Nexiuz first impressions

[Eldrek]

wtf is with these tiny interfac-*clicks* OH, cool..
*tweaks a few settings and starts a single player game*
*moves and looks around* ew, mouse lag..
*begins jumping* floaty.. feels like I'm playing Halo..
*fires weapon* Shotgun start, cool..
*finds mortar and fires* more like a rocket launcher than a mortar..
*encounters enemy by mortar in first map, juggles and airshots enemy* well that's just not as satisfying as it should be with the slow fall speed..
*finds nex after a few more enemy encounters and fires* eheh, good ol' railgun *kills enemy a few more times*
*finds rocket launcher and fires* wow, slow rockets..
*finds cry and wonders how the hell it's supposed to be used*

Match one end

Match 2
Q1DM6, awesome
*goes straight to rocket spawn, gets a few kills with rocket launcher*
*eventually finds hagar* lol, auto rockets?
*finds electro* this supposed to be a shock rifle? that was hitscan though.. *hits enemy with it* wait, splash damage? is everything a freaking rocket launcher in this game?
*goes through a few more kills using all the weapons until the match ends*

yeah, not commenting on the movement because I really have no clue how to move yet, but what's with all the splash weapons? also I've yet to find anything remotely similar to a lightning gun yet, which makes me sad

[Bundy]

Welcome to nexuiz. There is no LG weapon. If you join the channel #nexuiz on quakenet in IRC, I can show you some stuff and help you out to improve your settings, if wanted. My nickname is all-bundy there

[PinkRobot]

First impressions are very important. Which is why I'd like to inform you the name is spelled NexuIz not NexIuz

[Dokujisan]

Welcome to Nexuiz!

Interesting first impression. I'm not surprised by the comments, because I've heard similar things from experienced players coming from other FPs games. Unfortunately, I have to say that a common reaction is "I am not used to any of this, so everything is stupid." I hope you don't have that kind of feeling about the game. There are a lot of Nexuiz players that have come from UT/Quake.

I think there are a lot of details to this game that aren't obvious at first. I would never claim that the game is perfect. It certainly has areas where it could improve, but it's an evolving game and changes quite often over time. I'd say give it a few weeks or a month before you critique things too badly. Make sure to discuss some features with experienced players so you can get up to an advanced level faster. I highly suggest hanging out in IRC on irc.quakenet.org/nexuiz

You mentioned the electro being like a rocket launcher. If you fire out a few secondary shots (the blue electro balls) and shoot at them with the primary shot, they all explode. That's very unlike rocket behavior and makes the electro unique. The secondary fire for all of the weapons tend to make them unique, despite a lot of them having radius damage.

With rocket speed, the rockets being slow is a good thing. They have a big blast radius, and you can remote detonate them. If they were faster, that would be too much. Some argue that rockets are already too powerful. If you're curious, you can view some statistics for the weapons. http://nexuiz.affro.net/WeaponData/

[Alien]

It is not QuakeWorld (and not UT either and there is no shaft, yet). Use laser to move, single player is for first time players to get feel of the game, you need to come online quickly. The joy is there.

[C.Brutail]

Hi!

Negative criticism is a good thing too, maybe more important than positive
But is there by any chance anything you actually *liked* about the game?

[terencehill]

With rocket speed, the rockets being slow is a good thing. They have a big blast radius, and you can remote detonate them. If they were faster, that would be too much. Some argue that rockets are already too powerful. If you're curious, you can view some statistics for the weapons. http://nexuiz.affro.net/WeaponData/

ROFL... Are u still playing Nexuiz 2.4.2? Coz this comment fits perfectly for it.
Now the sausage launcher (that's the proper name of the rocket launcher in Nexuiz 2.5) is crappy. It looks slower than RL2.4.2 (even if it isn't, maybe coz of the bigger size of the rocket, dunno, but many players feels this) and mainly it has a ridiculous blast radius: like, u r at 1 meter of distance from the explosion and nothing, no hit. It's like a firework now... It was in 2.4.2 too much powerful and i agree that its power had to be reduced, like it has been, but not reducing so much the blast radius... now it's simply: RIDICULOUS

Another thing Eldrek noticed is the mortar too big, that's true, it LOOKS (it's not) unreasonably big. Like many other weapons though, not as big as the mortar...

About the electro Eldrek, I suggest u (as Dokujisan suggested u) to play with it shooting with secondary fire some balls and fire them with primary: it's deadly and fun! I think that the electro is the coolest Nexuiz' weapon. And it can be used with fun either by a noob, which likes to spam with it, or by a skilled player.

[divVerent]

Total list of RL changes:

Damage: 130 to 120 max, 50 to 35 min
Radius: 170 to 150
Speed: UNCHANGED

And it still is the second best weapon in the stats (only Nex is higher). Can you explain that to me, instead of spreading lies?

[GreEn`mArine]

I can not confirm that the RL has become much weaker in game, at least not in the games I played in 2.5. For me it's just about the same (considering the feelings I have about it/its usage).

[alpha]

RL should have faster rockets and less splash.