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Pokey Dravon
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Posted - 2017.01.06 16:01:00 -
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Commandos were in the Nova demo, they're just called Vanguard's now which is a far better name for the role they fill.
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Pokey Dravon
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Posted - 2017.01.06 18:13:00 -
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I know magazine size was heavily discussed by the community but as far as I know the only role to have a bonus toagazine size was the Minmatar Assault.
As for shared models, this is honestly to save on memory budget. Sharing frame models basically meant you only needed to load 6 types of models ( 3 sizes and 2 genders...Though I think heavies were the same regardless of gender) instead of 10 models (5 roles and 2 genders).
On PC however that's not so much of an issue, so while I think they should still look similar, some visual variation would be neat.
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Pokey Dravon
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Posted - 2017.01.06 21:00:00 -
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Breakin Stuff wrote:You really had to custom-build the commandos to work as anti-infantry. When they worked? Goddamn they worked. I made a few people really mad with the Ammando attacking control points. But it was better with assaults backing up. I basically used the commandos as heavy line infantry. it worked, it just isn't a really good solo option.
I'd fit a Minmando with ACR and MD, light armor and damage mods for fitting. With all associated skills maxed out you felt like an endless DPS machine.
I mean that's kind of their deal right? Sustained DPS.
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Pokey Dravon
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Posted - 2017.01.06 23:43:00 -
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Keep in mind that previous conventions may or may not make it to Nova.
For example we can expect more "active equipment" like the Scouts cloak. With similar role specific fitting bonuses, it opens up a lot of design space to make the commandos more unique than they were in Dust.
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Pokey Dravon
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Posted - 2017.01.07 02:05:00 -
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Joel II X wrote:Pokey Dravon wrote:I know magazine size was heavily discussed by the community but as far as I know the only role to have a bonus toagazine size was the Minmatar Assault.
As for shared models, this is honestly to save on memory budget. Sharing frame models basically meant you only needed to load 6 types of models ( 3 sizes and 2 genders...Though I think heavies were the same regardless of gender) instead of 10 models (5 roles and 2 genders).
On PC however that's not so much of an issue, so while I think they should still look similar, some visual variation would be neat. "Not much of an issue" Well, it depends how they code it, anyways. Assuming they optimize it from the ground up (which they might do if Rattati is running the show), then sure it wouldn't be a problem.
Hopefully most people's gaming PCs have more than 512 MB of RAM ;)
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