Infiltration Suit weaponry - Page 3

Sputty · 2003-01-18, 04:20 PM

He knows it is. The faster you move in the I.S. the more visible you become. No pics of cloaked I.S. have been released.

Lexington_Steele · 2003-01-18, 04:22 PM

Originally posted by Muffman
All I've got to say is WTF?!?! What is the point of even having a silenced weapon if you can't even use it with I.S.? Sure, you could just use the regular armor, but whats the fun of that? I don't really understand this

Why would anyone in real life use silenced weapons? We don't have invisible infultrations suits (that I know of).

Remember, just because you are not invisible does not mean you can't be stealthy.

Sputty · 2003-01-18, 04:25 PM

Exactly, use a standard or agile armor if you really want to be stealthy. You can also fight. If you really want a weapon above a pistol to sneak around it's not really sneaking, more like fighting.

Navaron · 2003-01-18, 04:44 PM

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Originally posted by Muffman
All I've got to say is WTF?!?! What is the point of even having a silenced weapon if you can't even use it with I.S.? Sure, you could just use the regular armor, but whats the fun of that? I don't really understand this
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"Why would anyone in real life use silenced weapons? We don't have invisible infultrations suits (that I know of).

Remember, just because you are not invisible does not mean you can't be stealthy."

THis is the 342 time I've agreed with lex in a week. Somethings wrong, run to church now.

In response: Have you ever played Splinter Cell??? Raven Shield? If you're using a Silenced weapon, don't stand out in the open - duh.

Sputty · 2003-01-18, 04:47 PM

You forgot about MGS!!!!!HOW?!?!?!?!?Anyway, yeah, exactly. Being stealthy in an I.S. suit wouldnt be great anyway. People with implants could see you just as easily and your armor would be lower.

Warborn · 2003-01-18, 05:21 PM

That's starcraft:ghost,and there you deal with A.I opponents
Pretty visible to me,i hope it's not that visible in the game

That's what the I.S. sort of looks like when it's moving quickly. As the description says, if you don't move, you're invisible. So it'll be very similar to the Predator cloak in AvP2.

Shyfted One · 2003-01-18, 05:28 PM

Originally posted by Warborn
So it'll be very similar to the Predator cloak in AvP2.

Do you have or play AvP2? If you do then stop by my clan's evac server

"[Alpha] Evac Revival!"

As for the topic, I pretty much agree that you can't really try to be a stealthy and fight at the same time. This isn't some facility in a remote location involving a handful or guards who never seem to be in a group, this is WAR! The suits main use is really just for recon. Don't expect to be able to take on a squad in it.

balab · 2003-01-18, 05:31 PM

no reason why we can't give the IS a pair of binoculars

the ultimate scouting machine.

Sputty · 2003-01-18, 05:34 PM

Yeah, but they can get the "zoom" implant. That would work just the same.

RabidPlatypus · 2003-01-18, 06:05 PM

even with the pistol I doubt weapons will be anything but a last resort for infiltration.

Sputty · 2003-01-18, 06:10 PM

That's why they only gave it the most basic weapons.

Warborn · 2003-01-18, 06:13 PM

That's pretty much it right there, Rapid. IS's offer no armor. If you get into a firefight, unless you have surprise and great aim, or your opponent is badly wounded, you will very likely die before you can kill him with a pistol.

Do you have or play AvP2? If you do then stop by my clan's evac server "[Alpha] Evac Revival!"

I only really like the Survivor game mode for regular AvP2, where the Marines have one life and the Aliens have unlimited, and you get points for surviving the longest. That's really the only kind of regular AvP2 I ever really enjoyed.

However, I did think that AvPx or whatever it was called (it's a mod) was fantastic. Truly a great mod, and I wish more servers ran it. The Predator was a little more balanced, as were the Aliens, and the various interesting classes you could be (Combat Synthetic to Alien Queen) really topped it off. I never got tired of playing it, but I couldn't ever find a server for it.

no reason why we can't give the IS a pair of binoculars

It'd be nice if they could have some kind of a occular modification which provided zoom and maybe even Night Vision, but required you to buy an equipment Cert to use. Only someone in an IS would be able to use it though. It would be especially nice because people in IS's will have such limited equipment selection, not being able to use virtually all weapons, and something like that would give them something else to spend certs on that they could actually use.

Sputty · 2003-01-18, 06:18 PM

Yeah, and if they could relay "pictures" or something along that line to commanders...heh..that'd be interesting and suepr useful

�io · 2003-01-18, 06:22 PM

Originally posted by Sandtaco
So Dio... that means I get a ride wherever the hell I want?

The way things are going yeah, i've scratched hacking off my list of certs/jobs, if sniping isn't balanced than that will be going off to, only other jobs/certs for me will be engineer and vehicles.

Also i agree it would be cool if the "I.S." had a special scout equipement and i also seriously hope you can kill a light armor in one blade hit with the 2nd fire.

Sputty · 2003-01-18, 06:24 PM

That would make the rifle more useful to the I.S. than a pistol...heh..