Silencer

(Happymonster) #1

i was wondering if the silencer counters combat intuition?

if its not the case i really think it might be a good thing,since nothing else counters combat intuition
and there isnt much use for the silencer at the moment

(Tinygod) #2

[QUOTE=Happymonster;322500]i was wondering if the silencer counters combat intuition?

if its not the case i really think it might be a good thing,since nothing else counters combat intuition
and there isnt much use for the silencer at the moment[/QUOTE]

No it does not, however combat intuition is stupid… and a waist of a point. If my crosshairs are on you, you are going to know it, because i’ll be shooting you… duh

and silencer means you don’t pop up on minimap when you fire, which is nice… if we werent playing every game with bots…

bots know where you are regardless of minimap pings, hiding is pointless, they shoot you the second you leave cover, same reason leaning is stupid.

and this game is stupid

(Happymonster) #3

combat intuition prolly being the most important skill u can get so dno what game u are playing

(Tinygod) #4

ROFl what are you talking about?

you probably also have downed fire and grenade mastery for your soldier

(Thatgingerkid) #5

Not really. As much as I hate to agree with that guy, he has a point. If they have their crosshair on you, 90% are shooting. and if you get the shot, the blood on the screen shows where you are being shot from. Plus they will probably be missing some and since every bullet in the game is a tracer, well if you can’t track that stuff by now you probably shouldn’t be playing FPS games.
Personally I find it about as useful as the 3rd person camera when taking objectives or building stuff.

(Happymonster) #6

i dont want to argue about how good combat intuition is because thats obvious to me

i just wonder if the silencer would be a good counter to it

even if u think combat intuition is crap, the silencer as it is now is crap as well so why not give it added functionality

(Baumbo) #7

Combat intuition is when an enemy is aiming at you, so when you are disguised as an operative and people aim at you its time to scoot. Or you could just take a clip in the chest and go “Well! I have deduced that a guy was shooting at me from point blank! Good thing I didn’t get combat intuition so I knew that my cover was blown!”
:stroggtapir:

(Calelith) #8

Considering i don’t have the reflex time of a tree when that yellow indicator pops up slide out of the way, most of the time i don’t even get hit, and if i do its only a few shots.

Its a life saver, and if you are been flanked it lets you know before the enemy manage to destroy your team.

(Happymonster) #9

so

give silencer the ability to avoid combat intuition?

(blueyedsoul) #10

Not to mention that combat intuition lets you know when an enemy operative is marking you while disguised. But on topic, it would be nice if something countered it, and that something should probably be either silencers or silent running.

(RadBrad31) #11

Anyone who says combat intuition isn’t useful is not very smart. And that’s the nice way of saying it.

The silencer only counters you popping up on the radar while shooting. You won’t be a red dot on the radar because you shot your gun. That’s all a silencer does (besides drop your damage slightly). Combat Intuition is unaffected, and I don’t think there’s a counter to combat intuition yet.

(Ghostdog) #12

I thought Combat Intuition only activated if the enemy targeting you is not on the radar. So if someone doesn’t have Silent Running, presumably they will be on the radar and therefore will not activate Combat Intuition when they aim at someone.

(RadBrad31) #13

I guess you’re right. Even though a silencer doesn’t really directly affect Combat Intuition, as long as you didn’t pop up on the radar, combat intuition won’t pick you up. Brink Wiki-Combat Intuition

(xzen) #14

You’ve got it backwards - Combat Intuition only triggers if the person aiming at you isn’t on the radar. Which is why the Comms Hack isn’t as good as it could be, because it effectively disables your entire team’s Combat Intuition. Same for silencers/silent running - They reduce the chance that you’ll be on the radar so actually increase the chance that you’ll trigger somebody’s Combat Intuition. Not my favourite design decision in the game, I’ll be honest.

I’ll also add that I think Combat Intuition is amazingly good and has saved me from certain death several times.

(vbl) #15

I took Combat Intuition. I want to know what other amazing abilities you’re saving for. Only 15 or so matter.

(Glyph) #16

[QUOTE=Happymonster;322569]so

give silencer the ability to avoid combat intuition?[/QUOTE]

This would make the most sense considering that you are giving up a bit of damage in order to equip the silencer.

As it stands now Combat Intuition displays the direction of any enemy that has you in their sights and is not currently on your radar. As there are multiple ways to avoid showing up on the radar, Combat Intuition cancels all of those methods basically ruining the entire stealth aspect of Brink on its own. If Silencers were to counter Combat Intuition though, it would provide a way to remain off of the radar and not alert the target to your actions. The trade-off would be slightly less damage and this sounds entirely fair and balanced.

(kristus) #17

The silencer also has the added perk of SILENCING your gun. Making it a lot more difficult to HEAR where your shots are coming from. Granted that the UI shows the direction. But the silencer still have the masking effect of your position as it makes it harder to point it out exactly. Especially in terms of how far away you’re firing from.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Combat intuition is one of the best abilities in the game. Great counter to snipers and usually I get away without taking a hit simply because of this ability.

(Overgear) #18

Well if you actually looked at the radar instead of relying on CI, you would know if enemies were near you. Pair that with spacial awareness and you don’t need CI.

(Happymonster) #19

hm seems hard for people to stay on topic :slight_smile:

I think putting this ability on the silencer will suddenly make more weapons a viable option (more than smgs)
If your direction isnt exposed it will be easier to stay ranged (off radar) and only shoot when u are sure to make a hit.
The enemy will only pinpoint you when u make a hit (with the bloodsplash) as it is now he will pinpoint you before u even make a shot.
This is particulary annoying for snipers but also the other ‘long’ range rifles (frkn rokstedi) will benefit from having this upgraded silencer

Another benefit will be that u can now be in disguise, go behind a guy, equip your gun and get a first shot in before he gets a warning, so this will also be beneficial for operatives and flanking in general

(peteXnasty) #20

I am in shock someone implied combat intuition and grenade mastery were useless.