An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

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An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by vtipoman » 05 May 2016, 06:30

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): A new command usable by nested, infected humans. Using it would instantly mature and burst the larva growing inside you.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): Could be used by humans not wanting/expecting a rescue. This would save time for both humans(waiting for the larva to burst) and aliens(watching over the waiting humans).

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): Click the button and boom, new larva's born.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): ...

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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by MrJJJ » 05 May 2016, 06:30

One on hand, OMFG YES NO MORE WAITING 10000000000000 BILLION CENTRUIES

On the other, this does kind of allow the aliens to get REALLY big reinforcements easily...

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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by Mango Brisk » 05 May 2016, 06:41

+1

Moses could lead the Jews to the promised land faster than it currently takes for someone to burst from a facehugger.

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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by sicktrigger » 05 May 2016, 06:52

um, why not just ghost?
So this is what cluwning feels like?

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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by Adjective » 06 May 2016, 10:37

You have a Ghost verb. It does the same thing without the insta burst part.

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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by Mitchs98 » 06 May 2016, 11:29

If you ghost while alive you can't re-enter corpse on the off chance you get cloned though. So. +1

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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by Dyne » 06 May 2016, 12:36

-1. Why would you want to burst earlier is marine is beyond me.
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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by Jeser » 06 May 2016, 12:47

No. It will encourage marines, who want to be alien, wander off straight to hive to become alien as sson as possible. Aliens will have big numbers more quickly, than in current rounds, it will change balance greatly.
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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by Rob606 » 06 May 2016, 12:51

I don't think this is a good idea - other players who died have been waiting for a Xeno to control for a while, I don't think it's fair for infected marines to jump the queue.

Not only this, but it very quickly changes the player's agency - one second you're fighting for one side, only for this to be switched a frame later.
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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by Snypehunter007 » 03 Feb 2017, 21:19

I could see griefers and players just wishing to play xeno abusing this really hard.
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Post by NescauComToddy » 03 Feb 2017, 22:00

Want to see a magic trick? Type the verb; "Ghost" In the speech [Insert text] line. ABRACADABRA, No more waiting.
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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by Sailor Dave » 03 Feb 2017, 22:07

Yeah, this is completely unnecessary when ghost already exists.

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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by Gorglol » 03 Feb 2017, 22:11

yeah just ghost, the aliens need to be punished if they beat you up too much and you die before you chestburst.

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Re: An "Instaburst" option for nested, infected marines

Post by forwardslashN » 08 Feb 2017, 12:37

Ghost does the same thing. Not sure if it's really important to have another verb. Denied.
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