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flare · Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 6

i noticed when playing natural selection the other day that there was a 3 second delay on the /kill console command. is it possible to implement this into etpro? preferably as a cvar variable, ie. b_killdelay <seconds>.

would be awesome for pub play as there are alot of people on our servers lately who just /kill just as they are about to die and it is very irritating and denies the opposition of experience points.

and yes i realise this is a competition mod, and this could also be used for competition play =) remember, you dont HAVE to use it.

just a thought :O
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=FF=im2good4u · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 1:05 am Post subject:

i more like my idea the xp points will go to the last person that shot the killing person (execpt for tking)
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hiro · Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 243 Location: au

why? all it's going to do is get players frustrated and pissed off because they can't peform an action of the game when they want to.

I can see where you are coming from for wanting to restrict /kill in public servers, but there are better ways of dealing with it than an arbitrary time limit that most casual players won't be aware of and will probably assume is yet another bug in the game. In any case does it really matter if some loser denys you a kill? I'd rather see the player who /kills lose 5xp off their light weapons or battlesense (or both).

If you implement it you must make it so you can't /kill n seconds before respawn, and even that is going to be damned annoying.

gotenks · Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Posts: 4040 Location: out of my mind

it's actually a common tactic during matches... you /kill before they kill you and it saves the enemy from getting your 3xp in ligh weaps. It'll also avoid a panzer or such kill... I can see it getting aggrivating, i personally don't mind it (even though i've had people now do the /kill to avoid giving the xp) but i wouldn't protest it either... however i think the idea where you respawn with the same health you /killed yourself at would be the best idea.
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Bedrock · Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 140

none of that! lies!

If you implement it you must make it so you can't /kill n seconds before respawn, and even that is going to be damned annoying.

none of that! nothing! leave /kill as is. if your person who you're panzering the /bind e +leanleft and lean! if your kill is lost then get ammo, no loss.

as far as i remember in RTCW and ET /kill has been a major part of the strategy. radar for example, a VERY GOOD strategy is attacking, when you get the CP up, to have you entire team /kill and spawn at the command post. then have 7 people rush at the radar parts.. you'll almost get them every time. Now, with a /kill delay... that would most likely offset spanwtimes at the command post, maybe with only 4 spawning and the other 3 being stuck in limbo. and we know radar you get 10 mins to GO GO GO!.. so 20 more seconds is .. not good.
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duke'ku · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 1317 Location: portland, oregon

i would. i mortar, and i try to squeeze as many shots off as possible. sometimes i can squeeze off a round 2 seconds before respawn and then /kill to get more ammo. what's wrong with that?

bani · Site Admin Joined: 21 Jul 2002 Posts: 3685

bani · Site Admin Joined: 21 Jul 2002 Posts: 3685

look, anyone /kill'ing themselves is doing you a favor:

1) they can't be revived.
2) they're out of the game for the rest of the respawn
3) you still get battle sense XP

if anyone wants to /kill themselves while i'm going for an objective, be my guest. you've just made winning the game that much easier.

after all, I thought the goal of the game was to destroy the objective, not obsess about having the highest XP...

Majikthise · Joined: 07 Aug 2002 Posts: 227 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

With the introduction of XP in ET, people feel the need to bitch about it, because they are selfish and want XP. I can't help but find it pathetic that anyone would want /kill removed or nerfed. All you are doing is admitting that all you care about is XP, and not the good of the team.

Try to find someone complaining about /kill in RtCW anywhere even near as much, and I'll give you a cookie.

Point of this post: Shut up. Just, shut up.

SickBoy · Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 157