On topic: I don't really like chutes. Prefer the challenge of having to land a wounded fighter, myself. That, and the removal of chutes means you don't have players jumping off of rooftops or cliffs with them. Much better for immersion.
If/when we get a space map with troop transport ships like the lambda, I wouldn't be against Pilots getting the ability to eject from fighters for then to hover around in space until a shuttle picks them up. But parachutes or jet packs to slow falls? It's the consensus of the devs (and for the matter us testers) that it's not gonna happen.
Sykes, you have to understand something about the FS Developers. They believe strongly in hypocrisy. No tanks in the original movies, but there are plenty of tanks in FS. There is Jetpack technology in the original movies, but not in FS
With Jetpacks for all regular soldiers (in one or two dedicated maps), the developers of First Strike actually have an opportunity to CONTRIBUTE to the expanded universe of Star Wars, instead of just being a SLAVE to what other people have written about the expanded universe.
Contradictory much?
1st paragraph: Using stuff for which there's little basis: Bad.
2nd paragraph: Using stuff for which there's already a basis: Bad.
See, your statement proves that the jetpacks were really popular!
"Popular" and "good addition" aren't synonyms. If I coded a tauntaun that could breathe fire, that'd probably be popular too, doesn't mean it'd make FS a better mod.
I see possible implementations for the jet pack, but I think I speak for all of us guys making and testing the mod when I say that a map where everyone has one and buzzes around dogfighting instead of actually capping CP's (on a map never designed for jet packs in the first place) just isn't one of them.
"Coding" is the programming and tweaking of the gamemodes, vehicles, weapons, etc. in First Strike. But no, fortunately we don't have to resort to just 0's and 1's. We've moved on to Python and whatnot now, so we're talking lines of programming language that you can check out for yourself by looking through the .zip files in your First Strike folder.
"One of the bitches actually gave birth while she was attacking, and her puppies joined in on the carnage."
--the awesomeness that is Boatmurdered.
Closed Alpha Test & Deth..
