this, he'll have a PS2 version of this next CC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxtHtPK2MH8

Ghoest9

2013-03-14, 11:46 PM

Crossbows are stupid weapons for a modern war.

I say this as some one who has hunted and killed deer with both guns and with a crossbow.

Compared to a gun with a silencer they are pathetic weapons.
At 50 yards - you can actually see the bolt coming and dodge it. They have a tiny range and a small fraction of the energy of a bullet.

Clown weapon.

Falcon_br

2013-03-14, 11:53 PM

Am I the only one that wants a crossbow with exploding bolts real bad?

And place the new tomb raider and skyrim to the list.

Falcon_br

2013-03-14, 11:55 PM

Dude, we are talking about a triple arc composite crossbow with Nantes!
And Sony needs to make cash, so it will probably be better them all current snipers with silencers attached to it.

Koadster

2013-03-14, 11:59 PM

Maybe someone could correct me, but even with todays body armour would stop a bolt. So 600 years in the future.. I doubt a crossbow could have a place in warfare.. Silent kill, got a suppressor for that.

AThreatToYou

2013-03-15, 12:14 AM

The only use I can see for this is as a quasi-TOW launcher.

TOW = Timed Ordnance Weapon (not in all senses, just here)

Essentially, the crossbow can fire, as it won't use a rocket or other explosive propulsion system, a wire-leading explosive that could decimate tanks and infantry without making a sound. It would have a definite range and you could time the leading warhead to explode before it reached its maximum. Even so, the wire it leads is explosive too, so if you shoot it over a tank you can deal damage to the thin top armor. Not as much as a rocket to the rear, but still a good deal.

Rolfski

2013-03-15, 12:37 AM

This is a horrible me-too idea.

Sirisian

2013-03-15, 01:26 AM

typhaon

2013-03-15, 01:55 AM

April 1st is coming... has to be what this is.

Rasui

2013-03-15, 02:43 AM

April 1st is coming... has to be what this is.

That's what I was thinking. I hope it's the case.

Elgareth

2013-03-15, 03:06 AM

Huh... I like Crossbows.
Also crossbow bolts can pierce armor where Bullets fail because of the higher weight. Add in some hightech repeating mechanic, and you can have a machinegun-crossbow...
Then you could add some fancy ammo, like explosives, EMP and so on, attachments too big to fit in a Bullet...
Range issues can be addressed by "Hey, it's hightech" simply said :D So technically you could even have Sniper Crossbows, SMG-Crossbows, even Scattercrossbows...
So I'm not opposed to it, though I can't see any niche where they could fit in without changing the whole combat mechanic (and implementing debuff-like effects like bleeding, crippling, confusing and the like), as we already have weapons for every situation...

Thats coming from a casual player who's not really into the lore of PS2 :P

Pella

2013-03-15, 03:43 AM

Obvoisly SOE trolling us.

Remember at SOE Live they showed us Snow tracks for the Sundy / Flash. We aint heard/Seen anything since.

ChipMHazard

2013-03-15, 04:18 AM

I'm going to go with Higby trolling us:p

Mordelicius

2013-03-15, 04:51 AM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BFWvEkVCUAAdjTI.png:large

:bouncy: Yes!!! Although, make it a secondary weapon. I doubt crossbows can go toe to toe with primary weapons.

Now if they can add:

Explosive tips (adds longer reload)
Poisoned tips (DOTs)
Combustive tips (sets targets on fire)

then it's viable for a specialized main weapon.

Bags

2013-03-15, 05:22 AM

crossbows in multiplayer games are horribly unfun to fight against

Canaris

2013-03-15, 05:26 AM

all we need to see now is VS getting a probe and NC acquiring a club with shotgun shells taped to it ;)

Fara

2013-03-15, 05:36 AM

It's alot more serious than you think. The DEV's are going to troll us and add Zombies, why else would they add a crossbow?

http://www.armoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/the-walking-dead-daryl-crossbow.jpg

Emperor Newt

2013-03-15, 06:10 AM

What would be next? Energy battle axes (how about energy blades first?)? Ballistic knifes? But while we are at it, as they are already thinking about dual wielding those aren't as far fetched as one might think.

