Gameplay: Faulty jetpacks? Oh come on how funny?

[NapalmEnima]

if they get a kill, and at least one round went into one of the jet packs, hell yes. Have the other one light up and sent them spiraling out of control to land violently 10-20 meters away.

Epic.

OTOH, it would look like they just swiped the idea out of RAGE. Meh.

[Sirisian]

Originally Posted by FIREk

On a related note, I hope that jetpacking backwards and sideways will be much slower than jetpacking forwards.

I believe they said it's more of a height advantage. Not anything else. So basically just to jump onto a wall. Not to fly around.

Not really a fan of the idea too much. Seems like it could be abused by infiltrators too easily.

[Xyntech]

Originally Posted by Sirisian

I believe they said it's more of a height advantage. Not anything else. So basically just to jump onto a wall. Not to fly around.

Not really a fan of the idea too much. Seems like it could be abused by infiltrators too easily.

I'm pretty sure that jump packs are tied to one specific armor. I doubt infiltrators will be able to equip them.

Remember, we won't have free form customization like in Planetside, we will have customization trees that allow extensive customization, but with a lot of limitations on what can and can't be used together.

[Sirisian]

Originally Posted by Xyntech

I'm pretty sure that jump packs are tied to one specific armor. I doubt infiltrators will be able to equip them.

no I mean an infiltrator sneaking up behind a player with a jetpack and shooting them as they take off.

[Xyntech]

Originally Posted by Sirisian

no I mean an infiltrator sneaking up behind a player with a jetpack and shooting them as they take off.

Ahh, I hear you. I'd just prefer this be an aesthetic thing when you kill anyone while they are jet packing. I don't think it should require any of the shots to hit the pack, nor do I think a single shot should blow the thing up while it's in use.

I picture it more along the lines of how some enemies will squeeze the trigger and spray bullets all over the place when they die in some games. Or like how a lot of games have flame thrower troops explode when they die, although I probably wouldn't have the killed jet packer be dangerous to people around them.

You gotta admit it would be hilarious to watch someone jump jetting over a wall, only to be nailed by a tank blast which sends their corpse spiraling away on an out of control jetpack.

[dm Akolyte]

This has been in other games before rage.

[Talek Krell]

Originally Posted by dm Akolyte

This has been in other games before rage.

Hell, I think it's actually one of the special abilities for the orks in WH 40K.

[Lonehunter]

There are guys with actual jetpacks in rage, who will go flying in a random direction. But here is another kind of human based projectile in rage.


They usually hit the ceiling then rocket back to the ground as they explode

[SuperMorto]

See I didnt know this, it was an actual idea, aint played Rage.

[Traak]

Especially poignant if it makes the blat of a balloon that has been let go while the loop around the battlespace, out of control, getting motion sick from the swirling view from their computer monitor!

LOL