What do you think is the Weapon That Screams Nexuiz ? The one weapon in the game that fits the style of Nexuiz best. I mean the combination of use, looks and what it can do to the opponent[s].

Yes, I know, nexgun is going to win and it should, probably. So consider the other weapons as well :]

- Laser : funny weapon, but I don't use it very often to kill...
- Shotgun : nothing to say, basic weapon, I never use it
- MG : one word : horrible. it's the worst campers weapon
- Mortar : very good weapon with the nex
- Hagar : not bad for close fight
- Electro : funny to shot the little blue balls ^^
- Crylink : 2 words : absolutely horrible. ARG!!
- Nex : symbol of the game. it needs some skills (and sometimes some luck ^^)
- RL : i love it for close fight, but not a very original weapon

It's not very original, but I vote for the nex
If I had to do a second choice, I'd say... mortar

I don't understand why the Nex should be the symbol of the game... the only reason that people see it as such is that it's named after it. Most games have a powerful sniper rifle equivalent, so the Nex doesn't define Nexuiz's unique style in the slightest. The laser makes the largest contribution to Nexuiz's playing style, but it's hardly a "weapon" so even that isn't voteworthy.

This is basically an American election... none of the candidates are representative. The "right" choice just isn't there.



Btw, I move to rename the Nex to the more generic "railgun" or something similar, or to give the other generic weapons proper names.

This is basically an American election... none of the candidates are representative. The "right" choice just isn't there.

Awww... that's a bit sad :[ How would you like to fix that ?

Also, please note it's not about our favorite weapon, but the weapon that you think is most Nexuiz-ish.

Its clearly the laser, like the blaster from quake 2 but you can actually do things with it like jump off buildings to your death.

UT has its translocator, we have our laser.

Vacuum.

Laser Laser Laser
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no wait .... definitely vacuum
>vrmmmmm, i suck your face vrrrrrmmmmmmmm<
those frags are the best,
be sure to pick up plenty of dust bags ammo.

Laser, how l love your jumpy jumpy push push,
hah, you try to nex me, oh? you're up in the air?
over here?
over there?
you just rocketed yourself to death cos I lasered you into a wall?
HArr
Laser , yeh

I tried imagining Nexuiz without one of the weapons and i just can't!

Laser
Epic fights on Evilspace, and it's the Nexuiz equivalent to a car in RealLife.

Shotgun
oh.... okay, wait. I forgot it. Yes, i forgot the Shotgun. I tend to do that alot. I can imagine Nexuiz without it.

Uzi/Machine Gun
A proper FPS needs some sort of Rapid Fire Weapon. But our Uzi fails miserably. I mean, you can't be serious! Let's see.... we have the Nex, Electro, Rocket launcher.... Uzi. Even the Laser is more powerful!

Mortar
i just love the clicker-clackering sound of grenade spamming

Electro
Epic plasma goodness

Crylink
One of my favorite weapons, before they started tweaking it. I think it's the most-controversial weapon in Nexuiz and that's what gives this gun its character. If weapons had a gender, then this one would be a transvestite.

Nex
Hard-lined and straight-forward. A strong contrast to the other weapons.

Hagar
I think this one has benefitted the most from version changes. It didn't really change much, it just matured and developed a distinctive character.

Rocket Launcher
It's like a big fluffy teddybear, whose farts are deadly. Gotta love it.


I voted Electro, because it has one of the strongest characters along with the RL, but you see rockets all the time in movies and games, so the Electro has a more unique feeling to it. Talking about unique, Crylink would be my second choice.

4m wrote:Crylink
One of my favorite weapons, before they started tweaking it. I think it's the most-controversial weapon in Nexuiz and that's what gives this gun its character. If weapons had a gender, then this one would be a transvestite.

I'm not agree. The most controversial weapon is teh Nex.
Since begin all version change is power.

I personally love the hook. No other game i know of uses it as good as Nexuiz.

Strahlemann wrote:I personally love the hook. No other game i know of uses it as good as Nexuiz.

I totally 100% agree with this. Hook is awesome.

Hook is not a weapon. Yet.

4m wrote:I tried imagining Nexuiz without one of the weapons and i just can't!

Laser
Epic fights on Evilspace, and it's the Nexuiz equivalent to a car in RealLife.

Shotgun
oh.... okay, wait. I forgot it. Yes, i forgot the Shotgun. I tend to do that alot. I can imagine Nexuiz without it.

Uzi/Machine Gun
A proper FPS needs some sort of Rapid Fire Weapon. But our Uzi fails miserably. I mean, you can't be serious! Let's see.... we have the Nex, Electro, Rocket launcher.... Uzi. Even the Laser is more powerful!

Mortar
i just love the clicker-clackering sound of grenade spamming

Electro
Epic plasma goodness

Crylink
One of my favorite weapons, before they started tweaking it. I think it's the most-controversial weapon in Nexuiz and that's what gives this gun its character. If weapons had a gender, then this one would be a transvestite.

Nex
Hard-lined and straight-forward. A strong contrast to the other weapons.

Hagar
I think this one has benefitted the most from version changes. It didn't really change much, it just matured and developed a distinctive character.

