Notes Before the release of Alpha 6

[seana11]

There's some game-changing stuff that has been neglected, and would be cool to see in Alpha 6:

Will the basi finally get evos?

Can sealing doors with granger spit be implemented? (It seals doors for ₁₀ seconds for both aliens and humans, can be removed with a flamer from the other side).

For the longer term:

Will the flying alien be tested out?

Will the mine gun happen? (Shoots proximity mines with a ballistic tragectory, they stick to stuff, and explode with 100 damage at point blank range. They self-destruct after 1 minute)

Can the humans get a melee weapon? I recall there was lots of support for that.

[Ishq]

Painsaw doesn't count?

[kharnov]

I'm against a mine gun, but I have no problems with mines themselves. Something to make with a construction kit.

A flying alien is being considered. No promises, but perhaps you'll hear more about it during beta.

Humans already have a painsaw. I can't envision some other kind of melee weapon that would not look utterly ridiculous.

I don't think the granger spit idea can be implemented, and even then, that's too much work for a very minor game feature.

[Dracone]

Doors suck and don't work that well in the game anyways. Mines were implemented experimentally before, in 1.1, and were vastly overpowered, even with a high price. I do not like the idea of them even if they're not overpowered, because I'm very confident in saying that they simply do not fit in the game.

Flying alien is a whole different story, there will be some headaches in figuring out how to make that work.

[banksy]

I like the idea of a mine gun. But if that causes too much issue, maybe a grenade launcher similar to tf2 would suit better. As it fires not so much as grenades, but little bombs that bounce on the floor and blow up after 3 seconds and directly on hit. Maybe that would be better as it would harder to get hits. Plus no one will camp with one at the base.

[ViruS]

Flying alien is a whole different story, there will be some headaches in figuring out how to make that work.

There are currently two tremulous mods that exist[-ed] which are
Flying Alien test - (forgot the name) [Kinda looks like a moth of some kind]
KoRx - Spitfite [Looks like a dragonfly]

Plus no one will camp with one at the base.

That's like saying "I bet no one will camp with a strong rocket launcher that risks blowing themselves up in base" i.e. the luci.

I'm against a mine gun, but I have no problems with mines themselves. Something to make with a construction kit.

Why not make it an upgrade that either it or the grenade can be bouught? [you can't buy both]

[seana11]

There are currently two tremulous mods that exist[-ed] which are
Flying Alien test - (forgot the name) [Kinda looks like a moth of some kind]
KoRx - Spitfite [Looks like a dragonfly]

That's like saying "I bet no one will camp with a strong rocket launcher that risks blowing themselves up in base" i.e. the luci.

Why not make it an upgrade that either it or the grenade can be bouught? [you can't buy both]

I like the upgrade idea; plopping a mine to facilitate retreat would be nice. (Even if it didn't do much damage, if the recoil was high enough...)

[WhiteTech]

I like the upgrade idea; plopping a mine to facilitate retreat would be nice. (Even if it didn't do much damage, if the recoil was high enough...)

Yes, somewhat like a grenade

I think a mine gun is just asking for spammers, but of course a flying alien could avoid them....

[seana11]

Yes, somewhat like a grenade

I think a mine gun is just asking for spammers, but of course a flying alien could avoid them....

Tada; you have created a niche.