Point Blank Plus - Revised

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Point Blank Plus - Revised

Post by completelynewguy » 01 May 2017, 00:29

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):
https://youtu.be/SZYkBbB9cEA?t=1m4s

Have a point blank attack that describes something along the lines of Hudson's kill at 1:04 and Vasquez's pistol kill.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
A more damaging attack for the marines in Human vs. Xenomorph combat.
An opportunity for xenos to rush a marine trying out this attack.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):
When marines shoot point blank at a xeno while aiming for the mouth, they will do one of the three:
  1. Take one second (or tick) to fire one shot, sending the target into crit with the following flavor text: "Baldie shoots Spitter 007 in the mouth, spraying acidic blood everywhere!"
  2. Take one second (or tick) to fire a more damaging point blank shot that staggers or knocks down the xeno, akin to hitting one with buckshot with the flavor text: "Baldie blindly shoots at Elite Hunter 420's mouth!"
  3. Take one second (or tick) to fire a two to three round burst at the Xeno's face, sending the target one tile back with damage being "close to critical". The accompanying flavor text: "Baldie aims at Spitter 007's face and frantically pulls the trigger!"

The main drawbacks:
  • Can only be done with SMGs, rifles, shotguns, and sidearms.
  • The time delay for using this attack.
  • No effective usage outside of looking cool.
  • Can only be done with T1s and T2s.
Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):
Coding.

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Re: Point Blank Plus

Post by TheMaskedMan2 » 01 May 2017, 00:33

Instant kill attack?

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Re: Point Blank Plus

Post by MrJJJ » 01 May 2017, 00:55

Can we...not make it work on humans and anything that is large as fuck? otherwise this is OP as hell

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Re: Point Blank Plus

Post by Biolock » 01 May 2017, 01:08

I'll give it a +1 if when you do it to a runner, it's so powerful you kill the queen.
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Re: Point Blank Plus

Post by Szunti » 01 May 2017, 10:12

-1. Which animal would let you stick something into its mouth? That's just a spectacular bullshit move for a movie.

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Re: Point Blank Plus

Post by Crab_Spider » 01 May 2017, 10:24

+1 I'd like it for PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS ONLY and a finishing move for lower enemies, but for T3s? No. That's just too broken for the balance (hush) and it's too simple to pull off on slower or stunned castes.
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Re: Point Blank Plus

Post by Karmac » 01 May 2017, 11:56

what if

we just made point blank shots hurt more
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Re: Point Blank Plus

Post by TheMaskedMan2 » 01 May 2017, 14:25

Karmac wrote:what if

we just made point blank shots hurt more
That I can +1. Instead of being borderline worse than melee. Just make point blanks stagger maybe?

Also,

I mean seriously think about how shitty this would be, every marine would charge to melee and point blank instant kill every Xeno. This basically gives marines an instagib melee attack.
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Re: Point Blank Plus - Revised

Post by completelynewguy » 01 May 2017, 18:00

Thanks for the criticisms.

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Re: Point Blank Plus

Post by David Attenbruv » 01 May 2017, 19:46

Karmac wrote:what if

we just made point blank shots hurt more
I agree to that more so than the original suggestion, I don't think it'd be useful as a abillity or anything else to like instant dome Xenos but I do think that the damage gauge should increase with closer distance. I thought it did already? Must've been mistaken. +1 Karmac edition to the suggestion, closer range = increased damage.
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