Interview Avellone & Sawyer at Trzynasty Schron

[Shannow]

Josh sunk 90 hours into FO3? No wonder all his projects get cancelled....

So, let me get this straight: Josh started as lead on New Vegas, will stay on till the end and the game will not get canned?
What next? Flying pigs? A peace-promoting US? No whining about FO2's great humor and awesome theme-park style?

No need to repeat Bluebottle and Azrael on small arms, big/energy weapons.

BG 3 and FO 3 were canceled because Interplay didn't know how to profit not because they were slow to develop. Bethesda isn't going bankrupt anytime soon.

*facepalm*

It is what it is.

Ipply

Beth

*facepalm*

But, your performance with that energy weapon would be modifed by your science skill. That way it's consistent and makes sense.

Or put a working "broken weapon"-mechanic in. Not the Beth crap where weapons that survived 200+ years of use fall apart after 2 hours in your hands even if they were in pristine condition.
Most weapons would be in bad condition, especially energy weapons. To get them working again you need repair AND science.

 

[Bluebottle]

My solution would be to keep the small guns and big guns skill but scrap the energy weapons skill. Any energy weapon would fall under either of those two skills as appropriate. But, your performance with that energy weapon would be modifed by your science skill. That way it's consistent and makes sense.

Someway of incorperating science into using the use of energy weapons would have been ideal. Rather than (or as well as) having it influence their actual effectiveness in combat, it would have been best for them to flesh out the system of repairing of weapons, and have science skill influence energy weapons there. That way, use of energy weapons wouldn't necessarily need the character to be en expert at science, but keeping them operating effectively would.

 

[Ausir]

How about scrapping big and small guns but keeping energy weapons?

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Big guns still have some weapons like Miniguns, Rocket Lanchers and Flamers that are rather far from pistols and rifles.

there was nothing more sad and pathetic than when Oblivion dropped all the weapon types and dulled the blade of every axe until they were all "Blunt Weapons."

The Riddle of Steel, which was approved by ARMA has maces, hammers and axes under mass weapons skill, so maybe it's not such a bad idea.

 

[JarlFrank]

The Riddle of Steel, which was approved by ARMA has maces, hammers and axes under mass weapons skill, so maybe it's not such a bad idea.

"Mass" is a better word for it than "blunt", though.

 

[spectre]

Maybe "impact" would be better, I like it when people are bashing oblibion for it, when it was actually a realistic move, looking at how maces and axes operate quite similarly.

Back to Fallouts, I am and always will be puzzled at the ideas to limit the number of skills. In my opinion, it really needs the opposite - more weapon skills, or just redesign it so that there is no one dominant skill.
I was always partial to the solution to make one skill responsible for aiming (aim direct and aim indirect) then pair it with a weapon skill (which handles weapon familiarity and use) for final to hit chance.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Maybe "impact" would be better, I like it when people are bashing oblibion for it, when it was actually a realistic move, looking at how maces and axes operate quite similarly.

Realistic move is one thing, but the presentation/suspension of disbelief is lacking. At least have the decency to do it like Risen and call both axes and hammers 'heavy weaponry', because axes sure as hell aren't 'blunt'.

 

[obediah]

In other news, SPECIAL will be condensed into two attributes -

Fertility
Upper Body Strength

Don't you mean 6 attributes?

Fertility
Upper Body Strength
Upper Body Strength
Upper Body Strength
Upper Body Strength
Upper Body Strength

 

[JarlFrank]

In other news, SPECIAL will be condensed into two attributes -

Fertility
Upper Body Strength

Don't you mean 6 attributes?

Fertility
Upper Body Strength
Penis Length
Sex Drive
Violent Attitude
Bad Humour

Fixed.

Also one skill has to be:
Pelvic Thrust

 

[obediah]

In other news, SPECIAL will be condensed into two attributes -

Fertility
Upper Body Strength

Don't you mean 6 attributes?

Fertility
Upper Body Strength
Penis Length
Sex Drive
Violent Attitude
Bad Humour

Fixed.

Actually, you completely broke it. Now color-coded for the dense.

Fertility
Upper Body Strength
Upper Body Strength
Upper Body Strength
Upper Body Strength
Upper Body Strength

 

[Helton]

Fertility
Upper Body Strength
Masculinity
Adrenaline
Narcissism
Charisma
Hotness
Urine Scent

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Is it going to be based on F.A.T.A.L.?

 

[Gerrard]

Is it going to be based on F.A.T.A.L.?

Then it would have to be

Fertility
Upper Body Strength
Masculinity
Anal circumference
Narcissism
Charisma
Hotness
Urine Scent

On topic, I never liked how rifles and assault were "Small Guns".

 

[Gragt]

You want another skill for Middle Guns?

 

[Xor]

Just add a separate skill for every weapon and item in the game. That'll make it complex enough for the Codex.

 

[Helton]

That would work I think but you need a tightly knit synergy system. If I'm an ace with a magnum I could prob pick up on a glock pretty quick.