Why do Grenades...

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Why can only the support carry more than 15 kg?
Is everyone else a wimp?
 

Salad Snake

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Why can the medic run faster, for that matter?

Or why is the zerker able to escape the grasp of zeds?

I can see the reason mechanic-wise, but aside from that, where do these special abilities come from?

Well, for the Berzerker, I would think that he'd be aggressive enough to give any grabbing clot a hard shoulder check. That's always the image I get from that ability anyway.

For Medic I would think that maybe his armor is not only cheaper and better, but also lighter. Firebug's armor would be fire resistant, sharpshooter's rounds are of better quality/lethality, Commando has above average vision and situational awareness, etc....
 

Lewt

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I imagine it was just a small oversight that'd be more trouble than it's worth to fix.. Not like the 1 block is a 'problem'. Who knows, maybe it made sense at the time, and removing it now would unbalance it ever-so-slightly for a certain class, where making it 0/14 would look quite odd.

In fact - a firebug would be able to carry his flamethrower and a SCAR at the same time. There are probably other examples but I don't feel like checking the shop to see which weapons have what weight.

And if it matters at all.. http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1864/shot00036g.png
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2797/shot00038m.png

There seems to be no way to lower your weight to 0 through conventional means.
 

Undedd Jester

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Oct 31, 2009
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It's because even though your ammo is zero, you still have the grenade pickup with you that will always have a weight of 1 block.

Yeah it's counted just like a gun, cause you can pick up ammo boxes and replenish your ammo.

Although for sake of arguement I consider the welder, syringe, 9mm, knife and grenade as all totalling to 1Kg.
 

WhiteTigerShiro

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Am I the only person who does not care about the weight thing?
Nah, I don't really care about it, either. Noticed a while back that the 9mm and Knife had 0 weight, then found it odd when I noticed that it was grenades that were giving the default 1/15 weight. That was pretty much the extent of my thoughts on the matter, and it still is. I'm aware of it, and I think it's a little odd, but that's all there is to it.
 

slavek

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Weight "1" is specified in Grenade weapon's default properties in code. ;)
 

nutterbutter

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Thats my problem:

Everu time before I play firebug, I coat myself in gasoline to prevent clots from grabbing me. It has backfired every time, unfortunately;)

Just keep leveling. Once you hit lvl 6, you are 100% fireproof. :)