Rocket Launcher
It's like a big fluffy teddybear, whose farts are deadly. Gotta love it.


I voted Electro, because it has one of the strongest characters along with the RL, but you see rockets all the time in movies and games, so the Electro has a more unique feeling to it. Talking about unique, Crylink would be my second choice.

Wow, i need to stop posting so early in the morning.

4m wrote:Hook is not a weapon.

but you can make it scream "Nexuiz!"

Mirio wrote:

4m wrote:Hook is not a weapon.

but you can make it scream "Nexuiz!"

hmm, perhaps if it is aimed at the right orifice. Hook may not be a weapon, but are any of the weapons all that unique? Every game has a RL, MG, Sniper, and shotgun. I'm pretty sure there was a grenade launcher in quake like the mortar, and the electo and crylink remind me oddly enough of the flak cannon from UT. I guess that leaves the hagar and the laser. Don't get me started on the hagar. That only leaves the laser, so I guess that's my vote, if you're going to restrict this to weapons.

Perhaps this poll should be based on individual firemodes, rather than a weapon as a whole.

Laser = Blaster, except with force.
Shotgun = Semi-automatic shotgun with burst fire, quite unique.
Machine Gun = Gatling gun from UT.
Mortar = Impact and time-delay triggered grenade, similar to grenade launchers from UT and Quake.
Electro = Quake RL with a semi-unique ricocheting secondary, detonated by a projectile, radius primary.
Crylink = Flak Cannon from UT, and unique secondary.
Nex = Railgun from Quake.
Hagar = BFG/Plasma Gun replacement from Quake, UT Ripper secondary.
Rocket Launcher = Powerful, slow, large radius rocket with detonation switch, focusing on dealing damage in method similar to a proximity ABM, unique.

Rad Ished wrote:Laser Laser Laser
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Laser, how l love your jumpy jumpy push push,
hah, you try to nex me, oh? you're up in the air?
over here?
over there?
you just rocketed yourself to death cos I lasered you into a wall?
HArr
Laser , yeh

That was beautiful . Quite touching.

The laser is a fantastic tool, and in my opinion, the only weapon worth using anyways. I suppose it's similar to the blaster, but the movement abilities it gives one are totally sweet and add tons to gameplay.

Also, it seems that speed and movement is heavily emphasized in Nexuiz, and the laser is a fantastic way to get there.

The shotgun isn't terribly interesting. Shotguns with burst fire are somewhat uncommon, but not unheard of.

Machineguns aren't anything new in videogames. The one in Turok Rage Wars has the same firemodes, even.

The mortar, while rather enjoyable, is just another grenade launcher.

I don't think the Crylink is a good choice to represent Nexuiz. It's worthless, the bouncing projectiles do no damge, now the're gone, now it's too strong, now it's worthless, now it's worthless, now it's worthless, now it's perfectly balanced, now it's worthless, now it's worthless, now it's too strong, now it's worthless, now it's worthless, now it's worthless, and now the bouncing projectiles are back, have some splash damage at bounce, and it's too strong.

I don't know what to think about the Electro. The fancy effects represent Nexuiz well enough.

The Hagar is interesting. It's kind of like the Devastator from the Duke Nukem series. I don't think it represents quite represents Nexuiz, though.

The Rocket Launcher is super cool. Detonating rockets is totally awesome, but so many other games have rocket launchers. If it weren't for that, this would stand a very good chance.

The Nex? Yet another railgun that's pressed into service as a sniper rifle. It doesn't even have a real secondary firemode.

TVR wrote:Perhaps this poll should be based on individual firemodes, rather than a weapon as a whole.

Laser = Blaster, except with force.
Shotgun = Semi-automatic shotgun with burst fire, quite unique.
Machine Gun = Gatling gun from UT.
Mortar = Impact and time-delay triggered grenade, similar to grenade launchers from UT and Quake.
Electro = Quake RL with a semi-unique ricocheting secondary, detonated by a projectile, radius primary.
Crylink = Flak Cannon from UT, and unique secondary.
Nex = Railgun from Quake.
Hagar = BFG/Plasma Gun replacement from Quake, UT Ripper secondary.
Rocket Launcher = Powerful, slow, large radius rocket with detonation switch, focusing on dealing damage in method similar to a proximity ABM, unique.

It certainly wasn't my intention to imply that the weapons in Nexuiz were completely standardized and boring. It's just that none of them to me give that feeling of, "holy crap, i've never seen anything like this before." Of course considering that the FPS genre has existed for so long now, it would probably take something totally off the wall and crazy to the point of absurdity to feel truly unique. Like, I don't know, a gun that shoots ninjas that run around giving flowers to all the other players. But what would be the point in that?

Pyromace wrote:Like, I don't know, a gun that shoots ninjas that run around giving flowers to all the other players. But what would be the point in that?

I said midgets, not ninjas (someone would have to make a ninja model) and the flowers would just be an option that could be changed to electric eels that would electrocute you.... or crocodiles....
But what's the point of playing FPS, anyway?

Edit:
Wasn't someone modeling a "robo-chicken"? What happened to that?