Still hoping it's just trolling though.
*edit*
Oh, and dont forget killstreaks. I heard those are cool and everybody has them now.

Falcon_br

2013-03-15, 08:37 AM

Well, we already got a chain blade.
We got jump jets .
Just give me a chainsword and I will play light assault forever!

ThatGoatGuy

2013-03-15, 08:58 AM

Well, we already got a chain blade.
We got jump jets .
Just give me a chainsword and I will play light assault forever!

Hell yes. Banzai LA erry day

SturmovikDrakon

2013-03-15, 09:01 AM

I like it. Nice difference from the hundreds of uninspired mil sim weapons they've been adding. I know how much you guys would like another shotgun or SMG, but having new weapons with different aesthetics is fine by me.

The only thing I hope is that the NC and VS designs are more futuristic. There's a serious lack of imagination in the design department when adding new weapons. They seem to all be based on real world ideas and implementations. This is a science fiction game. Having more crazy weapons than your pistol or assault rifle would be nice.

This is not exactly what I would call a "fictional" weapon. The screens that I posted on the first page would do more good if they were to replace some of the current weapon models rather than releasing this thing, which has no place in the 29th century.

"Nanites" is not valid. We need to advance in terms of futuristic designs, not regress. This is science-fiction, as you've said

Well, we already got a chain blade.
We got jump jets .
Just give me a chainsword and I will play light assault forever!

There is no more chain-blade. It's just a blade now. That's the entire point, they've already stripped this game of a few futuristic elements, they don't need to do more

http://i.imgur.com/kAKN4ol.jpg

Sledgecrushr

2013-03-15, 09:38 AM

If I get the crossbow will I eventually be able to upgrade to a musket?

Carbon Copied

2013-03-15, 09:51 AM

Think it's already been mentioned but do I remember that a dev mentioned some sort of NC crossbow/shotgun hybrid at some point "whenever"? Forget who it was but know they've been mentioned a couple of times.

Also T-Ray put in the reddit thread of this

3 words Chew BAC CA

So speculate as much as you dare.

EVILPIG

2013-03-15, 11:33 AM

how can you justify crossbows in planetside? GTFO!

They can offer a silent, ranged option. Silent, can shoot up to medium range. I think Infils would love such a weapon.

Gonefshn

2013-03-15, 11:38 AM

No no no, just no.

Don't do it SOE.

Fenrys

2013-03-15, 11:38 AM

It could replace the Infil Recon Tool. The recon ability could be one of several ammunition types accepted by the x-bow.

ChipMHazard

2013-03-15, 11:44 AM

They can offer a silent, ranged option. Silent, can shoot up to medium range. I think Infils would love such a weapon.

This + Cloaking + Hossin trees/undergrowth = Hunting season!:p

VaderShake

2013-03-15, 01:12 PM

This + Cloaking + Hossin trees/undergrowth = Hunting season!:p

Chip aside from a crossbow being used for zip lines and such. I was thinking what if a continent like for example Hossin had more methane/volitile gasses in the air limiting the use of standard weapons for fear of explosion thus the need for lower tech/different weapons to function in that environment?

Could provide a change of pace or something occasionally, I doubt that is the case here but I would imagine some weapon are better suited in different environments.

ChipMHazard

2013-03-15, 01:42 PM

Chip aside from a crossbow being used for zip lines and such. I was thinking what if a continent like for example Hossin had more methane/volitile gasses in the air limiting the use of standard weapons for fear of explosion thus the need for lower tech/different weapons to function in that environment?

Could provide a change of pace or something occasionally, I doubt that is the case here but I would imagine some weapon are better suited in different environments.

