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Just a small, simple idea that I spent some time thinking on... thought it'd be surprisingly fun to have implemented, but I've no idea how hard it would be to do so, to be honest.
The idea is this:
When a Soldat is in the air, and comes across the edge of a polygon (such as with the shot above at Ash), they could tap the w button to have their Soldat grab onto the edge and hang there, much as corpses do when hooked against a polygon/sliding off of one on a ledge. Then, they can either jet (or if the map doesn't have jets, tap w again) to get up onto the polygon, or they can tap s to drop back down. It seems rather small a suggestion, but there's some benefits and cons to the people who do it:
PROS
1. In a map with ledges, this could be used for getting a peek at what's coming, rather then simply leaping into the line of fire.
2. Climbing maps could benefit from this in particular, a game of timing the jumps perfect to catch the edge of a poly, etc.
3. In TW maps with little jet, this would work to give the Soldat that extra boost needed while maintaining realism.
CONS
1. By hanging onto the wall, you're opening your Soldat up considerably than if you just stayed grounded. Without letting go of the wall, the Soldat can only aim so far with some weapons (specifically, ones that can be used with one hand), and other weapons are rendered useless without the ability to use both hands.
2. It takes that extra moment to tap w, s, or jet before you can regain full aiming capabilities... those are moments the enemy can use to their advantage.
There are others I could probably come up with for the pros and cons, but off-hand I can't recall some of the other bits I had in mind for this.
I know, it's not a neccesary addition or anything... and with work on the new version, it's doubtful that even if it were a good idea, it would be implemented. However I was curious to see what everyone thought of this, as I thought it might actually, if it WAS implemented, add for just a little extra element that prove to be both useful and fun.
Admittedly, however, this sort of an update would likely only add to particular maps and gamemodes, and not to the game overall. However, I thought it still might be worth airing the idea out :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/NorrisScott/Cliffhanger.jpg)
Just a small, simple idea that I spent some time thinking on... thought it'd be surprisingly fun to have implemented, but I've no idea how hard it would be to do so, to be honest.
The idea is this:
When a Soldat is in the air, and comes across the edge of a polygon (such as with the shot above at Ash), they could tap the w button to have their Soldat grab onto the edge and hang there, much as corpses do when hooked against a polygon/sliding off of one on a ledge. Then, they can either jet (or if the map doesn't have jets, tap w again) to get up onto the polygon, or they can tap s to drop back down. It seems rather small a suggestion, but there's some benefits and cons to the people who do it:
PROS
1. In a map with ledges, this could be used for getting a peek at what's coming, rather then simply leaping into the line of fire.
2. Climbing maps could benefit from this in particular, a game of timing the jumps perfect to catch the edge of a poly, etc.
3. In TW maps with little jet, this would work to give the Soldat that extra boost needed while maintaining realism.
CONS
1. By hanging onto the wall, you're opening your Soldat up considerably than if you just stayed grounded. Without letting go of the wall, the Soldat can only aim so far with some weapons (specifically, ones that can be used with one hand), and other weapons are rendered useless without the ability to use both hands.
2. It takes that extra moment to tap w, s, or jet before you can regain full aiming capabilities... those are moments the enemy can use to their advantage.
There are others I could probably come up with for the pros and cons, but off-hand I can't recall some of the other bits I had in mind for this.
I know, it's not a neccesary addition or anything... and with work on the new version, it's doubtful that even if it were a good idea, it would be implemented. However I was curious to see what everyone thought of this, as I thought it might actually, if it WAS implemented, add for just a little extra element that prove to be both useful and fun.
Admittedly, however, this sort of an update would likely only add to particular maps and gamemodes, and not to the game overall. However, I thought it still might be worth airing the idea out :)
I see that not only I changed ctf_Ash a bit, but back to the debate, the walls should be either bade of ice or be slanted in such angle that u will not be able to "hang in there baby"