Nerevar Whitestrake
Condotta Rouvenor
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.02.10 19:22:00 -
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Mr Pleb wrote:I meant to have the idea as a quick burst of speed as you could still reach high places but also not be flying the entire time to make it even for people who don't have a jetpack.
What about something that's less of a jetpack, and more like 'Jump-Thrusters' integrated into the suit, allowing the user to bound up to high places, or move faster, and make themselves harder to hit while moving over open terrain, that would recharge like running stamina? Being able to do a 50-100 yard running jump, or one good 20 yard vertical jump up to a roof or other high ground every now and then on the field would move the game more into the 3rd dimension and increase the complexity of the gameplay, but not in a bad, or game-breaking way. Especially if troops were able to say...jump up to a low-flying dropship as it passes by, and going in the desired direction.
We're supposed to be sporting military-grade powered armor combat suits. CCP needs to make that more convincing on a number of levels. For instance, why do I take fall damage from walking off of an obstacle I was able to jump up to in the first place? For that matter, if I fall off of anything at a height that could damage me, I should be able to manually engage the inertial dampeners in my suit to brake my fall. Not only at or above a height that would kill me outright.
Powered armor suits are being worked on by the Pentagon and other entities for a number of reasons, but among the most important, is it's ability to allow troops to move themselves and all the ammo and gear they'll need over terrain where vehicles cannot or should not go, quickly and efficiently. If DARPA's current prototypes were given the fusion power core of a Dust 514 suit, it would allow a soldier to run for 4-6 hours without rest at 30-35 mph, carrying 300 lbs. of gear, with a 3 meter vertical jump.
It's a decent game, but in Dust I just don't get that 'Futuristic Demi-god of Power-Assisted Infantry Warfare' kinda feeling. I get that 'When I'm offline, my avatar must smoke two packs a day while watching Oprah, eating bon-bons, junk food, and downing it with a bottle of cheap liqueur, so he's also hung over' kinda feeling. |