[Suggestion] Ifrit Escape Jets

Lethal_Sting · Feb 16, 2014

I just want a wrist mounted flamethrower...

Tenebrae Aeterna · Feb 16, 2014

Wobberjockey said: ↑

“i'm not sure about the escape jet idea, as i can imagine plenty of scenarios where such an ability wouldntbe ideal (pretty much anywhere indoors)
this is additionally complicated by the icarus jets coming back (if they are, in fact, returning)

that said i do approve of making smoke a universal grenade type, and giving the LA's a unique grenade as a replacement. there are many times where i would have loved to use smoke to cover an approach because regular frags and emp nades just aren't good in that situation.

a White phosphorous grenade would work, but some technical issues that i could see with it:
1. Lag. i don't think we have any persistant AOE effects in the game right now aside from the medic's healing aura. i'm unsure if this would contribute to server load signifigantly or not.
2. sundy farming. such a grenade would obviously not do anything to heavy armor for balance reasons, but i can imagine a LA getting mad assist points by dropping a grenade like this on a sundy.
3. execution: i like the idea of a grenade that makes players want to leave an area. i'm unsure at what point the DOT and the initial splash becomes too much.(i suppoise that's for the PTS to figure out) it should be something that would cause appreciable harm to a player, but something also that a player could charge through in order to break through a contested corridor. a fire field should make a player think twice, but leave impassible walls the province of engineers”

I'm not sure, we have pain fields in the form of the enemy controlled spawning rooms. I believe the amount of lag it caused would ultimately decide if it was accepted into the game or not.

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