Trading!?

Foxfyre · 2003-02-22, 06:06 PM

Ok, I pre-apologize if this was brought up here already, but this hadn't ever occured to me until recently. If you're with a friend, in a squad, platoon, etc., and Buddy A needs something, say ammo... is he shoes outta luck or will players be able to trade things like ammo, med kits, grenades, etc. without being at a terminal of any kind? Will items/weapons be droppable? Just something that came to mind while thinking about squad strategies, and so far I've found nothing explaining it.

Hamma · 2003-02-22, 06:12 PM

It was posted somewhere recently, I think here on PSU. That they are working on a way to allow players to trade ammo between eachother in their squad

Saint · 2003-02-22, 06:17 PM

Will you be able to drop it, kinda like in a coffin-type fasion that people in your squad can loot. Ex. If you have a AI MAX with tons of ammo and then a bunch of mediums running around and one happes to run out of AP rounds, I think the MAX should be able to drop somne one the ground for him to loot, they already have the loot system in the game, they just need to modify it and put it in

<-----wishful thinking, its not that easy

Tolvy · 2003-02-22, 08:51 PM

I bet you'll die before you run out of ammo. Unless you carry hardly any ammo. So no need to worry about too much trading of ammo.

EarlyDawn · 2003-02-22, 09:32 PM

I blatently ripped this from the old design for X-Com Alliance, but here goes...

If Bob needs ammo for his Supressor (Currently equipped rifle), he hits the chat shortcut, and it's announced for his squad. Then, an icon displays his request to everyone in the group. You hit a button on your keyboard, and assuming that you are within ~3-5 feet, the ammo is automatically x-fered. This assumes you have the ammo.

Just a random thought, pick it apart.

Toimu · 2003-02-22, 09:36 PM

Originally posted by LNS0388
I blatently ripped this from the old design for X-Com Alliance, but here goes...

If Bob needs ammo for his Supressor (Currently equipped rifle), he hits the chat shortcut, and it's announced for his squad. Then, an icon displays his request to everyone in the group. You hit a button on your keyboard, and assuming that you are within ~3-5 feet, the ammo is automatically x-fered. This assumes you have the ammo.

Just a random thought, pick it apart.

I like it. The way I was thinking was like D2, but that is kind-of slow.

diluted · 2003-02-22, 10:03 PM

would be a very nice addition.

but maaaybe difficult to specify who to transfer to. also there could be conflicts with type of ammo

Nightmare · 2003-02-22, 10:13 PM

I have a question. I think I saw this asked before but I cant find it. Let's say I'm in a stealth suit, whch prevents me from putting any rifles in my inventory. Is it possible for me to find a rifle in the middle of a field and arm it, but not put it away. This has been bugging me for a while.

diluted · 2003-02-22, 10:15 PM

no, just like how you can hack a vehicle but not drive it

btw if you hack an enemy's empire-specifi vehicle what happens? can you not drive it no matter what?

Nightmare · 2003-02-22, 10:19 PM

You can drive the empire-specific vehicle if you are certified to drive the same type of vehicle in your empire.

Venom · 2003-02-22, 10:20 PM

you would only require to have the equal cert for your empire. If you have the TR buggy cert and you hack the NC buggy, you can drive it because you have the TR buggy cert, which is of equal level (so to speak) with the NC buggy. This is what i'vegathered anyway.

And it is the same with weapons.

OmnipotentKiwi · 2003-02-22, 10:44 PM

Originally posted by Nightmare
I have a question. I think I saw this asked before but I cant find it. Let's say I'm in a stealth suit, whch prevents me from putting any rifles in my inventory. Is it possible for me to find a rifle in the middle of a field and arm it, but not put it away. This has been bugging me for a while.

Weapons you are actively using are still part of your inventory.

Zatrais · 2003-02-23, 07:11 AM

Nope, because the stealth suit does not have anny rifle sized weapons slots.

http://www.planetside-universe.com/m....php?img_id=71

heres the inventory of an agile, see the weapons slots? Inf suit won't have a weapons slot big enough to use a rifle.... thats not to say the inventory of it can't hold a rifle (not sure on that), you won't be able to use it tho..