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What is the massive obession with fast ropes, when i first joined the PR community, they spoke about, yet now, even though it is hard coded, they still want it?

It is an inside joke. People always, always made threads suggesting fastropes. Like, once a week there was a fastropes thread in the suggestion forum.

It is a joke. If fastropes is in the changelog, it is a joke. If someone posts fastropes in a thread about what they want to be different in PR, it is a joke.

A joke? how can it be a joke? A LOT of us want fast ropes. Unless you use cargo plane you can use grapple hooks XD. but then maybe we should be able to walk in more helicopters? It would be realistic

It's not a joke. Don't let him confuse you, robert. Fastropes are an integral part of PR. You just need to press the right keys to activate them, because it is still WIP and the DEVs don't want to make it public.
Hint: Alt-F4

The lack of fastropes is the only thing keeping PR from being the most realistic tactical modern warfare simulator on the planet.

oh theres fastropes in the game, but nobody knows how to use them, or where they are

Only Chuc does

spawncaptain wrote:It's not a joke. Don't let him confuse you, robert. Fastropes are an integral part of PR. You just need to press the right keys to activate them, because it is still WIP and the DEVs don't want to make it public.
Hint: Alt-F4

When I press Alt+F4 all it does is give me intel Points.

Drop_Deadx wrote:When I press Alt+F4 all it does is give me intel Points.

My background color changes when I press Alt-F4.

those using vista may have to hold down their computers power key after pressing alt f4

Nah, everyone knows you can't deploy fast ropes on Vista.

Seriously though, all the Devs had to do was strap the grapple hook to the chopper....

10Lives wrote:...Unless you use cargo plane you can use grapple hooks XD...

Uhm, when would you ever want to deploy fastropes from a cargo plane anyway?

Sgt.Smeg wrote:Nah, everyone knows you can't deploy fast ropes on Vista.

Seriously though, all the Devs had to do was strap the grapple hook to the chopper....

or attach a rope shaped ladder, with the ladder code
or a vehicle that you get in and it lowers you
or a seat thats halfway down that you switch to then get out
or a... etc. etc. etc.

'[R-DEV wrote:OkitaMakoto;1133899']The lack of fastropes is the only thing keeping PR from being the most realistic tactical modern warfare simulator on the planet.

It used to be the UAV and the fastropes that kept PR from being the most realistic warfare simulator on the planet. Since we got the UAV we need to up the fastropes campaign and soon we will be the most realistic modern warfare simulator on the planet!

oh my god...fastropes again? Where's my facepalm images...

I didn't know what fastropes were when I first came to PR, I eventually learned.

I got an idea, we put a helo, on our helo, with some ropes on our ropes, so we can fastrope while you fastrope!!

'[R-COM wrote:Scot;1133939']I got an idea, we put a helo, on our helo, with some ropes on our ropes, so we can fastrope while you fastrope!!

First Part=DONE!

The massive amounts of threads about fastropes and suggestion on their implementations by posters who have no ideas of some of the engine's limitations have made the entire thought of them into a hilarity. So when new ideas are proposed people take them for exactly as they are, and no real effort is put into testing out potential ideas, especially considering the work many would require.

For instance, you can't simply attach a rope to a helicopter, but can you hold a rope in place with implosions, or would networking not be strong enough and cause it to fall off?

I see it as a cool idea but... with the way damage systems work and a hovering black hawk is a disaster waiting to happen...

What I mainly love though is everyone who tries to bash fastropes in order to make themselves feel better.

They'll say things like "how often would you use it?" or start getting into a discussion about realism all the while helicopters can still land between trees and buildings (which they do frequently) and escape without their rotors being damaged