Demo Gameplay Questions

(TX_RED_ANT) #1

While playing the demo at Qcon, a few questions have now filtered there way back to the head.

Vehicles: While moving around the map I coudln’t tell :
a) If ramming a ground opponent did damage, b) ramming opponent vehicle did damage, c) if team damage will be done if a & b happpens?

XP Gain: As in ET, one of the issues was if you happened to disconnect from server for whatever reason you lost your XP. Will there be a save for players returning to the same server within a given timelimit? Is XP gained cross class? If I unlock a feature as a Field Ops persay for a deployable/item, is it unlocked for the team? Is there team XP gain for some of the objectives, ie team/or solo?

Input… Thoughts… Answers would be appriciated if possible.

Ant

(Joe999) #2

@TX_RED_ANT: did you see anyone at quakecon filming the game demos? it sucks that it’s been one week since quakecon and nobody put a decent gameplay vid on the web :frowning:

(TX_RED_ANT) #3

Nein, saw a bunch of people walking around with cameras and such, but unless authorized by SD/ID, I hope it wasnt crappally filmed.

(figvam) #4

Hmm, actually XP gain, awards and everything is carried over in W:ET if you haven’t quit the game completely (to the OS), just disconnected from the server and reconnected back. At least in ETPro it does.

(TX_RED_ANT) #5

Right, talking non-mod add-ons and such. As well if the XP is carried over from map to map, is there a cutoff so someone with high XP can no longer recieve solo based missions for XP?

Ant

(TX_RED_ANT) #6

Anyone?

(carnage) #7

a) If ramming a ground opponent did damage, b) ramming opponent vehicle did damage, c) if team damage will be done if a & b happpens?

to A and B one strog vehicle is reported to have a powerfull raming attack and looking at the speeds vehicles can move it would be pretty stupid not to have them damage infintary

C although its not mentioned afaik i would be extreamly surpried if teamdamage is not implemented. id say its highly likely that it will be a server setting

(TX_RED_ANT) #8

I am expecting team damage, just asking if vehicles will cause the effect.

(Fitzsimmons) #9

Team damage from vehicles was simultaniously the funniest part and the worst part of vehicles in Halo. :slight_smile: Probably had something to do with the fact that just being tapped by a warthog was an instant death, making “meet you in the middle” passenger pickups almost always fatal except for the most experienced players. I expect it will be better polished in ETQW.

(carnage) #10

Team damage from vehicles was simultaniously the funniest part and the worst part of vehicles in Halo. Probably had something to do with the fact that just being tapped by a warthog was an instant death, making “meet you in the middle” passenger pickups almost always fatal except for the most experienced players. I expect it will be better polished in ETQW.

realy? i found it almost imposible to kill anyone with vehicles in halo since you seemed to jump right over them and then float slowly to the ground

(B0rsuk) #11

Umm, err… how much does shotgun headshot deal ?

Is constructor’s nailgun a mirror image of shotgun, or something like original weapon from Quake ? I ask because now even hyperblaster seems to be a hitscan weapon. Anyway, something that I assume is hyperblaster.

It appears flying vehicles can be taken down with machinegun. How about tanks ? Do bullets do any visible damage to them ?

Do vehicles run out of ammo ? Do they ever have to run back to base or something ? (except for repairs)

Seems like tanks (and possibly other vehicles) have machineguns which can be manned. But if machinegun operator is exposed, doesn’t it make him very vulnerable ? I mean, foot soldiers can at least hide, use cover, or at least actually control their movement. And tank/mg42 operators in W:ET are extremely vulnerable. Can they at least pop in and out ?

How does the strogg force shield work ? I mean the one their ‘medic’ uses.

What are the unlockable weapons ? Just pistol replacements ?

How do strogg weapons overheat ? Similar to sten in W:ET ? Do they make some kind of noise when overheating or what ? (presumably no animation).

How many shots to kill someone with a sniper rifle ?

Handgrenades ? Why no information about handgrenades ? No grenades in videos etc ?

(Hakuryu) #12

Team damage is in from vehicles, at least from one of the latest videos. You see a GDF run out the base toward the bridge and then all of a sudden he’s in the limbo menu… he spawns right away and you can see from the air that a tank ‘bumped’ him. I replayed that part a few times to figure out what killed him.

(Nail) #13

Grenades were mentioned in one of the videos with Paul

(B0rsuk) #14

Perhaps, but did he say ‘handgrenades’, or ‘grenades’ ? Grenades could be just rifle grenades.

I’d love to see number of handgrenades cut in half for each class, but they would be more impressive to compensate. Result: less spam, and now it actually takes skill to kill someone with a handgrenade.

(SCDS_reyalP) #15

Tribes grenades :moo:

(Sypher2) #16

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4801005961287316442&q=enemy+territory+quake+wars

gameplay trailer

lol

(Joe999) #17

that’s from E3.

(nUllSkillZ) #18

BTW will ET:QW be localised.

(TX_RED_ANT) #19

Stay Tuned… These questions and more will be answered…by someone…somehow…someday…maybe…

(Wils) #20

Some answers, in no particular order:

Hand-held grenades: yes

Vehicle player damage: yes

Localised: yes

Shotgun headshot damage: depends how many pellets hit you. Lethal close range.

Strogg weapon overheat: similar to Sten.