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Discussion in 'Terran' started by Inside Sin, Jun 25, 2007.

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Marine

Discussion in 'Terran' started by Inside Sin, Jun 25, 2007.

  1. overmind

    overmind Active Member

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    ??? you need to see an optometrist lol na

    hopefully its a different upgrade becouse i hate sheild but i'm impartial to bayonet.
     
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    As so far we've yet to see any Medics I started to doubt if they're coming back, so the increase of hp with the shield is more likely a replacement of the needs of Medics (aww no more m&m and free stims).

    Btw, Marines have 40hp now.
     
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    haha you don't mind the bayonet but you hate the shield
     
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    It's a bayonet and prolly just goes along with the shield, which is an HP upgrade.
     
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    I suppose I like the bayonets even less than the shield. A shield seems feasible but since when does a bayonet give a marine more health? We might as well make their U-238 shells give them ten extra hit points.
     
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    ^ Yea, For every single bullet ? ^^
     
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    Cant be certain that its the same upgrade though. Who knows maybe it increases their attack damage when an enemy unit is next to them.
     
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    Would a marine really use it though, makes sense for people in wars nowadays or previously who had a more or less fair fight against the enemy. But against a zealot a bayonet is practically suicide.
     
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    or a zerling, i mean, they where created for battle right? why would a small bayonet pierce their hide.
     
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    Maybe its just for looks or tradition I guess
     
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    lol well if its the future it would hardly be simple stainless steel. maybe the bayonet is a seperate upgrade that adds something else. dunno if id like that though
     
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    Even if the knife is an upgraded material or has a special property it still is a small knife compared to the enemies. As previously said, it would be suicide to try and knife fight a single zealot, let alone have to deal with two of their friends afterwards. And tangling with one zergling at a time is down right inefficient and a waste of time, they outnumber marines 2:1; and story wise they probably outnumber them 4:1.

    Practicality aside, I'm not sure if it would be a separate upgrade. The shield adding health seems general enough to be acceptable. I would doubt a bayonet would add attack damage. It really wouldn't fit for marines to get more damage against flying units because they have a piece of metal on the end of their rifle; unless it's a magical bayonet. I think it is for looks as well, not necessarily function, but I could be wrong.
     
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    maybe its for longer range?
     
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    why would a bayonet add more range? that doesn't even kind of make sense
     
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    Its for aesthetics purposes only i'd assume. Though it would definitely be cool to see someone get jukked by a Gaussrifle bayonett. That thing would actually have to be a good foot and a half.
     
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    I really doubt any piece of knife wielded by a marine will do more damage than a freaking Gauss Rifle firing hundreds of bullets at a time...a Granade, or net launcher though,now we're talking.

    Like remeber that net gun the predator used in Allien vs Predator, thats something the marines need
     
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    a bayonet? that's just old school. how bout they'll just have a standard issue combat knife.
     
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    Maybe the bayonet can be extended at hypersonic speeds (from a few inches to a couple of feet?) with the same electromagnetic accelerator as the main rifle? If that were the case, then it would be justified to give the weapon, as a melee weapon, an attack comparable to one of the Zealot's blades (They do 8 damage, and they are moving them with basic arm motions). It would also make the weapon actually useful in close-combat, because it would do more damage than the bullets... assuming it maintains a decent attack rate.
     
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    And we also have no idea what the bayonet is made of. It could be some new type of metal alloy that has no problem at all breaking through a zealots armor or something along those lines. Also in Alien vs Predator didn't the predators use some spear thingy to kill the aliens.
     
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    Maybe a second upgrade costing
    150 Min 150 Gas Adding +2 to attack?

    Think about it, infantry upgrades add +1 to attack for marines.

    First upgrade is 100-100
    Second is 150-150
    Third is 200-200

    For 150-150 i think it would be rather nice on a fully upped rine.

    If they didn't change it, it would do 11 damage, not to mention stims(hope they are still there) and The shield adding 10 HP.

    You got yourself a great, low cost, short build time, versatile unit.
     
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