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Rebalancing barrels?
thelaptop:
What, you guys want Uranium barrels with a critical mass that explode with the wrath of a BFG 9000?
Man... you folks are sadistic/masochistic. I'll see what we can do about that...
Thiebs:
Actually, barrels with wall-like properties that had ginormous explosions when you finally set them off would be pretty cooooolll...
Tormuse:
You're thinking too small, TheLaptop, you need nuclear barrels that destroy everything on the level. :P
--- Quote from: Thiebs on February 16, 2014, 18:39 ---I think if one were to nerf barrels, it shouldn't be a damage nerf. The only thing that napalm barrels ever get me on is when I *can't* avoid them or set them off without blocking my way completely. Seems to me the damage isn't really the issue as much as the pools left after. I'd say that the best way to go about it would be to make the lava they drop 'dry up' after a few turns. It'd look cool, make sense, and you'd be able to set them off from a distance without blocking your way, but you'd still have to pay attention to whether you were destroying cover/healing/items/etc, and, of course, you'd have to be safe enough to stand around for a few turns.
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I guess you and I have different playing preferences. :) I see the napalm/acid barrels as being part of the strategy/planning aspect of playing the level; you have to choose whether to set them off early so you don't get blown up while moving past them, or deal with the fluids they leave behind. If the fluids faded over time, then I would unquestionably just destroy the barrels ahead of time all the time and never give it a second thought. I think that would take away from the game more than it would add, and it still wouldn't address the issue of full hitpoint instadeaths that I brought up before.
Thiebs:
Well, if you always blew them up ahead of time, it would take care of instadeaths. Just not the strategy of level clearing. Though that's my fault for not being clear enough: I had intended for the 'drying' to be limited. Only the rough edges would dry, the center would stay molten.
Kashi:
--- Quote from: thelaptop on February 17, 2014, 18:08 ---What, you guys want Uranium barrels with a critical mass that explode with the wrath of a BFG 9000?
Man... you folks are sadistic/masochistic. I'll see what we can do about that...
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A bounty reward for that would be pretty awesome, indeed. Uranium barrels, huh.
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