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Bandaid Mod
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Jun 20, 2014 @ 11:55am
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Description
Bring back the fun to NS2. This ultimate companion for your public server improves playability for your players, regardless of skill level!

This experimental mod aims to make NS2 more enjoyable for the majority of players. We do so with a healthy bit of nostalgia and respect for established game mechanics; This is fun as in less frustrating, not fun as in putting clown makeup on gorges and making them fart balloons.

Lets face it, your server is not filled with competitive players. If you favor having some fun over absolute balance, this is the mod for you!

Overview v0.2.4

- Polished rifle effects and sounds.

Overview v0.2.3

- Disabled cat-packs for classic exos.
- Polished rifle effects and sounds.

Overview v0.2

Marines
- Need 1 less smg bullet to kill a skulk early game.
- Chained jumps less effective.
- Medpack pickup cooldown increased by 0.5 seconds.
- Weapon tracers and muzzle flash indicate tech level.
- Improved rifle sfx.

Exos
- Restored classic ns2 exo traits:
-- Health boost (400 + 60 per armor level)
-- Speed decrease (lumbering death machine).
-- Minigun spread and damage increased
-- Claw damage increased
-- No beacon

Skulks
- Take 1 less smg bullet to kill.
- Base move speed increased by 0.8
- Less precise aim required with bite.

Gorges
- Hydra attack speed increased by 30%.
- Hydra improved tracking of fast targets.
- Always webs! max 3, no resource cost.
- Babblers more responsive, faster, lighter.

Fades
- Less precise aim required with swipe.

Fork our code on github!
https://github.com/DaanVanYperen/ns2-bandaid
15 Comments
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hivernal Mar 21, 2015 @ 11:09am 
Did this die forever ago?
papa painkiller Jul 4, 2014 @ 6:50pm 
This is feature suggested by a friend of mine, have you considered changing jetpack behavior? The current jetpack is more of a transportation device than an actual jetpack or jump jet; it's not fast enough to save you from a fade swipe or leaping skulk, and most people simply purchase one to get around the map faster and stay off the ground.

I'd suggest making the jetpack more dodging-oriented - faster take-off and speed in exchange for decreased fuel capacity and longer recharging, as well no jumping before actually taking off. This would have the effect of making the marines stay on the ground longer, instead of flying around with a grenade launcher in Cargo, completely invulnerable to lower-level players and a challenge for even veterans.

I believe this feature was part of a previous balance mod a few months back.
Daan  [author] Jun 24, 2014 @ 7:54am 
Thanks foir your feedback twilite! We now have a debate thread [forums.unknownworlds.com] and a gameplay feedback thread [forums.unknownworlds.com]
twiliteblue Jun 24, 2014 @ 4:56am 
Have you tried giving Skulks "bunny hop", by which I mean (capped) speed boost from jumping on the floor?

I would strongly advise against nerf Skulk HP. They are already very low (too low even) against marines with decent aim. The max speed from wall jumping does feel too high though (10.5 default vs 11.5 with celerity), allowing skilled upgraded Skulks to plow through average marines.
Vertex Jun 22, 2014 @ 12:33pm 
theres also anther issue with catalyst packs where a single one can do more mulltiple marines at once. (if they're very close togather)
CHEEKI BREEKI Jun 22, 2014 @ 10:37am 
this seems to get rid of every problem I've had with the game so far
Daan  [author] Jun 22, 2014 @ 9:37am 
@Stickz thanks for the input. Catpack is now disabled on classic exos!
Vertex Jun 22, 2014 @ 9:19am 
is there any chance catalyst packing exos could be disabled? thats extremely overpowered.
Howser  [author] Jun 22, 2014 @ 1:36am 
All the changes are experimental but we are doing this off the back of thousands of hours played, throughout the development of NS2 and we've taken feedback and ideas from a lot of different sources. The objective is to remove annoyances for your AVERAGE PLAYER and make the matches more fun and varied. We are also striving to reinforce the asymmetrical nature of the game; Marines rely on positioning and aim, Aliens; movement/approach and guerrilla-tactics.

With a game this complicated you need to experiment to find the best fixes to any design issue (and there is many). You only have to look at the official forums to see how wildly opinions vary about the game and certain issues. Its going to be impossible to please everyone so if its not for you right now then stick to vanilla and come check back later.
Daan  [author] Jun 21, 2014 @ 5:30pm 
Funny you mention that specific change, it's been the most requested tweak. This mod is a bit self serving ofcourse, to each it's own. We think these changes will make it more fun.