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[Koniving]

Okay. So. What do you think happened?

Lemme run down the list of how awesome this was.


Betty said: "Ammunition explosion detected."

....That was it. No shake, no popcorn, no other audio cues what-so-ever... It was as flat as could be. I hate to say it but it was perhaps the most peaceful, serene and uneventful thing in the entirety of the 30 or so seconds I was being shot at, as it seemed even the enemies weren't shooting at me at the time.

Literally nothing but a single statement gave me the indication that an explosion had occurred. There certainly was no boom.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Sometimes the immersion value this game offers is the scerenity of being at peace when faced with certain death.

[El Bandito]

Use the MLG Betty. http://raksarmory.bl...ty-release.html

[Koniving]

Prosperity Park, on 23 April 2017 - 11:03 AM, said:

Sometimes the immersion value this game offers is the scerenity of being at peace when faced with certain death.

Trouble is I didn't die. I just turned around and started shooting back until I had nothing left but a Gauss Rifle and walked away.

El Bandito, on 23 April 2017 - 11:05 AM, said:

Use the MLG Betty. http://raksarmory.bl...ty-release.html

Oh my god...
I was holding it together pretty good..
"Small laser destroyed.."
....
"Why did you take it anyway?"
I couldn't hold it anymore.

Up until then all I could think of was this old one I did. So many flaws kept me from sharing it around, but...

Now there's nostalgia in how the game was. Sadly those pulse lasers sounded terrible.

Anyway, this is a pretty damn big issue. 5 to 6 years and they still can't get it to be as good as the original.



Sadly now I can't even find the one where the SRM Awesome is running around and gets an ammo explosion with the popcorn. Three successive shakes and popping sounds of ammo starting to cook off before the damage begins spreading. That's what I miss and would have expected. But instead there was absolutely nothing.

[MischiefSC]

I at least want a 50s Batman style "BOINK" to pop up.

[Mystere]

And some people say this game has improved significantly.

[Juodas Varnas]

Mystere, on 23 April 2017 - 12:03 PM, said:

And some people say this game has improved significantly.

What an obvious strawman!

Nobody says that!

[Mcgral18]

If it's in your ST, depending on the cockpit placement, you can see the explosions

[Cabusha]

Immersion? That's loss tech bruh! Buy a mech pack.

[Koniving]

Mcgral18, on 23 April 2017 - 02:10 PM, said:

If it's in your ST, depending on the cockpit placement, you can see the explosions

Meh.
But I can't hear it.
I can't "feel" it with any kind of shake or anything.
What good is just a particle effect if there's no oomph to it?
It feels like the Red Faction pistol... after you mute it.
Compare not the LMG, but the assault rifle and SMG soon after... and you'll get an idea of what I was hoping for.

[Impyrium]

Lawl, I remember this.

A while ago myself and a few others kicked up a fuss about the lack of any ammo explosion effects. We determined there was a unique particle effect that played when ammo went up (a larger blast of sparks than normal, though easily lost in the normal explosion GFX), but absolutely nothing else. No sounds or "feeling" inside the cockpit.

Someone from PGI noticed and mentioned it would be looked at for the next patch...

And then all we got was a BB alert instead of what we were after.

[Bohxim]

Well not sure if you had any other ammo weapons platform, but if it was gauss, gauss ammo don't explode.
I've seen my torsos sparkling on uac5 ammo explosion before, followed by a boom. So I can attest there is animation for it

[Spheroid]

Probably just superior Clan CASE doing its job combined with a better suspension and Corinthian leather.

[Unnatural Growth]

It was the "Golden BB Effect"

[Mystere]

Juodas Varnas, on 23 April 2017 - 01:02 PM, said:

What an obvious strawman!

Nobody says that!

Lighten up! <smh>

It's not a strawman. It's a lamentation that the graphics and some mechanics of closed beta were so much better than what we have today. You'd feel the same way too if you were here then.

[Carl Vickers]

I get ammo explosion notifications when gauss ammo get critted. Most amusing.

[Juodas Varnas]

Mystere, on 23 April 2017 - 07:25 PM, said:

Lighten up! <smh>

It's not a strawman. It's a lamentation that the graphics and some mechanics of closed beta were so much better than what we have today. You'd feel the same way too if you were here then.

I actually was (with a different account which's name has been lost to the cruel currents of time) and i remember the game looking much better, with proper IK, PPC bolts lighting up the sky, heck, even the sound effects were better!

[TheArisen]

Some shaking or something would be a nice touch.

Go watch Bob Ross paint, the details give so much life.

[Pr8Dator2]

Koniving, on 23 April 2017 - 10:58 AM, said:

Okay. So. What do you think happened?

Lemme run down the list of how awesome this was.


Betty said: "Ammunition explosion detected."

....That was it. No shake, no popcorn, no other audio cues what-so-ever... It was as flat as could be. I hate to say it but it was perhaps the most peaceful, serene and uneventful thing in the entirety of the 30 or so seconds I was being shot at, as it seemed even the enemies weren't shooting at me at the time.

Literally nothing but a single statement gave me the indication that an explosion had occurred. There certainly was no boom.

There used to be popcorn along with screenshake about 4 years ago but I dunno why PGI decided to remove it.

[Koniving]

Pr8Dator2, on 23 April 2017 - 10:21 PM, said:

There used to be popcorn along with screenshake about 4 years ago but I dunno why PGI decided to remove it.

Couple of years later, we complained and PGI said it was still in. But it was never heard from again.