Weapon Swapping : Othor Games

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:31 am

I think it actually makes sense.

First you have to decide what you'll take with you, depending on what your team takes and what map you will be playing on. And then you will imagine some scenarios for what the other team could bring to the field; depending on that you create several "counter-loadouts".
But as there as to be a random factor as well, you can't just access everything during the match, so there can be a situation in which you are not able to counter the enemy team or vice versa by pure weaponry.

I guess there's the whole tactical thing to it, but sometimes I just want to pull out my shotgun on a map that I only expected to be using long range weapons on. Nothing pisses off a sniper more than sneaking close with a shotgun on an open map.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:05 am

I guess there's the whole tactical thing to it, but sometimes I just want to pull out my shotgun on a map that I only expected to be using long range weapons on. Nothing pisses off a sniper more than sneaking close with a shotgun on an open map.

I think a knife is far more insulting.

» Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:48 pm

I think a knife is far more insulting.

Touche, but the thing with the knife in most games is that you can use a rifle or something better suited to the map until you get close.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:32 am

Touche, but the thing with the knife in most games is that you can use a rifle or something better suited to the map until you get close.

Of course, the knife is a stealth weapon.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:11 am

I guess there's the whole tactical thing to it, but sometimes I just want to pull out my shotgun on a map that I only expected to be using long range weapons on. Nothing pisses off a sniper more than sneaking close with a shotgun on an open map.

Personally, I mostly don't even create loadouts depending on a map, but purely on my playstyles. So I'll have one range-based and one CQB-based loadout. And if I can have more loadouts than two, I'll have modified ranged and CQB loadouts.

For example in MW2 I'd have loadouts with an Assault RIfle and Pistol, Assault Rifle and Shotgun, SMG and Pistol, SMG and Shotgun, Machinegun and Rocketlauncher, Machinegun and Shotgun ... you get the idea.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:00 am

It is an old build, you can choose any weapon you can utilize. You can also change class. You cannot however switch body type.

I hope that changing your weapons is a lot faster than you make it sound or else there will be a lot of dead bodies near command posts.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:13 am

Go up to a command post, tell it you want a new weapon, use the mouse or anolog stick to use one of your quick select choices, and press the confirm button. Once you get used to it, you could probably pick a new loadout in a couple seconds, maybe less if you just know where each of your weapons is on the wheel.

If you want to put more effort into it, and customize a weapon for the situation you're in, you have that option, and it might take time, but its not required.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:04 am

Go up to a command post, tell it you want a new weapon, use the mouse or anolog stick to use one of your quick select choices, and press the confirm button. Once you get used to it, you could probably pick a new loadout in a couple seconds, maybe less if you just know where each of your weapons is on the wheel.

Simply click the selected loadout, there won't be an additional butten even. If you know where each loadout is located, it prolly takes you 3secs to change it.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:07 am

I wasn't sure how to put it in a way that would apply to all platforms. On a PC mouse and right click makes sense, on xbox I imagine its anolog + A, on PS3 its probably anolog + X. Either way, its just point and confirm for all 3.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:33 am

Anyone know what the specifics will be on body type to gun use. In other words, what body types can use which guns?

» Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:56 pm

Anyone know what the specifics will be on body type to gun use. In other words, what body types can use which guns?

Heavy: Machine Guns, Miniguns, Semi-Auto shotguns, Semi-Auto Grenade Launchers
Medium: Assault Rifles, Pump-Action Shotguns, Single-Shot Grenade Launchers
Light: SMGs, Short Rifles (Semi-auto, high damage per shot)
Sidearms: Semi-Auto Pistols, Machine Pistols, Revolvers

Each bodytype can use any weapon from their type as a primary, and any lesser weapon as a secondary. So a Heavy player could have a Heavy and a Medium weapon. And light players would be the only ones using pistols for the most part, unless someone wanted a weaker weapon for some reason.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:13 am

Heavy: Machine Guns, Miniguns, Semi-Auto shotguns, Semi-Auto Grenade Launchers
Medium: Assault Rifles, Pump-Action Shotguns, Single-Shot Grenade Launchers
Light: SMGs, Short Rifles (Semi-auto, high damage per shot)
Sidearms: Semi-Auto Pistols, Machine Pistols, Revolvers

Each bodytype can use any weapon from their type as a primary, and any lesser weapon as a secondary. So a Heavy player could have a Heavy and a Medium weapon. And light players would be the only ones using pistols for the most part, unless someone wanted a weaker weapon for some reason.

How many times have we had to say repeat this?

» Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:13 pm

How many times have we had to say repeat this?

Well, at least I'm getting pretty good at putting it in an understandable way. They say practice makes perfect.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:37 am

I wasn't sure how to put it in a way that would apply to all platforms. On a PC mouse and right click makes sense, on xbox I imagine its anolog + A, on PS3 its probably anolog + X. Either way, its just point and confirm for all 3.

Oh ... right.

I was thinking off some sort of button in the actual game. Also console-users could use the stick-button-thing (when you press the stick in), which would allow them to change loadouts incredibly fast as well.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:33 am

now, do we know if you can change to a different character, like say i was using light, now i want my heavy, i'm hoping we can, but id expect a "you will re spawn as a heavy" type deal, anyone know how that works?

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:57 am

now, do we know if you can change to a different character, like say i was using light, now i want my heavy, i'm hoping we can, but id expect a "you will re spawn as a heavy" type deal, anyone know how that works?

You can't change bodyclass ingame. Only before you enter one.

» Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:20 pm

Thing is you'll only have about 3-4 load outs you use for each character if you can set-up speperate custom weapons for each one its easy.
My load out would be; General use: AR,SMG
CQB: Shotgun, SMG
Range: Light rifle, pistol
Heavy weapons: Minigun/HMG, shotgun

» Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:39 pm

now, do we know if you can change to a different character, like say i was using light, now i want my heavy, i'm hoping we can, but id expect a "you will re spawn as a heavy" type deal, anyone know how that works?

Confirmed that you are stuck as one body type for each game.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:25 am

now, do we know if you can change to a different character, like say i was using light, now i want my heavy, i'm hoping we can, but id expect a "you will re spawn as a heavy" type deal, anyone know how that works?

Your character's bodytype is not changeable, but you'll be able to have different avatars with different bodytypes. In the beginning everyone has access to the medium bodytype only, before they unlock the others.

You can change your class anytime throughout the game, using a command post. But you can only change your avatar (bodytype) inbetween rounds/games.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:14 am

Was there ever a response to a scavenge weapons ability? during the videos I never noticed a pickup weapon message when they passed over a dead player..

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:21 am

Yep

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:56 am

So you can't pick up dropped weapons? Or maybe you just saw that character walking past downed enemies that were not the same class/body type?

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:33 am

We have heard that you can pick up enemy weapons. We don't know much beyond that.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:10 am

Maybe you have to aim at it to pick it up.

» Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:39 am

Maybe you have to aim at it to pick it up.

And perhaps you have to press a button as well. xD