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CoH vs. HL2?

Alasdair

By Alasdair,
Posted on: 2009-08-30 13:20 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight View Post
The real style is to use the least appropriate weapon possible. Got a large, open field between you and the target? Melee weapon.
That would be "Using the gasoline can against an incoming zombie horde - as a melee weapon."

 

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Originally Posted by LaserJesus View Post
The Nictus have always been part of the 5th Column. Requiem has always been stated to have gotten his powers from fusion with a Nictus in his info. The warwolves were never explicitly stated to be linked to Nictus, but they were heavily implied to be in the Path of the Dark arc (that sounds ridiculous said out loud) and by the fact that the alternate Requiem's world in To Save a Thousand Worlds is populated solely by "Werewolves".
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Requiem, IIRC, was retconned from a "mysterious source" to the Nictus.

Also, not to quote myself... ok, I am:

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Galaxy troops can opt to go for a "full conversion" after a while to a full Nictus - most likely, given other in game comments, because the shards integrate more fully into the host, get stronger, and keep making the suggestion (plus the "longing for space" that's mentioned.) It's mentioned in a story arc that the conversion rate for Galaxy troops to full Nictus is reaching 40%.

Two other types of creatures come up in conversations about these - War Wolves and Vampyrii. Failed Galaxy conversions can create War Wolves, though there is also some seperate process geared specifically towards making them. Vampyrii are made in a completely seperate process that has nothing to do with Nictus shards or Kheldians at all.

*** Spoiler *** There is a portion of the Kheldian story arcs that has you dealing with "shadow" enemies - Shadow freaks, Shadow vampyrii and the like. These are Freaks and Vampyrii that have been infused with Nictus fragments. Nosferatu himself was considering it. But the fragments have NOTHING to do with the original creation of Vampyrii.

 

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You recall incorrectly. His info has always said that he has a Nictus. Even back when he still sported his 5th Column uniform and his dark powers. The version with dark powers that exists again in the game right now is the exact same as the one that existed prior to Issue 3. Not even the description changed.

 

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Originally Posted by LaserJesus View Post
You recall incorrectly. His info has always said that he has a Nictus. Even back when he still sported his 5th Column uniform and his dark powers. The version with dark powers that exists again in the game right now is the exact same as the one that existed prior to Issue 3. Not even the description changed.
The original Requiem uses DARK powers, not NICTUS powers, however. The Nictus are an inky purple, whereas last time I saw 5th Column Requiem, he was using the greyish black tendrils of Dark Armour/Dark Melee/Dark Blast/Dark Miasma.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

 

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I always get this odd HL2 deja vu when walking around the newbie zones on redside. It's even worse when I see physics-enabled objects and ragdolls.

 

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Originally Posted by Gehnen View Post
I always get this odd HL2 deja vu when walking around the newbie zones on redside. It's even worse when I see physics-enabled objects and ragdolls.
I've been replaying a LOT of half life recently (from hl1 onwards, I'm on OP4 right now and I have the FISH GUN) (GLEE) so whenever I come back to the City I always want to do three things:

Use my crowbar on a box
Crouch
and Turn on my flashlight.


.... *pulls hair out*

Please read my FEAR/Portal/HalfLife Fan Fiction!
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To be fair, a flashlight of some sort would make CoV a LOT easier to play during the real-life day.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.