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There are multiple, really. One is things apparently established in the two (not very good) AvP (Alien vs Predator) movies (and indirectly, things from the Predator movies themselves). Then there are things from the (rather better) AvP comics series.

The origin of the crossover was in Predator2, where an alien head was briefly seen in the trophy room.

The trouble is, most of your suggested changers would also benefit Corruptors and Dominators, and hence do little to level the playing field.

Blasters have garbage secondaries (and APPs). There is no escaping that. "Manipulation"? WT* is that supposed to mean?! Shows the devs had no idea what they where trying to do in the first place.

Eh, yes, when FIRST designed, doms melee attacks where significantly more powerful than their ranged. But since they got their ranged attacks buffed, it's quite possible to play a 100% ranged dom. I guess you missed the memo...

Oh, so the design is broken then....

I stand corrected.

You should probably edit that first line to read "excluding epic ATs and Dominators". Or maybe simplify it to read "excluding five other ATs, Blasters are the only AT that can have a good ranged attack chain and a good melee chain at the same time."

And here is something you don't seem to have noticed: you don't need a melee attack to attack a target in melee range, a ranged attack will do just as well.

As a former astrophysicist who has worked with NASA people, I think most would be of this opinion:

The idea of pansperma was developed by Fred Hoyle and others who believed 1) in a steady state universe, and 2) that it was statistically incredibly unlikely for life to occur spontaneously. These ideas are linked, since in an infinitely old universe, the incredibly unlikely accident of life would only have to occur once, then spread. Time isn't an issue, because you have an infinite amount of it.

There are very few scientists who believe in a steady state universe now. In addition, we also think the chance of life occurring is much higher, under the right conditions (such as those found on a planet but not in space). The probability of something like a virus being able to survive the radiation of space long enough for a significant space journey is also low.

Thus, whist life could have originated in outer space, Occam's Razor suggests that we should prefer the simpler explanation - it occurred spontaneously on Earth.

So, whilst most NASA scientists would consider it virtually impossible for life NOT to exist on other planets, they would also consider it highly unlikely that life was connected to life on Earth.

There is also some direct observational evidence: all living molecules on Earth have the same "handedness". If pan-sperma was correct, you would expect this handedness to be the same through-out the universe. However, organic molecules is space are observed in almost equal numbers of left and right handedness, suggesting their origin is chemical and not biological.

I suppose we can blame Scott's advancing years for clinging to ideas that where popular in the 1960s but have since been largely discredited.

As for the Vatican, I don't think they would endorse this interpretation for the origin of life on Earth...

Probably because most of those classes can do as much or more damage as blasters do (and can do it at range in the case of SoAs)...

Correct. It used to be the case that blaster melee attacks where just as good as ranged attacks (both had damage scale 1.0), but some time ago blaster ranged attack modifier was buffed, so now blaster ranged attacks are always better DPS. Which is what I have been saying: blaster melee attacks are pointless.

(where melee attacks appear to good damage, it is because they have longer recharge times).

Maybe it's because they are almost entirely reliant on inspirations and temporary powers?

Hence:

^^This.

I like the writing of Pratchett and and strongly dislike the writing of Dickens, but I'm not going to go round stating that one is clearly a much better writer than the other and anyone who disagrees with me is ignorant.

On the whole, I prefer Whedon's work, because I prefer a touch of humour to leaven the bleakness of existence.

The why is fairly irrelevant, since the film directly contradicts the existing Predator lore (which had already answered the why in an incompatible way), and had them cast in the role that the Prometheans are in in this movie. It also sort of mucks up the timeline for the AvP movies, which has the Aliens much older than Prometheus suggests, although the use of a different chest-burster gives some wriggle-room.

Is that an European or African Swallow?


Oh, and Joss Whedon isn't a great writer. He is merely a decent one in the sea of mediocrity that is the American TV and film industry. Monty Python? That's real talent!

It's fairly easy to gauge people's general intelligence levels by what they post on the forums. And there are some here who couldn't see through an open window...

This statement suggests you aren't familiar with, or don't understand, Whedon's other work.

He is known for morally complex characters, not simple good vs evil.

He is also known for playing with audience expectations, not predictability.

(This is Whedon's mistake - he treats his audience like intelligent people, when clearly, most of them aren't)


You are falling into a common trap, of confusing seriousness for quality.

So this is where my tax money goes?!

Broken on Stalkers. Would need some significant reworking. Better for Brutes than for Scrappers.

Thematically, the lack of a DoT aura is a major fail. Can't see myself playing this set, because it simply doesn't say "radiation" to me. More like "randomly thrown together hodgepodge".

It's still broken so far as I know (in that it's treating ST attacks as if they where AoEs).