Please no one button kill quick knives in Planetside 2! - Page 3

bkx · 2011-07-10, 01:51 PM

Or, how about bashing with certain weapons (rifles, pistols, but not heavy weapons) and a separate equippable knife.

EVILoHOMER · 2011-07-10, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Firefly

This most likely means:

"Do we want them to:
1) Press F5 to draw your blade
2) Select "knife" from the Equipment terminal and equip to pistol slot"

Why am I hitting F5 rather than a number key?

Lonehunter · 2011-07-10, 05:37 PM

If it's a weapon you have to equip and are unable to use any other weapons while using it, then I'm fine with the one hit kill. But an insta-one-hit kill with any weapon out just spells disaster.

Although, if there are any one hit knife kills, cloakers are gonna have a blast with that. Just wait in a hallway for someone to run into you and stab lol.

Firefly · 2011-07-10, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by EVILoHOMER

Why am I hitting F5 rather than a number key?

I randomly made shit up?

moosepoop · 2011-07-10, 09:46 PM

this game should have chainsaws for melee, then everyone is happy

ZeroOneZero · 2011-07-10, 10:22 PM

Black Ops sword says Hi.

Kran De Loy · 2011-07-10, 10:28 PM

Oh please dear God, no quick knives.

One of my favorite things from Planetside was the Terran's chain knife and that a cloaked stealther could sneak up on someone than turn that baby on directly behind them.

It was perfect.

Hamma · 2011-07-10, 10:52 PM

I think "Quick Knife" refers to what it is now.

Originally Posted by Bags

Yup, and Matt Higby claims to lurk on PSU.

Now if it's a quick knife that takes 3(?) shots to kill like it does currently in ps then I don't really care.

I know this is a semi old post, but he is posting here:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/f...viptracker.php

Check out the tracker.

Valdae · 2011-07-11, 04:15 PM

I dont see what the problem is. One knife kills are popular in other games because they are satisfying when you pull them off, whilst 'bash attacks' always seems totally underpowered and pointless. I'm all for one hit kills if you can get behind your opponent like Halo Reach, especially if it has a long animation that leaves you vulnerable.

In ps i felt like I was attacking people with a burger flipper :-/

Volw · 2011-07-11, 04:23 PM

I'm sure playing with god-mode and instagib weapons is fun and satisfying as well! Therefore I want it in PS2!

Oh and I want to be able to nuke everyone from the orbit! That's the only way to be sure, after all.

Valdae · 2011-07-11, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Volw

I'm sure playing with god-mode and instagib weapons is fun and satisfying as well! Therefore I want it in PS2!

Oh and I want to be able to nuke everyone from the orbit! That's the only way to be sure, after all.

Lame argument. How many good games are full of instagib weapons and god modes? None. Players dont like to repeatedly do things that arent challenging or take no skill. Its another reason why people didnt like biffas in ps1. An orbital nuke however...

basti · 2011-07-11, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Valdae

Players dont like to repeatedly do things that arent challenging or take no skill.

Exactly. Now how much of a challange is it and how much skill is required to run up to your enemy, press button a, and bang he is dead.

Valdae · 2011-07-11, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by basti

Exactly. Now how much of a challange is it and how much skill is required to run up to your enemy, press button a, and bang he is dead.

Well lets face facts, its not as easy as just aiming and shooting someone. Put that mechanic in a more open environment and I dont think it would be that prominent. The real problem would come when an infiltrator takes out a ridge full of snipers in seconds.

On the other hand, a lot of people found the knife worthless in ps1, and personally I was hardly ever killed by it. My preference would be hack 'n' bash for the frontal attacks, with long instakill execution animations for the perfect backstab. I think thats the best of both worlds.

basti · 2011-07-11, 05:06 PM

The knive was quite useful as a cloaker, and thats where it should stay. After all, we are in a war. You dont run around with knives in a sci fi war, unless you are a cloaked assasin behind enemy lines.

Redshift · 2011-07-11, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by basti

The knive was quite useful as a cloaker, and thats where it should stay. After all, we are in a war. You dont run around with knives in a sci fi war, unless you are a cloaked assasin behind enemy lines.

i agree i loved knifing people, was just about the most satisfying way of killing someone since it was hard, maybe not quite as satisfying as shooting spitfires as people ran past