Body Size Determines Action Pips : Othor Games

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:17 am

They're basically energy bars that limit the amount of things you do (ie. Give out health, buff health, revive, give out ammo, buff weapons, and it limits what abilities you can do)

And on a side note it takes double the pips if you heal yourself or buff your own weapon. :thumbsup:

thanks for the help

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:14 pm

Why is it called a "pip". Is there any significance there, or is it just to remind me of fruit as though I'm playing Crash Bandicoot?

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:38 am

Why is it called a "pip". Is there any significance there, or is it just to remind me of fruit as though I'm playing Crash Bandicoot?

It's just called a pip, it's what the Devs call it.
Just accept the name. haha

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:55 pm

I'll probably end up with one of each, I won't be able to choose. I guess it depends mostly on the difference between skinny and medium mobility as to which I'll focus on.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:06 pm

Why is it called a "pip". Is there any significance there, or is it just to remind me of fruit as though I'm playing Crash Bandicoot?

Because they're little pips, you know? Weren't the fruit in Crash Bandicoot called Wampa fruit?

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:56 pm

It's just called a pip, it's what the Devs call it.
Just accept the name. haha

I WILL NOT SIT DOWN AND TAKE THIS. IT IS AN OUTRAGE TO GAMING. WHAT IF THE PIPS SPROUT INTO TREES? WHAT THEN HUH?!

Because they're little pips, you know? Weren't the fruit in Crash Bandicoot called Wampa fruit?

Something along those lines haha. Always made me hungry. And I dont even like fruit. :blink:

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:10 pm

Don't medics have the ability to recharge pips faster???

Heard something like this as well. In previous SD games, different classes recharged at different rates. In W:ET you could even modify these rates in the server settings.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:09 pm

Heard something like this as well. In previous SD games, different classes recharged at different rates. In W:ET you could even modify these rates in the server settings.

It might've changed by now but in the PAX 2010 gameplay video you can see that different classes have different amount of pips.
But as I said, this might've changed, or then he was using some ability to make this happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSXr_85Ctm8

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:39 pm

All three body types now have the same amount of default supply pips, but there are numerous ways to affect the length and recharge rate of your supply meter.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:03 am

All three body types now have the same amount of default supply pips, but there are numerous ways to affect the length and recharge rate of your supply meter.

Well
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» Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:24 pm

All three body types now have the same amount of default supply pips, but there are numerous ways to affect the length and recharge rate of your supply meter.

Thanks for the confirmation Badman. ^^

But, I think we were talking about recharge rates for different classes, not the amount of pips for different bodytypes.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:48 pm

Just responding to the topic title.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:56 pm

Just responding to the topic title.

Oh I see, my bad

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:33 am

yeah i agree if they didnt have that happen nearly everyone will be light because the advantage they have

Considering we have learned that Lights can be OHK'd under certain circumstances, I don't see an advantage for Lights per se.

Found this on this link:http://www.ps3attitude.com/new/2010/11/brink-diaries-classes-upgrades-body-types-explained/

If you want to be skinny all the time, but you don’t want to run out of power, you can really focus on making sure your power meter is as long as any medium guy’s. So you don’t have to suffer. Because you have chosen that, you might not be able to buy the operative’s ability to hack enemy turrets (to use them as a remote control device) or fire at enemies from safety. There are so many abilities: it’s a long list.

This would have you sacrifice quite some ability-points, though, I hope.

All three body types now have the same amount of default supply pips, but there are numerous ways to affect the length and recharge rate of your supply meter.

Are (some of) these ways integrated into the bodytypes? Like Heavies regenerating Pips faster?

It seemed like a very reasonable balancing-thing.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:23 pm

All three body types now have the same amount of default supply pips, but there are numerous ways to affect the length and recharge rate of your supply meter.

Thanks for the correction, and now I believe that is enough to sway me to play light instead of medium.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:30 am

I really like the prospective mobility of the skinny guys, I just dislike the way they look and their inherent frailty.
I think I'll probably go for the medium body type. I can't bear to go for the heavy and lose the parkour, but I don't want to be a runt either.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:56 am

Im torn between the body types now, i was going to be med at first, nw i cant decide, i want to be a heavy engineer so i can be a great defender but i dont want to lose my parkour, but i dont want to be weak either, i guess im gonna have to wait for the game to decide.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:27 pm

Still going primarily medium for balance. But yeah, guess we'll have to wait and see how each fares.

Good to see mod/dev responses around here!

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:06 pm

Either way i would probably play as Medium still.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:55 pm

I really enjoyed the Pakour aspect of Mirror's Edge, so I will probably be either Medium or Light Build. It depends on how they play and if I can play them well enough to be an efficient Medic.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:01 am

I'm actually pretty keen to go SMG w/ heavy build... used the equivalent on MAG, it was a CQC 1v1 beast.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:45 pm

Heavy, Minigun, Med. granade launcher (engineer)

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:52 pm

Heavy, Minigun, Med. grenade launcher (engineer)

Fixed your silly spelling error

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:25 am

Fixed your silly spelling error

No, he actually meant a Gran-ade launcher. Launches bottles of gran's homemade lemonade.