Dance dance xenos

[Nyeshivuu]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):Make it so as a xeno you can't spam dance

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):Make xeno combat less bullshit

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):Put a delay on dancing with a flavor text, make it so when you are firing at a xeno they aren't playng dance dance revolution. In any of the alien movies did you see a xeno dancing around like crazy when people are firing at it? No.
Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):Just put a delay on the dance emote like with the medic emote or knocking on glass

[Sargeantmuffinman]

The dance was an old gag from pre-alpha.

Just gonna point it out.

[KingKire]

Simple fix for this:
have xenos who dance stay movement locked for the dances duration. Boom, no more combat dancing.

[Wubs4Scrubs]

+1

From what I've heard devs are trying to make the game more lore friendly, so something like this is probably a step in the right direction.

[Nyeshivuu]

Simple fix for this:
have xenos who dance stay movement locked for the dances duration. Boom, no more combat dancing.

That is an even better idea, i would love to see a ravager try to combat dance in front of a sadar spec and realize it can't move. Then it gets boom tubed.

[Halinder]

Sorry, I couldn't help but notice that this was in "suggestions" and not "acid goop".

[Nyeshivuu]

Sorry, I couldn't help but notice that this was in "suggestions" and not "acid goop".

I don't want xenos playing dance dance revolution when i fire at them. And it could be considered metagaming because they are exploiting an emote.

[Butterrobber202]

-1

Dancing is just a fun gag that entertains the Xenos alittle as they wait for the Fog to lift

( and to laugh at Marine's aim )

[Nyeshivuu]

-1

Dancing is just a fun gag that entertains the Xenos alittle as they wait for the Fog to lift

( and to laugh at Marine's aim )

The dance emote can be kept but it seems to make xenos faster and they do it in combat.

[Crab_Spider]

The dance emote can be kept but it seems to make xenos faster and they do it in combat.

It doesn't make them faster, it's psychological, the sprite is very static in movement so because it's spinning around in all 4 directions and moving, it seems faster. Anyway, the dance emote is pretty fun when I'm slashing up Marines to death so I can remind them of how they stupid they were for taking the schmuck bait.

[Snypehunter007]

Going to run through this with BMC, tomorrow. Please do not post until after Monday (07/03/17).

[Jeser]

Bump. When xeno dance while moving you can't predict where it will be going and it's really confuse you. Which is abusing an exploit. Make it impossible to move for *dance duration.

[completelynewguy]

+1, in general. Although I think Jeser's idea is best.

[Butterrobber202]

Its literally just a fun gag for the xenos, it does NOT make them go any faster than they already do. Spinning in place does not suddenly give you a speed buff. Its not worth coding.

[Jeser]

It's abusing the mechanic. While dancing xenos doesn't show which way they are going which help avoid fire, because it confuses you.

[Nyeshivuu]

Bump. When xeno dance while moving you can't predict where it will be going and it's really confuse you. Which is abusing an exploit. Make it impossible to move for *dance duration.

Better than my idea 1+

[Bronimin]

But then you wouldn't be able to dance in conga lines if you can't move.

Big -1

[Emeraldblood]

+1 on a delay. Dancing is fine, being able to move while using *dance is fine as well because being locked in a 1~2 second animation is bad if you just have a marine walk up to you while you do it. Having Hunters and Runners spam it three, four, five times as they run through your field of view is just an eye-rolling moment and breaks the immersion.

[danmax67]

+1 on the delay.

[Troika]

-1 Dancing is harmless and hurts no one and has stuck around forever through long precedent.

[darkwahn]

-1,

It's not harder at all to hit a dancing xeno, removing it seems pretty inane.

[WinterClould]

+1 For keeping the dance emote but adding a movement delay while doing it. Few people want to see dancing removed outright but dancing while moving to dodge shots is an exploit that shouldn't be a thing.

[Butterrobber202]

+1 For keeping the dance emote but adding a movement delay while doing it. Few people want to see dancing removed outright but dancing while moving to dodge shots is an exploit that shouldn't be a thing.

Its no harder to hit a dancing xeno than a normal one. It's just an optical illusion. There is no exploit to be found here.

[solidfury7]

+1

If you want people to attempt to RP aliens being monstrous abominations , don't have them dancing around like jimmy fucking cricket

[NGGJamie]

Bump. When xeno dance while moving you can't predict where it will be going and it's really confuse you. Which is abusing an exploit. Make it impossible to move for *dance duration.

Basically exactly this.