Author Topic: The Weapons Stereotype Thread (Read 118151 times)

yuki · January 24, 2011, 12:02:05 AM

Quote from: TMAN7676 on January 23, 2011, 11:57:25 PM

So an RPG's fins works about the same as an arrow?

Yes, basically.

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Qwepir · January 24, 2011, 12:04:54 AM

Where do games like Call of Duty and Bad Company 2 get the idea of using knives as a weapon? Were they just looking for a point-blank instakill and thought "well everyone has a knife, lets use that"?

yuki · January 24, 2011, 01:15:52 AM

Quote from: Qwepir on January 24, 2011, 12:04:54 AM

Where do games like Call of Duty and Bad Company 2 get the idea of using knives as a weapon? Were they just looking for a point-blank instakill and thought "well everyone has a knife, lets use that"?

Yes. Melee attacks make battles more lethal and intense, it's more about game design than realism.

Braux · January 24, 2011, 03:01:33 AM

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*BANG*

Living in the midwest has given me plenty of experience with firearms, and I can tell you, talking with someone who dosn't know anything about firearms except from CoD is pretty fustruating.

Quote from: Qwepir on January 24, 2011, 12:04:54 AM

Where do games like Call of Duty and Bad Company 2 get the idea of using knives as a weapon? Were they just looking for a point-blank instakill and thought "well everyone has a knife, lets use that"?

Yeah, pretty much :/ I find it funny sometimes, managing to thrust a knife through a kevlar hemlet is very possible in every shooter. But still, I prefer BC2 over CoD, since it shows your character ACTUALLY attempting to stab, instead of swiping it really quick across the enemy midsection.
Plus Bad Company's shotgun range is lovey :D

Qwepir · January 25, 2011, 09:39:53 AM

Also just out of curiosity, is there any model of autocannon that could be carried by hand? Not including ammunition, just the gun itself.

TMAN7676 · January 25, 2011, 10:41:44 AM

You should add that "We carry MAGS or CLIPS! not BULLETS!"
But in some cases thats pretty obvious

yuki · January 25, 2011, 02:58:39 PM

Quote from: Qwepir on January 25, 2011, 09:39:53 AM

Also just out of curiosity, is there any model of autocannon that could be carried by hand? Not including ammunition, just the gun itself.

Not that I know of, no.

Awasp · January 25, 2011, 03:23:13 PM

Unless you want to count light machine guns, no. Most autocannons that I think your talking about weigh several hundred pounds I think and would require almost super human strength to carry. Assuming you could carry the gun, I don't think there would be much recoil due to the sheer weight of the gun.

TLDR: The weight is the only thing preventing you from carrying it effectively.

Qwepir · January 25, 2011, 08:37:30 PM

I guess mechwarrior wasn't just making ballistic weapons heavy as hell for the sake of balance, then. What makes them that heavy, is it just the sheer size of them?

Awasp · January 25, 2011, 09:00:18 PM

Mainly the size and the ammo I think.

yuki · January 25, 2011, 09:50:22 PM

Auto cannons don't fire ballistics, they use shells.

It's not really worth it to make a tiny explosive shell, adding a little explosive to a .50 BMG is relatively trivial, so auto cannons are typically only made to fire extremely large caliber shells.

Roknrollwill · January 26, 2011, 06:46:01 PM

Jubel · January 26, 2011, 06:48:22 PM

wow u guys never play call of duy all u are wrog

WingZero · January 26, 2011, 06:51:14 PM

Has anyone seen the 2010 Green Hornet movie? Because the main villain's weapon is a pistol with two barrels. I'd like to have an explanation on how this is impossible, because I can't seem to come up with a thought of how ridiculous that is.

Jubel · January 26, 2011, 06:52:37 PM

People at school anger me because they do not understand gravity.
Graph is not entirely to scale.