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Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« on: December 11, 2007, 02:03:20 am »
It really happened. I was too stunned to make a screenshot. It was on ATCS. I don't remember the server. SOMEONE REALLY USED A PAINSAW WITH A JETPACK! I still cannot believe it.

Why would anyone even THINK of that combination? What's the purpose of all this? He even kept it up for a few minutes, then he obviously figured that this was of no use and changed equipment, but no matter what, it did happen.

Sometimes I really don't know whether I should laugh or cry.
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2007, 02:27:44 am »
I'll have you know that many a time i've seen 1337 players rape bases with that combo.
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2007, 03:16:10 am »
I'll have you know that many a time i've seen 1337 players rape bases with that combo.
but he was meaning he was floating outside with it at the top of the map.
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2007, 04:43:20 am »
I've tried it a couple times.

I thought it might be interesting to see if I could attack n00b tyrants from above or attack them from behind.

I don't remember it working too well.

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2007, 04:49:00 am »
I've done it multiple times, while pretending to be jettarding, just so I could attack the enemy base. It works surprisingly well. Well enough that my Painsaw bind buys Jetpack, Grenade as well as Painsaw. This is mostly for maps other than ATCS, though, such as Niveus, Nexus6 and Karith, in which there are numerous scenarios for which a jetpack can come in handy.

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2007, 05:09:08 am »
Sometimes.... There are eggs on the ceiling.

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2007, 05:11:44 am »
lets just hope there aren't any acid tubes too....
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2007, 05:13:49 am »
i love the shotgun + batt pack combo, it rocks

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2007, 11:35:08 am »
i love the shotgun + batt pack combo, it rocks
Indeed it does :P

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2007, 02:33:06 pm »
"I may be out of ammo, but I can still beat you to death with this heavy battery!"
 :human: :battpack: ----->  :tyrant: *BANG*

The Jetpack is very useful with a Painsaw on Arachnid, where it lets you get up to the pipes quickly, and into the area above the default alien base.

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2007, 09:38:47 pm »
Jetsaws are 1337, if you know how to use them right.

They're especially useful for getting to the default alien egg location in Nexus6 before S3 lucijumps become possible, plus those eggs in the ledge outside Karith's elevator room are very, very hard to shoot without a luci splash or jetpack anyways.

If aliens move to the mesh above their default location in Arachnid, jetsaws are about the only way to go without, as previously mentioned, using lucijumps.

So, a painsaw and jetpack combination isn't necessarily noob-like; you can really diminish the alien ego when you're up sawing their ceiling eggs without hassle.
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2007, 05:31:39 am »
Advice - Never play against Khalsa if he has more than 100 credits.

For those with weak minds: Painsaw costs 100 creds.

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2007, 08:00:45 am »
Jetpack + Painsaw is just about the only decent remedy against eggspamming Grangers.

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #13 on: December 12, 2007, 11:54:58 pm »
Jetpack + Painsaw is just about the only decent remedy against eggspamming Grangers.

QFT.

Unless you've got a laspack or pulsepack. Then they're easy pickings.
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2007, 12:27:40 am »
Advice - Never play against Khalsa if he has more than 100 credits.

For those with weak minds: Painsaw costs 100 creds.

is khalsa suppose to be good?  the only time i remember him is when i pwned him bad on atcs...  :P
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2007, 04:53:02 am »
Jetpack + Painsaw is just about the only decent remedy against eggspamming Grangers.

QFT.

Unless you've got a laspack or pulsepack. Then they're easy pickings.
Those weapons come with way too little ammo ever since the Lasgun ammo got nerfed.

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #16 on: December 14, 2007, 03:53:36 am »
He's amazing with a Painsaw.

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #17 on: December 14, 2007, 07:20:07 am »
Jetpack + Painsaw is just about the only decent remedy against eggspamming Grangers.

QFT.

Unless you've got a laspack or pulsepack. Then they're easy pickings.
Those weapons come with way too little ammo ever since the Lasgun ammo got nerfed.

It's 200 now, 300 with batt pack.  What did it used to be?
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #18 on: December 14, 2007, 07:41:17 am »
Jetpack + Painsaw is just about the only decent remedy against eggspamming Grangers.

QFT.

Unless you've got a laspack or pulsepack. Then they're easy pickings.
Those weapons come with way too little ammo ever since the Lasgun ammo got nerfed.

It's 200 now, 300 with batt pack.  What did it used to be?

I don't know, but it takes 200 lasgunshots almost to take down the OM... I don't think you're going to get a lot of eggs with it. Though I'd stick to the MD for grangerhunt. Take down grangers -> noone left to spam eggs.

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #19 on: December 14, 2007, 12:25:05 pm »
I think it was 900, but it could also have been 600.

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #20 on: December 14, 2007, 03:40:50 pm »
Not a Joke: You have to be l33t to use Jetpack + Painsaw

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #21 on: December 14, 2007, 04:06:57 pm »
I don't know, but it takes 200 lasgunshots almost to take down the OM... I don't think you're going to get a lot of eggs with it. Though I'd stick to the MD for grangerhunt. Take down grangers -> noone left to spam eggs.

Lasgun is weaker than the blaster?  Only because I know it takes 84 shots from a blaster to take down a full OM.

I'd love to say I know this because I read the source and did the math, but unfortunately that's not the case :P

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#define HUMAN_WDMG_MODIFIER         1.0f
#define HDM(d)                      ((int)((float)d*HUMAN_WDMG_MODIFIER))
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#define BLASTER_DMG                 HDM(9)
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#define LASGUN_DAMAGE               HDM(9)

So lasgun and blaster are equal damage, lasgun is just much faster.
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2007, 07:06:07 pm »
lasgun is just much faster.
lasgun is hitscan
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #23 on: December 15, 2007, 12:36:47 am »
Chaingun + Tardpack = ub4r 1`337n355!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!1!411112!11ONE!!!1!!1!ONEHUNDREDANDELEVEN!!!1!
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #24 on: December 15, 2007, 09:53:23 am »
Chaingun + Tardpack = ub4r 1`337n355!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!1!411112!11ONE!!!1!!1!ONEHUNDREDANDELEVEN!!!1!

QFT... LasGun is also quite a good weapon for the jpack... pulse rifle can be, but the shots are so retardedly slow....
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2007, 12:55:39 pm »
Yes. Pulserifles are obscenely slow projectiles.

Also, word has it that pulserifle shots are less damaging than a blaster round. I haven't checked the source, but I'll look at it to see if it's true.
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #26 on: December 15, 2007, 06:45:21 pm »
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Same damage as blaster & lasgun it seems.
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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2007, 06:36:09 pm »
Not a Joke: You have to be l33t to use Jetpack + Painsaw

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We'll, I think, the guy who used it in ATCS (it is the only time I ever witnessed this) was definetely not 1337 and it did definetely not make any sense ;-)
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Re: Not a joke: n00bz+threadstarting
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2007, 02:37:50 am »
Or did it make so much sense that you just blew your mind?

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Re: Not a joke: painsaw+jetpack
« Reply #29 on: December 19, 2007, 08:57:11 am »
By the way I saw Caveman use the Painsaw+jetpack combo multiple times on the (Cebt) clan server xD

Also I think THE MOST USELESS combo I have ever seen is psaw battpack.... xD I had to explain that the painsaw cannpt, and doesn't need more ammo... then I started doing it as a joke and saying "OMFGWTFNUBHAX MAH PAINSAW IS OUTTA AMMOSz0RSZ!!!!!!" till I got kicked xD
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