New specimen involving AOE gas attack

[aesdana]

One of the things making KF a bit easy these days (at least for the more experienced players) is the freedom of movement. Kiting zerkers *cough*..

This led to me think about a specimen that has a large AOE gas attack. The specimen has some kind of smoke emitting glands or mechanical devices on it

 

[Elsea]

I don't see the point in it. It sounds similar in function to a siren. Is there something unique about this gas that makes it different mechanically to a siren's scream?

 

[Blockbot]

first it sounded like a scrake with longrange attack and I thought like omg!

but on secound thought I think that the gas in the air will be blocking the sight for a while like a LAW smoke. and I also think that the smoke will be in the air for sometime which makes it difficult to cross that area without loosing health or get over runned for not running through the smoke.

still considering more if I like it or not. (waiting for more posts)

 

[Gartley]

I kind of like it, if it was a more sustained AoE, with visual impairments. As long as to many of them didn't spawn it'd be quiet good.

As an idea, what if it attacked armour instead of health. So where the siren ignores armour. This ZED obscures sight, and strips armour?

The image I've got in my head is a hunched over ZED with loads of pipes on it's back.
-Edit- Like this...

Spoiler!

 

[Blockbot]

I kind of like it, if it was a more sustained AoE, with visual impairments. As long as to many of them didn't spawn it'd be quiet good.

As an idea, what if it attacked armour instead of health. So where the siren ignores armour. This ZED obscures sight, and strips armour?

The image I've got in my head is a hunched over ZED with loads of pipes on it's back.
-Edit- Like this...

Spoiler!

Yeah I got 2 types of Ideas now for 2 diffrent zed types.

one that goes in range for an attack then just stand still to shoot gass all over. making himself not visible because all of the gas. and you have to shoot blindly into the smoke to kill it and it would give great cover to other specimen.

and one that is moving. just spraying gass while moving towards you like in ur nice drawings covering everything behind it, but not itself.

both gives great potential for sneak attacks for the fp wouldn't that be nasty dont think the fp should be able to see through the smoke and dont make it rage.

maybe make one for beginner normal and hard, and the other one for suicidal and Hoe. like his attacks differs on the difficulty.

 

[YoYoBatty]

Derp

 

[Lacedaemonius]

What do you gents say we make this an anti-berserker specimen suggestion thread? Because we all know nerfing the perk isn't tackling the problem head on.

 

[Gartley]

Yoyo, did that have to be so large?

lace, I'm not quite sure I get what you saying. Limitations of text and all that.

I just saw this as a new AoE ZED, not something specific against the 'zerker.

 

[Blockbot]

What do you gents say we make this an anti-berserker specimen suggestion thread? Because we all know nerfing the perk isn't tackling the problem head on.

oh god. for every anti berserker zed made the longer the berserker will use to win... -.- stop it allready! its not like it will get anyharder....

 

[darbish]

first it sounded like a scrake with longrange attack and I thought like omg!

A scrake whose chainsaw is mounted on rocket boosters? OMG indeed.