Could certainly be fun to have the enviroment itself play a real deciding factor in how battles play out. On having an area with volatile gasses... Well, it would only take one trigger happy noob to make the whole place go *KABOOM*.:p
Could perhaps make rockets/grenades/explosive rounds explode as soon as they are fired, limiting fighting to firearms and lower tech means of murder:D
I'm all for the environment playing a much bigger part, for example making the minimap and radar not work in a specific area.
Just hope that Alex and Clegg don't start beating us over the head for suggesting things like this.
"Stop suggesting things that will take months to implement!"

VaderShake

2013-03-15, 02:25 PM

Could certainly be fun to have the enviroment itself play a real deciding factor in how battles play out. On having an area with volatile gasses... Well, it would only take one trigger happy noob to make the whole place go *KABOOM*.:p
Could perhaps make rockets/grenades/explosive rounds explode as soon as they are fired, limiting fighting to firearms and lower tech means of murder:D
I'm all for the environment playing a much bigger part, for example making the minimap and radar not work in a specific area.
Just hope that Alex and Clegg don't start beating us over the head for suggesting things like this.
"Stop suggesting things that will take months to implement!"

Well I'm still waiting to hear about weather effects, blinding snowstorms you have to cert to get electronic guidance to drive through, an regional mobile EMP storm which knocks out your mini-map and limits your ability to fly or use a vehicle unless you cert to a gizmo that over comes it, a flipping tornado ripping through a massive battle in a rain storm sending the new ragdoll soldiers flying all over the place.....well this is the kind of stuff in my head anyway....

ChipMHazard

2013-03-15, 02:29 PM

Well I'm still waiting to hear about weather effects, blinding snowstorms you have to cert to get electronic guidance to drive through, an regional mobile EMP storm which knocks out your mini-map and limits your ability to fly or use a vehicle unless you cert to a gizmo that over comes it, a flipping tornado ripping through a massive battle in a rain storm sending the new ragdoll soldiers flying all over the place.....well this is the kind of stuff in my head anyway....

Excuse me, mind if I pop inside your head for just a moment? Sounds awesome in there:D

Nathaniak

2013-03-15, 02:35 PM

No! Nooooo!

Seriously, we can't have this COD rubbish in PS2. Get it out!

p0intman

2013-03-15, 02:47 PM

No! Nooooo!

Seriously, we can't have this COD rubbish in PS2. Get it out!

pretty much this. the only game that ever did crossbows well, was Turok 64.

PoisonTaco

2013-03-15, 03:50 PM

Rothnang

2013-03-15, 03:53 PM

This is just kind of silly, but then so is a pump action laser shotgun.

AThreatToYou

2013-03-15, 03:54 PM

I like it. Nice difference from the hundreds of uninspired mil sim weapons they've been adding. I know how much you guys would like another shotgun or SMG, but having new weapons with different aesthetics is fine by me.
.

That's the reason why I like this weapon. I only hope it's something more than a crossbow that shoots generic darts, cause we really don't need that with all of these mil sim weapons. Still hoping for crossbow-TOW.

Sirisian

2013-03-15, 03:56 PM

Why would the VS use crossbows? Did they find alien artifacts that looked like them? Using such an old weapon would totally go against what the VS are all about.
You're making the assumption that VS one wouldn't be empire specific. For all we know that is the TR version and the NC have a gauss based dart launcher with the VS using something closer to a bowcaster.

VaderShake

2013-03-15, 04:09 PM

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p116/maceyshake/crossbows7_zpse1ecf8e6.jpg

Sorry...had to be done....

Helwyr

2013-03-15, 04:49 PM

Also T-Ray put in the reddit thread of this

3 words Chew BAC CA

So speculate as much as you dare.

4th Faction of Wookies? Merging of Starwars and Planetside? I might just spend certs on a light sabre and Sith Force Lightning... no actually Jedi Mind Tricks would be awesome on my Wookie Infiltrator, I'll get that.

