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Asking devs about the harpoon

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  1. PastelPiku

    PastelPiku Well-Known Member

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    What were your original plans for the harpoon? You can find harpoon sound effects in the game's data and when I asked what it was for I was told that it was simply never used, but was there ever a plan for it? If it's a question of whether or not it would be OP or simply unviable, I think the community would at least like to try to come up with ideas to make it balanced.

    At the very least I'm just curious and a simple answer to this question will satisfy me lol.
     
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    Please don't ask community for balances they have already blessed us with frost and stun.
     
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    Lol ok then we can't balance it. I'm still curious as to what they had in mind.
     
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    Ask grim tag her
     
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    @The Grim Repair Sorry to bug you, but do you know if it ever had plans for it? I think @TheAntiSnipe asked you before but I'd love to hear more about it.
     
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    The Harpoon was originally intended to latch on to an enemy ship and pull it towards you. (I can't confirm if they planned to use the classic Mortal Kombat "GET OVER HERE" sound ;) ) Think of Pudge's "Hook" ability in DOTA.

    As far as reasons for removal, they're not sharing that

    but as a developer of not this game my guess is

    Items that directly cause unintended movements of an opponent aren't considered 'fun' and in a high-latency environment can be far more devastating than intended. Especially in this situation where the boats are slow to respond in the first place, being dragged to another location suddenly could be a real pain.

    Of course if a hapless Speeder missed the Fixer and harpoons a Defender, perhaps the physics engine would just say "well, that Speeder is going for a ride now, hang on!"
     
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    "Toasty"
     
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    "Friendship. Friendship again?"
     
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    It'd definitely be OP lol I wonder what other uses a harpoon could have besides moving people.
     
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    Putting 6 mines and pulling speeders on them. Eeeeezeee.
    Camp and kill everyone :D:p
     
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    1. Place mines
    2. Full range perks for the Harpoon
    3. ???
    4. Profit.

    Or if it can latch to any terrain and you will be pulled towards it like Clockwerk lol
     
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    Like spiderman?
     
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    Or like Spiderman yeah haha
     
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    LOLOLOL. I drive a speeder but I couldn't help but think of it the other way around. I imagined myself buzz bombing some poor defender as I usually do and him saying... "No you don't. Get over here and let's have a slugging match". Although your scenario about being dragged around the bay helplessly in tow of a defender is pretty funny too.

    More seriously I agree. In almost every game nobody likes being controlled by another player (slowed, stunned, charmed, etc.). But of them all, being moved about seems to really piss people off... oddly moreso than even being taken over completely with something like a charm.
     
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    That'd be sick. Wouldn't it be awesome to shoot a corner and swing around it without needing a rudder to make the small turn?
     
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    Or go up in the air disconnect the Harpoon and make a really long jump. Awesomeeeee
     
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    Anyway, since the question is basically answered and we're just talking about the harpoon now, I'm changing the name of the thread. Or do we close it.
     
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    Perhaps move to Off-Topic, where the memery can continue unfettered?
     
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    Ah, can you do that?
     
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    Oh man that would be lovely, being dragged around so I only have to focus on shooting.
    That reminds me ( time for a cringy film refernence) what if we can latch on to a friendly ship. So in the transformers 2007 bumblebee lost his legs so he had to be be carried by a recovery veichle which actually worked out better cause he only had to shoot.
     
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