Safety on guns

Hides-His-Eyes · Post by **Hides-His-Eyes** » 2007-03-08 23:40

Proposal; add firing mode "s" to all rifles, firing under this mode just makes the no ammo click.

a. Realism. You don't walk around your own base with an armed rifle. All kits should spawn with safety on on the rifle.

b. Practicality; accidentally firing a gun can be a big deal in PR now that getting shot is a big deal (unlike in vanilla beef 2) and literally several times i've accidentally fired a rifle (and once a light AT) using the radio.

So thoughts?

838393 · Post by **838393** » 2007-03-08 23:42

Erm, one sec..

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *choke*fall down dead*

You aready have a safety, TAKE YOUR FINGER OFF MOUSE BUTTON 1.

Honestly, its not like your gunna fall over and ND a teammate are you? lol ...

Enough said.. The DEVs will probably eat you alive with this one.

BetterDeadThanRed · Post by **BetterDeadThanRed** » 2007-03-08 23:44

Maybe on AT... maybe...

ReadMenace · Post by **ReadMenace** » 2007-03-08 23:46

I believe FireArms Mod for HL1 had a safety mode in addition to the other fire select modes. I'm indifferent to the idea..

wpgcivic · Post by **wpgcivic** » 2007-03-08 23:46

lol now in the theatre of war...and u are fighting....its not on safe

838393 · Post by **838393** » 2007-03-08 23:49

wpgcivic wrote:lol now in the theatre of war...and u are fighting....its not on safe

READ!! A man of much wisdom ^^

Asking for Safety on weapons would be something like being deployed to Helmand provence (IN REAL LIFE) and just for fun, switching all you HE frag grenades with banana bombs (See link for more details)
http://www.directpaintball.com/review_b ... bombs.html

Or askign a butcher if he sells meat, Just another suggestion

Can we have banana bombs?

A-10Warthog · Post by **A-10Warthog** » 2007-03-08 23:59

i can name numerous times where i washed there was a saftey, like right when i accidentally killed a squadmate while walking. or wasting all my ammo at the mains waiting for stuff to spawn.

but it would be bad because of people who camp spawns, u cant like get out of the spawn humvee and fire right away u would need to press 3 (or your weapon key) 2 times and fire insted of press it once, or not at all and shooting

but that asside i would LOVE a saftey

ArmedDrunk&Angry · Post by **ArmedDrunk&Angry** » 2007-03-09 00:07

It's too realistic !
I like the idea but it would affect gameplay in a negative way because of the spawn campers.

Soulja · Post by **Soulja** » 2007-03-09 01:08

In my opinion the AT weapon need a safety or something, because in real life, say an AT-4 has a guard over the fire button, and walking around with that armed would probably be the dumbest thing i can think of for a AT soldier. So a safety for the AT would be nice so you dont accidentally shoot the rocket and TK or just plain lose it.

coolhand · Post by **coolhand** » 2007-03-09 01:11

Nah, I think having a safety on any guns would just a pain in the ***. I personally would never use it nor care for it either. Its just another step between me getting killed, or killing someone.

One thing I DO hate is when I accidentaly scroll the mousewheel and the weapon list shows up, I click rifle, a shot goes off, I kill a teammate.

saxman101 · Post by **saxman101** » 2007-03-09 01:12

ArmedDrunk&Angry wrote:It's too realistic !
I like the idea but it would affect gameplay in a negative way because of the spawn campers.

exactly....with that it would just be another hassle to get through and you would get shot as soon as you spawn in most cases....also the keep finger off mosue buttin is true...that IS your safety....

Sneak Attack · Post by **Sneak Attack** » 2007-03-09 01:17

good thing you dont really walk around your base, you run out of it the second your in game.

its pretty unneeded. i have yet to accidentally TK someone with AT because i cant control my fingers on a mouse.

[3UK]2RT|Maj.GloryAndPain · Post by **[3UK]2RT|Maj.GloryAndPain** » 2007-03-09 01:41

errr um ok, just think before you twitch

Steele: Sergeant, what's the meaning of this?
[Thinking he's talking about the unauthorized pig picking]
"Hoot": Just a little aerial target practice, sir. Didn't want to leave 'em behind.
Steele: I'm talking about your weapon, soldier. Now Delta or no-Delta, that's still a hot weapon. Your safety should be on at all times.
"Hoot": This is my safety, sir.
[He holds up his index finger and bends motions as if squeezing a trigger and then walks off]

A-10Warthog · Post by **A-10Warthog** » 2007-03-09 04:09

i think we should try it with the testers in one build and see form there

Post by **fuzzhead** » 2007-03-09 04:12

ive seen enough misfires in PR to think that this could be a good idea.

Ive seen probably close to 50 of my squadmates gunned down by misfire, either grenade, AT or rifle.

workingrobbie · Post by **workingrobbie** » 2007-03-09 04:28

dang...Maj.G&P beat me to that quote....

but OT the only prob I have, like someone else mentioned, is scrolling through with the wheel, clicking to select and shooting instead.

ArmedDrunk&Angry · Post by **ArmedDrunk&Angry** » 2007-03-09 04:39

I have shot my weapon and revealed my position while scrolling through the menu too. I used to fire the APC missle anytime I spotted something , but since .5 I can not spot anything from any vehicle.
If the safety was not on when you spawned it might work well but otherwise you are walking into the lion's den with your hands tied.

Raniak · Post by **Raniak** » 2007-03-09 05:13

I want safety on GL and C4(like a box you need to remove by pressing S before you can press the boom button), I keep killing my squad mates because of them... when I move my mouse to the left my mouse go under my keyboard and it left click...

WNxKenwayy · Post by **WNxKenwayy** » 2007-03-09 05:34

hehe my brigade commander was now Col. Steele, same Capt Steele portrayed in the movie. I can say with 100% accuracy they did an absolute shitty job of casting him and showing the kind of man he was. This is because he never, ever talked about it to anyone ever, even his driver of like 3 years who was close friends. Still, the man is a walking refrigerator for size comparison alone.

Teek · Post by **Teek** » 2007-03-09 05:53

didn't he get court marshalled out of service?
3rd brigade?