That Plasma cutter is looking pretty sweet.

Esteban

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I met a CMDR during one of the Haulage CGs. We winged up to transport our cargo together. Our conversation during the long in-system journey to the drop-off point found its way to Odyssey. The CMDR mentioned that he planned to carpet-bomb and strafe CMDRs walking on the ground as the fun way to enjoy Odyssey. All kinds out there.

I agree that salvaging derelict vessels and other scenarios like that would add good stuff to the game. Not sure about the floating droplets of blood thing tho' (you know, cutting off someone's feet). To each, I guess... :)

Potential is a wonderful thing!
 

Bottom Hat

Bottom Hat
Andy_Pipkin said:
That Arc cutter beam footage looks like it's glued to the cutting grid on that panel, as if you lock-on to it.
I wouldn't be surprised at all, if this thing is only usuable on certain pre-defined spots.
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Don't spoil my dreams of ways to maliciously disable commanders on foot!
 

N3rd Murd3r3r

N3rd Murd3r3r
How could you loot derelict ships, yet not have ship interiors at ED:O launch? That crashed Anaconda isn’t going to be fleshed out, otherwise you should be able to walk around your own...unless just the cargo hold part of the ship is accessible?

Hope I’m wrong but I can’t see this being a thing at launch.

Perhaps looting derelict outposts...that would probably be a more realistic expectation?
 

VR Jay Le Chardon

VR Jay Le Chardon
Bottom Hat said:
Ah, you have been snooping around my manifesto of evil....muwahahaha!! ;)
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Getting your Manifesto of Evil was easy once I'd hacked your webcam:
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Sensei Jacksama

Sensei Jacksama
Andy_Pipkin said:
That Arc cutter beam footage looks like it's glued to the cutting grid on that panel, as if you lock-on to it.
I wouldn't be surprised at all, if this thing is only usuable on certain pre-defined spots.
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Yeah they aren't going to make the entire environment destructible of course but you can at least make enough predefined surfaces to at least give the same feeling... I hope anyway

N3rd Murd3r3r said:
How could you loot derelict ships, yet not have ship interiors at ED:O launch? That crashed Anaconda isn’t going to be fleshed out, otherwise you should be able to walk around your own...unless just the cargo hold part of the ship is accessible?

Hope I’m wrong but I can’t see this being a thing at launch.

Perhaps looting derelict outposts...that would probably be a more realistic expectation?
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We know for 100% that scavenging will be a significant part of the gameplay loop that even warrants its own Elite ranking. How they do that idk. Even without interiors you could still loot alot of things by cutting out an access panel on the outside. Maybee tear out some wires or dissloge and engine part. Who knows maybee they will have a limited predefined interior for derelicts. It would be much easier to Program that than a dynamic interior where compartments are changed around. Then again maybee it's nothing like that at all and we'll just be driving around on surfaces looking for random stuff on the ground. Well just have to see how I goes.
 

Sensei Jacksama

Sensei Jacksama
The Chairmaker said:
In the Q&A session they talked about using this to break into bases, this can be to steal things to activate things or to kill people.

They also said that NPCs will patrol bases and if they see you using the cutter, they will respond. One scenario described was breaking into a seemingly abandoned and deserted base, to then hear the noise of a dropship arriving and disembarking a squad of heavily armed soldiers/pirates with all the consequences that may entail.
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You can actually use it as a weapon?!?! Emergent gameplay right off the bat. I'm going to challenge people to a "lightsaber" duel!
@Bottom Hat you might actually get your wish. Lol.
 

VR Jay Le Chardon

VR Jay Le Chardon
Flimley said:
Using a plasma cutter in real life is also a pretty awesome experience. It’s like magicking away metal.

Flimley
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I remember telling my late mother about stuff I was buying for the workshop, which at the time included a tig welder and a plasma cutter. So I was telling her about saving money on the Argon Regulator, and getting a good deal on Zirconiated Tungsten electrodes as I didn't want to work with the mildly radioactive Thorium ones, and that those savings allowed me to buy a bigger size of plasma cutter.... She said "Gosh! Your workshop stuff sounds like something out of Star-Trek!!!"
 

Sensei Jacksama

Sensei Jacksama
Player: "I was going to fight sensei but he never showed up"

Ship refuses to lift off

Player: what the?

Engine nacel rolls by

Beam of light punctures through the ships roof cutting in a circular motion

Player: @_@
 

Drelthar

Drelthar
I fear it will be this one thing you can do with it. (not that I am asking for destructible environments! I just hope there is variety in the things you can use the cutter for)

Cut open pre determined panels- that's it.

Also, for some bizarre reason, it's gonna be limited to a single suit.
Meaning I'll probly only ever use that one suit.
 
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