ZEDs grabbing weapons

[Fish Samitch]

I think it would cool if the specimens could grab/knock weapons out of player's hands. This would make the game more challenging and clots would be taken more seriously. This could also be a way to beef up the zerker perk again, by giving them immunity to this.

 

[Colt .45 killer]

my goodness, i think this may be the first zerker related post in the last two weeks i can half agree with.

 

[9_6]

Oh god no, please no.
I don't want pubbers to grab my guns just because a clot hugs me.

 

[SMIFF]

i like the idea, but it shouldnt happen so often, cos it would probably just become annoying

 

[DocDave]

Oh good, another way to beef the long ranged perks.

 

[Mr. Shoe]

"OH GOD NO CLOTS I LOST ALL MY GUNS CAUSE THEY KEPT GRABBING ME WEWE'RETGERKLTWELRLEKArlekwjetkerjnerat!"

Know how many times that'll happen?

How about....."This is fun, got my GL, oops, gorefast took it. I die."

This would make death instantaneous on contact with the specimen if you lost your weapons. No fun. Maybe 1 specimen such as the clot can do it, but no more than that. I run into single enemies all the time who hit me once and then die.

 

[Ihmhi]

"OH GOD NO CLOTS I LOST ALL MY GUNS CAUSE THEY KEPT GRABBING ME WEWE'RETGERKLTWELRLEKArlekwjetkerjnerat!"

Know how many times that'll happen?

How about....."This is fun, got my GL, oops, gorefast took it. I die."

This would make death instantaneous on contact with the specimen if you lost your weapons. No fun. Maybe 1 specimen such as the clot can do it, but no more than that. I run into single enemies all the time who hit me once and then die.

The way it is now, it would instead go like:

"This is fun, got my GL, oops, gorefast is right next to me! *FOOM*"

> (Deathmessage) Mr. Shoe blew up.

 

[Bej-Bej]

You're already in enough trouble when a specimen gets withing striking distance. Losing your weapon would reduce your firepower to practically zero, greatly reducing your chances of actually surviving. If, somehow, you managed to survive, then you would most likely be crippled for the rest of the round when your weapon is unreachable because of the ever pressing waves of specimens.

 

[[UIT] Akame]

You're already in enough trouble when a specimen gets withing striking distance.

Indeed. As you get in higher difficulties allowing specs to touch you at all is usually going to mean that you die.

 

[Mr. Shoe]

The way it is now, it would instead go like:

"This is fun, got my GL, oops, gorefast is right next to me! *FOOM*"

> (Deathmessage) Mr. Shoe blew up.

The explosion distance stops this at level 5. Plus you have all that resistance. Instead of using it like a giant shotgun, you'd just die.

 

[Nanostrike]

The way it is now, it would instead go like:

"This is fun, got my GL, oops, gorefast is right next to me! *FOOM*"

> (Deathmessage) Mr. Shoe blew up.

How often have you actually SHOT the grenade launcher? Close range hits make the nades simply not go off...

Most Zerker suicides are pipe-bomb related, really... It's easy to underestimate that explosion radius.

As for the idea...no. We don't need another reason for everyone to play Sharpshooter and stay way, way back from enemies...