Nathaniak

2013-03-15, 05:19 PM

I like the concept of it, but this really doesn't fit into Planetside all that well.

Why would the TR use crossbows? They use conventional weaponry. They don't need crossbows, they've got all the economic and production power of the Terran Republic.

Why would the NC use crossbows? Maybe if they ran out of rifle ammo? I doubt it. These guys have corporate sponsors. I doubt they'd buy crossbows over gauss weapons.

Why would the VS use crossbows? Did they find alien artifacts that looked like them? Using such an old weapon would totally go against what the VS are all about.

Exactly. Crossbows are not necessarily bad, but they simply don't fit in with the lore or the aesthetic style of this game. As you so rightly said, the three empires all have very good reasons for not using crossbows over the weapons already available to them. Crossbow bolts travel slower then bullets. If you could double a projectile's mass or double its velocity, you'd double its velocity (kinetic energy = 1/2xmassxvelocity^2). And crossbows are hardly 'stealthy'.

If crossbows are better then guns, then why did guns (remember that we're talking about single-shot rifles where you had to spend time stuffing everything down the barrel at this time) replace them?

Silent Thunder

2013-03-15, 05:32 PM

Well although I do agree Crossbows are out of place, wasn't the main reason that guns replaced bows that you could train any peasant to fire a gun in a few weeks, including the march and drill, as opposed to years of training to use and accuratly aim a bow.

Sledgecrushr

2013-03-15, 07:59 PM

I have a lot of things on my ps2 prefect game list. Crossbow isnt on that list.

GraniteRok

2013-03-15, 08:18 PM

I see nothing wrong with adding a crossbow, although I do see a number of the usual complainers, complaining.

Number of different things come to mind that would make a crossbow useful, especially for Infil or LA Covert Ops stuff; Tracking darts, Explosive Sticky heads, Marker flares, Silent kills. Probably more if I thought on it.

Whiteagle

2013-03-15, 09:13 PM

Joking: What's next, a siege catapult for launching players over fortifications?
Like you wouldn't want to launch players into an Amp Station?

Falcon_br

2013-03-17, 04:20 AM

Strange I don't see any thread about the new maxes weapons concept, so I will do a search.

Corvo

2013-03-17, 06:39 AM

It doesn't fit, as simple as that.

Maybe they are thinking of something to put in LA tool slot? Folding arms and collapsing m4-style stock would make it a very compact weapon.

PredatorFour

2013-03-17, 07:33 AM

Why doesnt it fit ? we have combat knives t kill with, i don't see why this is any more ridiculous. At least it's a different gun model that wont be copied from the others.

Corvo

2013-03-17, 12:42 PM

Why doesnt it fit ? we have combat knives t kill with, i don't see why this is any more ridiculous. At least it's a different gun model that wont be copied from the others.

Whoa the difference is huge! A knife is a small versatile multipurpose tool that any infantry is likely to be carrying because...well, there's not a single reason not to carry it :) A knife is so basic that I can't think of an FPS in won't fit in.

A crossbow, on the other hand, is a clunky, heavy, huge and extremely situational weapon. There's a reason we only see those in action movies and video games.

Shogun

2013-03-17, 01:10 PM

if the crossbow makes it into the game, the most important thing is the sound...

it just desperately needs to sound like the crossbow from half life. i loved that pleasing "BUNZ" sound.

there are only two roles where the crossbow would fit into the game. both for the infiltrator:
1. a strong single shot/slow reload silenced stealth weapon, maybe usable while cloaked

2. a strong extremely slow reloading single shot crossbow using bolts with explosive tips. basically a very slow firing sniper rifle with splash damage.

Sledgecrushr

2013-03-17, 04:04 PM

If they institute a crossbow into the game then I think it should have a hand crank to wind it up and should only be able to shoot once every ten seconds.

DManD

2013-03-17, 04:17 PM

SOE is high as f**k, wants to implement crossbows, sword and sh*t.

