Damage

[Sputty]

WARNING!!: Don't flame or turn this into a flame thread or sniper based. Saying that what do you think of no region specific damage? I'm especailly interested in knowing wht Hamma, Afex, Marsman and other PSU staff think about it.

[funky]

so bad, this is an fps not an rpg like
(my opinion)

[Camping Carl]

I'll miss headshots. But I guess I'll get used to it.

[Omni]

I think once everyone gets in the game and starts playing they will come to like non-body specific dmg. If your in a fight with hundreds, maybe thousands, of people at a time you would want to live as long as you can. Also this is done to give the newbs who cant aim a chance from the people who can aim well.

Though it was allways fun to hear..
HEADSHOT!!!!

[Navaron]

I've said it before, I'm not really a sniper, and I don't plan on being one in PS, but I'd like to see a head shot kill for the boltdriver alone. Otherwise that thing had better be damn powerful. I think it sucks over all imo, because if I sneak up on some one and blast them with shotty to the head, I want it to hurt more than if I blast him in the shin.

[�io]

blast them with shotty to the head, I want it to hurt more than if I blast him in the shin.

A FPS without headshots (sniper or otherwise) is just plain and simple a BAD thing. Planetside will still kick ass but the no headshots will be a pretty big minus in my book. UT,SoF,AvP,etc,etc,etc they all have headshots and are better for it, adds realism and skill elements.

[Civilian]

I agree 100% Dio.

There is no question I am still going to buy PS. But region specific damage is an important part of all my favorite FPS. I am more interested in the effects it will have on close combat situations. This is the only downside I have seen thus far, but I am most attracted by the MMO aspect of the game, and that's not gonna change.

[SpartonX]

i doubt it, but i wonder if it could be changed durring betta if it was a big complaint

[Tobias]

Oh it would be soooo kick ass if PS could have a damage model like Ghoul or something.

[Planeswalker]

well..... the quake series didnt have locational damage and they were good.... well quake2 sucked...but anyway, it really doesnt matter to me, i'll kill you either way :P

[mistled]

I agree with Nav and Dio and whoever else agrees with them.

I'm all for headshots. What good is sneaking up on someone if you can't take full advantage by shooting them in the back of the head?? I'm sorry, but if you're dumb enough to be snuck up behind by someone with a gun, you deserve to respawn. It's that simple.

That being said, I don't really care about region specific stuff other than the head. It doesn't matter to me that being shot in the leg and in the chest will hurt the same. The way I see it, I shouldn't have allowed myself to get shot, and if I was shot in the foot in real life, I would be on the ground in a second.

[Furio]

Regional specific damage is good. Buts its just not for the headshots I mean if you are unloading a clip into someones legs logically it shouldn't do as much as a bunch of torso shots. And realism makes games good.

[Navaron]

"...I would be on the ground in a second."



It's gonna make sniping alot easier, sniper can just aim for the whole torso, not just the head. It's all the same.

[SandTrout]

Originally posted by Planeswalker
well..... the quake series didnt have locational damage and they were good.... well quake2 sucked...but anyway, it really doesnt matter to me, i'll kill you either way :P

I hated Quake, and besides that, Quake is a FFA based game, you shoot anything that moves. In all of the more tactical games, Headshots are inclueded because it increased the required skill to use sniper weapons and other low ROF weapons.

Originally posted by Omni
Also this is done to give the newbs who cant aim a chance from the people who can aim well.

Last time I checked, newbies weren't supposed to be able to own at a team-based FPS. This isn't a role of the electronic dice, this is a skill based MMOG. I'm not the greatest shot, but on my good days I can wrack up some kills by useing less of a clip to the head to kill a guy. Also I can worry less about the snipers because they have to hit me in the head to 1-shot me.

[mistled]

Originally posted by {BOHICA}Navaron
"...I would be on the ground in a second."

heehee... it's true. If I get shot in the foot in real life, I'll probably be whining like a little girl. There are entirely too many little bones that will get broken for me to pretend I'd be some big macho moron who acts like he can't feel the pain.

And I don't think it'll make sniping any easier since there aren't any one shot kills. If you're going to take away the one shot kill, you have to give up something. That something is that a shot to the foot counts as the same as a shot to the heart.