🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <37E7F95D...@pacbell.net>, jgmo...@pacbell.net says...
> Hehe, I guess I just suck then, cause I still can't seem to get a frag with the
> damned thing. :-) I found it to be quite handy for boosting jumps, though, so
> much so that it's all I use now (that is, if the translocator isn't available).

I'm afraid they may have to tone it down, at some point. I win matches 
using it exclusively. Its the *only* weapon I can win matches with, with 
any regularity. And I figure that if *I* can win with it, then something 
must be terribly wrong.

And besides that, I think it just hasnt caught on, yet. I'm afraid that 
when it does, we'll see everyone running around, trying to pummel 
eachother with it, and I think that would totally detract from the game 
play. Its fine when a few people use it, on and off, but if too many 
people start using it all the time, it will get rediculous.

btw, part of why it works so well- it will go off, as soon as your touch 
your opponent *server side*, whether you can see that you're close enough 
or not, client side. So very little LPB advantage. You barely even need 
good reflexes, just enough to make sure you face the right direction.

And it does enough damage to kill a freshly spawned player in one hit, so 
at over 100 pts, I think it may be a bit overpowered, to be a default 
weapon. I'd suggest maybe the damage being reduced to about 60 pts or so, 
and put a more powerful version of it in the game, as a pickup...

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