CrimsonTemplar

2013-03-17, 06:44 PM

Neutral Calypso

2013-03-17, 07:51 PM

In before the VS crossbow shoots plasma bolts.

Whiteagle

2013-03-17, 08:30 PM

Well PS1 had the fusion blade or whatever it was called. Who knows? Maybe we'll see power shields and muskets :D.

And with the new hats coming along, who wouldn't fancy the idea of a TR in a Commissar hat, wielding a sabre, shouting from a prowler 'Drive me closer I want to hit them with my sword!'?
Dude, who wouldn't want a Chain-sword/Progressive-Sword/LIGHTSABER?!?!
The only real difference from the knives would be one-hit over two-hit kills and MAYBE an increase in range for slower activation time/movement speed, but who wouldn't want to tear into a ScatterMAX in melee?

AThreatToYou

2013-03-17, 09:34 PM

We already have a musket. It's called stock dumbfire AV for HA.

Rothnang

2013-03-17, 09:39 PM

I had a dream where I had a bow in Planetside and someone threw a brick of C4 into the air, I shot it with the bow, and then the arrow with the C4 hit a Sunderer and killed it. Then the pope asked me what icecream would make his church more popular and I said "I'm sorry, I don't believe in icecream".

Whiteagle

2013-03-18, 02:19 PM

Then the pope asked me what icecream would make his church more popular and I said "I'm sorry, I don't believe in icecream".

...Get out of here you... you Athcreamist!

Chaff

2013-03-18, 02:23 PM

.
In a future with 20th century quads with foot pegs.....ya'll worried about a crossbow ?

....if you can use it with ES Dragon-Fighterplane, it could work.

(BTW, he's Trolling in a FUNNY way (IMHO).

VaderShake

2013-03-18, 02:30 PM

Some days people just forget this is an electronic imaginary game and why not.....

We can only play with what we are given and even if this was a cosmic banana launcher that would do a bit more damage on armor than anything else in the game people would snatch it up.

Now back to my cosmic banana launcher concept.....
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0I8utbbRCVfAguufRk27bJhyzvB7Xs le2522wlbmrCtOKmmO0VQ

Chaff

2013-03-18, 02:54 PM

Your cosmic banana launcher is OP & favors the NC due to its natural color !!!!!!!!!!!

VaderShake

2013-03-18, 02:57 PM

Your cosmic banana launcher is OP & favors the NC due to its natural color !!!!!!!!!!!

Yep right to the "color" card...a typical facist trying to keep those in the private banana sector from excelling...government approved non-leathal bananas only please.. because the government is what keeps people "safe".

ChipMHazard

2013-03-18, 03:10 PM

As long as I get my tactical chair launcher you can take that banana launcher and split... By Higby's beard, that was an awful pun... I apologize.

Empra

2013-03-18, 03:21 PM

I think it is a joke. I hope so lol.

Chaff

2013-03-18, 03:30 PM

...it was an aPEALing joke nonetheless.....

ChipMHazard

2013-03-18, 03:45 PM

...it was an aPEALing joke nonetheless.....

Got a bunch of those, do you?:p

CrimsonTemplar

2013-03-18, 03:51 PM

Damn, I have no banana jokes today ;).

VaderShake

2013-03-18, 03:58 PM

I believe this was fan submitted in the "official" forums as well..in the weapon ideas AKA "crossbow thread" located there...obviously you can see the NC need some direction when we are piss drunk about which way to point it indicated by the "arrow" on the side......(face palm)
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTZxIt8yLIF5UY4YN4WQdZA8lrU9BjVO gdk-AKjq6UVa8djSX5jKQ

Chaff

2013-03-18, 04:52 PM

Got a bunch of those, do you?:p:D

Ouch. You so punny Hazz.....I could try to DOLE out a BUNCH more, but I don't have time to monkey around with you today.

