Grav Gun losing its luster?

[DrunkPanda]

well i played in 3 different servers today and barely anybody used the grav gun so i'm wondering, are people just getting sick of it? i personally never really liked it.

 

[SLH]

I still use it quite often. Personally, i think HL2DM would be a very average, possibly below average DM game without it.

When used well (as with most weapons) it can be very effective, especially when trying to kill someone with full health and maximum (200) armour.

 

[JFry]

I don't think you can get 200 armor, I'm pretty sure that was just a special thing for the sp game.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

I don't think you can get 200 armor, I'm pretty sure that was just a special thing for the sp game.

Nope, it's in dm_lockdown.

 

[jimmyjam]

you're kidding right? there are two maps, and one of them has 200 armour
edit: argh beaten to it

to first poster: I think people are just getting over the hilarity of it all and working out a better combo of physics and weapons for strategy purposes

 

[AJ Rimmer]

you're kidding right? there are two maps, and one of them has 200 armour
edit: argh beaten to it

to first poster: I think people are just getting over the hilarity of it all and working out a better combo of physics and weapons for strategy purposes

But, Doom 3: RoE is stealing the idea, so it ain't gonna die anytime soon.

 

[BirdMan]

But, Doom 3: RoE is stealing the idea, so it ain't gonna die anytime soon.

Bullshit, Doom 3 grav gun was in the original Doom 3. In fact, it was a developper tool but you could get it with a simple console command.

 

[Apos]

It wasn't anything like HL2's grav gun though: just a developer tool. And even so, it was put in AFTER HL2 demoed at e3.

The grav gun is being used less because people are getting used to it: you don't use it all the time, but you do need to be able to use it at the right moment or tactically. When someone pulls out out the pulse rifle, you'd better darn be ready to yank out the gravity gun in case they try secondary fire!

 

[Thadius Dean]

i was in a server earlier today, probably 7 out of 8 kills were grav gun kills. hardly saw anything besides toliets in the corner of the screen.

 

[HadouKen24]

I've actually started to use the grav gun more. I hardly ever used it as a weapon in SP, so I'm just starting to get good with it. I think I'm pretty typical of at least one sub-group of players.

 

[Jeffarius]

At first I liked it but then once I realized I sucked with it I kinda lost interest in it its still fun to put the cars in the stairwell in dm_overwatch.

 

[Asuka]

well i played in 3 different servers today and barely anybody used the grav gun so i'm wondering, are people just getting sick of it? i personally never really liked it.

Every server i play in people use it. I use it when i need to but if i have a stronger gun i use that.

 

[The Mullinator]

Right now we have two maps that could easily be played properly without using the grav-gun at all. I'm waiting for the first proper user-made maps where using the grav-gun will be a necessity. Believe me there will be some very creative uses for the grav-gun in DM as time goes on and more and more maps are released.

 

[ShinRa]

I mean seriously, can people complain about anything else? Is there anything else that someone can poke at with a stick that's wrong with the hl2 universe? Hl2 sucks, dm sucks, css sucks, valve sucks...i mean jesus christ people just play the ****ing games and have some fun. *not intended as an attack on the thread starter, just a general statement*