Pick-up stacking

[Queadah]

[Django]

@Queadah

Oh i m drooling for the implementation of those triple stake ups.


@Cybruiser57Pèter

Why do you call the "Ion Cannon"? And whose is this "Ion" that stole the secret plan? Lets fire the super secret

[Cybruiser57Péter]

Sorry every time I see an orbital (air fresher) weapons platform which only attack ground targets whit blue light always the comes in mind, it just a bad habit.

Anyway I would think up something more original for the stack 3 Assassins than an orbital strike.
how about MIRV nuclear warhead (3 warhead instead 1)?

[Queadah]

[Django]

[Queadah]

[Chris_CE]

The "ion cannon" for 3 stacked Assassins sounds good to me. This would rarely happen as stacking assassins won't be easy, so it's ok for it to be an OP weapon.

Could create quite the terrifying spectacle

[Queadah]

[VooDooQky]

[Ryu Makkuro]

[Queadah]

[VooDooQky]

Or a penetrating type missile which goes through the first target blowing it away and following up to the next one exploding into it. But hell, i can't really imagine what rocket constitution would be able to do that.

[potterman28wxcv]

[agcue]

[Queadah]

My understanding is that we moved past these observations and that stacking could actually make an entrance in-race while perfectly keeping balance (e.g. lvl3 defense pickup countering lvl3 attack pickup)

See previous page for the lvl3 aegis (phase out) VS the lvl3 assassin (orbital strike) exemple. Viable imo.

[Queadah]

[Chris_CE]

Someone on the Steam discussions made a good point though that if we have stacking, players are less likely to fire weapons, which can make races more boring. He also mentioned 3 pickup slots in general though, which might work well with stacking

[Queadah]

I saw it. Your answer was on point though: you still want to fire asap if you're in a pack. Waiting longer can be a luxury...

I'd go even further: it's auto-balanced, the racer in last can stack till getting a uber assassin and a leader can stack till a uber shield.

3 slots (a buffer one at least) for the tank \m/ !!! (viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3728)

[TheOnLY]

I am still not sure about the stacking (having stronger versions of pickups). It will make balancing them much more difficult. You will easily have the problem that either the upgraded version is too weak so you will just use the normal one immediately, or it is too strong so there is no point in using its weaker form. Getting it perfect wont be easy.

It will also give the lone leaders more of an advantage, because they have an easier time stacking items while they are not fighting.

btw: Why would i want to stack an Assassin? When you get an Assassin you are usually in a place lower than 5th so you wont get an immediate advantage from it hitting somebody anyway.

[Queadah]

Hehe... if a lvl2 assassin is an atomic bomb (like I suggested the page before viewtopic.php?f=5&t=682#p14190), all the 3 or 4 leading players (depending on the blast radius) get pushed back. So there really is an interest for ya!

I'm really rooting and praying for the stacking. GRIP can really rock the table here