In game obituaries; exploding melon? : Othor Games

» Mon May 16, 2011 7:36 am

Hello! I'm a little confused by one of the in game obituary symbols. It looks like a melon or a basketball with a little explosion on the top. I've identified the headshot symbol, melee, knife, cortex bomb, but the exploding-melon symbol escapes me. Can anyone shed some light on what it actually is?

» Sun May 15, 2011 5:02 pm

Grenade? Mine? Sticky Nade?

» Mon May 16, 2011 12:30 am

Grenade? Mine? Sticky Nade?

No, got those. It appears after the weapon used to make the kill icon, just to the right, like Headshots.

» Mon May 16, 2011 8:23 am

It's the Operatives Cortex-Bomb.

» Sun May 15, 2011 11:28 pm

It's the Operatives Cortex-Bomb.

I'm sorry, it is not. The Cortex-bomb has it's own (very small) icon of it's own.

For clarification, the symbol I am trying to identify appears on the same line, after the weapon used to make the kill, just like the Headshot symbol does. It seems to appear at random times, I've not been able to figure out the circumstance that creates it (hence, I don't know what it is!).

So the obituary would look like:
Mandrake (Rhett) [exploding melon] Victim's Name

» Mon May 16, 2011 8:52 am

It's the nade launcher... You can attach a nade-launcher to your weapon. It's usually AR's. It launches your grenade instead of throwing it and explodes upon impact.

» Mon May 16, 2011 6:44 am

It's the Operatives Cortex-Bomb.

It's not. The top one is a cortex bomb and the bottom is the melon in this screenshot:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/sgt_deacon/screenshot/577797167785402472/?tab=public

I already posted a thread asking about this in the gameplay forums and no one seems to know what it is:

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1190987-what-is-this-melon/

» Sun May 15, 2011 9:03 pm

I got it when I meleed someones head.

Could be a melee headshot.

» Mon May 16, 2011 5:30 am

It's the nade launcher... You can attach a nade-launcher to your weapon. It's usually AR's. It launches your grenade instead of throwing it and explodes upon impact.

Winner winner!!

» Mon May 16, 2011 4:21 am

Winner winner!!

Duh, WINNING!

» Sun May 15, 2011 9:10 pm

Well I was a heavy soldier, and I melee'd some other heavy up the head with my shotgun and killed him.

» Sun May 15, 2011 6:48 pm

grenade launcher? IDK

I've gotten it before by using a pistol...just saying

» Mon May 16, 2011 5:26 am

Sgt deacon,

Exactly what I was trying to describe. At first I thought it was meant to represent taking down someone on a primary objective, but it does not seem to be so.

The melon is.. just an exploding melon. I don't get it. I don't know what causes it. All guns can create it.

» Mon May 16, 2011 2:55 am

Ive been wondering about this as well. I'm gonna guess that the exploding melon thing means that said weapon was buffed maybe?

» Sun May 15, 2011 9:19 pm

Ive been wondering about this as well. I'm gonna guess that the exploding melon thing means that said weapon was buffed maybe?

Good idea, but were that the case I think we'd see it a lot more. Perhaps it means you were assisted? Hmmm.

» Mon May 16, 2011 4:16 am

MELEE TO THE DAMN HEAD! GOD!

» Mon May 16, 2011 3:52 am

MELEE TO THE DAMN HEAD! GOD!

No, sir. It happens when you shoot someone.

» Mon May 16, 2011 3:00 am

I shot my gun into the guys head.

» Mon May 16, 2011 7:37 am

I shot my gun into the guys head.

There is a different symbol for headshots. Please take the time to see sgt deacon's screenshot earlier in the thread:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/sgt_deacon/screenshot/577797167785402472/?tab=public

» Mon May 16, 2011 2:51 am

Yep, it looked like that.

I've also seen this one symbol showing this guy tripping and below him is an explosion.

I'm not sure what caused it, but I think it was the fact that I downed a guy standing on a mine (causing him to fall backwards) and downing the teammate next to him.

» Sun May 15, 2011 9:01 pm

The guy "tripping" is actually death by falling, happens when you get pushed off a ledge and don't C before hitting the ground.

» Mon May 16, 2011 11:13 am

The Exploding "Melon" as you call it, seems to be a "Nut Shot" similar to that in Combat arms.

I say this Mainly because I generally get it with an Auto weapon when sliding between someones legs and sprayin n' prayin.

» Mon May 16, 2011 3:38 am

Haha ! I always joked about it being a nut shot since I couldn't figure out what it was. Makes sense though.

» Mon May 16, 2011 9:58 am

It's not melee and not nade launcher because I've seen it before when I kill someone. It's not a headshot either. Nutshot I guess would be the most logical guess here.

» Mon May 16, 2011 6:26 am

Nut shot would make sense. The grenade launcher has a standard grenade symbol for it's kill. And we all know what the head shot icon looks like.

Looks like I'll be spraying more peoples groins now just to see.