I do endorse the new ammo for the banana launcer. Yes, the Hammock slug. Shoot it between a rock and a hard place and hang your nuts in it while you're out in the boonies sniping....yes, a banana hammock for your nuts......ouch (again).

:eek:

ChipMHazard

2013-03-18, 05:14 PM

Ok, ok. I give up, please show mercy:D

Rothnang

2013-03-18, 05:16 PM

A railgun crossbow makes about as much sense as Chewbacca's crossbow that is really just a blaster which has arms on it for no reason.

ChipMHazard

2013-03-18, 05:17 PM

A railgun crossbow makes about as much sense as Chewbacca's crossbow that is really just a blaster which has arms on it for no reason.

Indeed.

Chowley

2013-03-18, 05:45 PM

I cant help but think this is an awful, awful idea. But they may prove me wrong if they have some really clever implementation which eludes my average brain :p.
But I do believe this game is more Tribes Ascend f2p model than it is a LOL model. So I dont have a lot of faith.

JumpJetter

2013-03-18, 11:34 PM

Riiiiiiiiiight

Instead of bringing back great models like these into the game
http://i.imgur.com/RE8HYsd.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EKZTrWS.jpg

They want to bring in a crossbow into the 29th century.

I am confused. For as much fun as it might be, I just don't feel it fits

Why was the art style changed!!??? I hate the new one so much in comparison to the old. It looked so much darker(color wise), grittier and just cooler.

Hamma

2013-03-19, 10:15 AM

I can't see how everyone is so upset about a crossbow. Who cares? Something new to get killed by.

VaderShake

2013-03-19, 10:17 AM

I can't see how everyone is so upset about a crossbow. Who cares? Something new to get killed by.

Ding, ding, ding, exactly....if it were some made up weapon from a far off world that was not familiar to us everyone would be like "Whoaa..what's that I can't wait to see what it does!!"

SturmovikDrakon

2013-03-19, 02:33 PM

I can't see how everyone is so upset about a crossbow. Who cares? Something new to get killed by.

Wasted resource on a weapon that doesn't even fit the setting

I'd rather they work on older weapons and make their designs stand out more than bringing in this thing.

Oh, a crossbow is fine and dandy, but they can't bring back the modernised Pulsar back? :huh: Or that TR AR?

It just confuses me

moosepoop

2013-03-19, 02:47 PM

anyone think it will be one hit kill?

Hamma

2013-03-20, 09:56 AM

Why does everyone always pull the wasted resources card? They have people specifically working on this stuff. The development team does not consist of 3 people.

Saintlycow

2013-03-20, 01:08 PM

They could make it a zip line

ZOMG. SOE, turn this idea into $$$$$$$, and give me some

SturmovikDrakon

2013-03-20, 05:59 PM

Why does everyone always pull the wasted resources card? They have people specifically working on this stuff. The development team does not consist of 3 people.

My point is, the game currently has big a problem with visual variety between weapons, Vanu and TR especially. Instead of bringing back the models they have in stock from Alpha, which would quite clearly fit in with the current aesthetic, they opt in for an archaic weapon.

The problem is this, they think a bow fits in quite clearly within the game, but the modernised pulsar doesn't? I don't see the logic here.

Nathaniak

2013-03-20, 06:10 PM

The thing is, a crossbow might fit a role. But a different gun could have exactly the same stats while suiting the aesthetic better. The current armies are clearly bases somewhat around real-life militaries (i.e. MBTs, assault rifles, etc) but 'future-ised' with jetpacks, nanite instant spawns, et cetera - i.e. a continuation of the current military loadout based on possible future tech.

A crossbow is not a natural development of a current weapon. They're big, cumbersome, and inefficient compared to guns. The TR especially, who are portrayed as the most 'conventional' military, would not issue crossbows to their soldiers as guns work better. It doesn't fit the lore, it doesn't fit the aesthetic and it doesn't fit the game.
Sorry.