the shock stick

[Gajdycz]

is it another melee weapon, and would u use it to beast soem citizens to death, i would

 

[M1RAG3]

Yes it is a melee weapon, and I guess you could do whatever you wanted to with it...

 

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

Hellz yeah i would beat the citizens

 

[CrazyHarij]

It's not confirmed that it will be wieldable by anyone but the Combine soldiers, is it?

 

[Vegeta897]

Hellz yeah i would beat the citizens

Why? The citizens help you!

Can't wait to shock some baddies though.

*GZGZZZZZZZTTZTZTZTZ*

"AAHHHH OHHH GOD NOO, AHHH SOMEBODY!! ARRRGHGHH"

:O

Edit: Harij, why wouldn't it be? What is stopping us from killing them and taking it? Valve wouldn't show us something so cool and not let us use it. I believe Valve said something like that once...

 

[Yombi]

It's not confirmed that it will be wieldable by anyone but the Combine soldiers, is it?

You'd think that if you killed them though (if they have it on them) you should be able to pick it up

 

[Ownzed]

Shocking the citizens will pwn.

 

[Dr0ndeh]

im pretty sure they wouldnt have another melee weapon other than the crowbar for gordon to use.

 

[Feath]

im pretty sure they wouldnt have another melee weapon other than the crowbar for gordon to use.

Unless it's an Uber-Crowbar. Like, one that can knock out Humans quickly, but wouldn't break open crates. You could use it as a sneaky weapon.

There's some evidence that Valve at least toyed with the idea of using this as a melee weapon.

 

[Vegeta897]

im pretty sure they wouldnt have another melee weapon other than the crowbar for gordon to use.

Why not?

I would think more is better for HL2, because now there is physics, and one of the best ways to hit stuff is with melee weapons. More the merrier.

Besides, Halflife + It's exp's includes the crowbar, the knife, and the wrench.

Edit: Does ANYONE esle see a tan forum skin?
I was reporting a post and all of the sudden TAN!
???

 

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

It would be funny to beat combine soldiers too

Give them a taste of there own medicine

 

[Dr0ndeh]

Why not?

I would think more is better for HL2, because now there is physics, and one of the best ways to hit stuff is with melee weapons. More the merrier.

Besides, Halflife + It's exp's includes the crowbar, the knife, and the wrench.

yes but halflife itself only had the crowbar. the crowbar has become somewhat 'iconic' with hl and hl2, and i dont personally think they'll include another melee weapon. im not saying it wouldnt be cool to shock the crap out of some combine nasties tho :E

 

[Feath]

...my friend has the leaked build of half-life 2 ...

Thanks for ruining the surprise.

I swear, we can't have any speculative discussions about ANYTHING anymore without some clever prat coming in and saying "My Friend played the leak and he said this happened". And it's always their friend, never them. The entire forum consists of people whose "Friend" played the Beta.

We used to always discuss the story and what it might be, but now I'm dislike going into any threads that discuss the story.

 

[Vegeta897]

Don't worry Feath, he posted complete BS.




Tan?

 

[Dr0ndeh]

Thanks for ruining the surprise.

thanks for letting us know there was a spoiler in a post which has been deleted, and given the nature of the thread, we all now know what that spoiler is.

 

[Vegeta897]

thanks for letting us know there was a spoiler in a post which has been deleted, and given the nature of the thread, we all now know what that spoiler is.

Oh gimme a break.
We all know the shock stick is in the game, ffs.

 

[Dr0ndeh]

'we' all know that do 'we'

i certainly didnt until 2 minutes ago.

 

[Feath]

thanks for letting us know there was a spoiler in a post which has been deleted, and given the nature of the thread, we all now know what that spoiler is.

I said he ruined the surprised. It's up to you whether he said "there's a shock stick" or "There isn't a shock stick but there's a black crowbar that does twice the damage".

 

[Vegeta897]

'we' all know that do 'we'

i certainly didnt until 2 minutes ago.

Loosen up man, you were going to find out anyway. What makes a difference when?

If we see a weapon in the game, we can use it. End of story.

 

[Dr0ndeh]

I said he ruined the surprised. It's up to you whether he said "there's a shock stick" or "There isn't a shock stick but there's a black crowbar that does twice the damage".

it was fairly obvious.

Loosen up man, you were going to find out anyway. What makes a difference when?

im also going to find the entire plot to hl2, doesnt mean i want to know it now.

tbh, youre right, im not particularly concerned that i now know it, but it wouldve been a nice surprise.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

if the shock stick is in, great, the more the merrier
i like weapons.. lots of weapons!

/me muhahaha!

 

[pyroCow]

Anybody could find out by checking the halflife2 font...

 

[XFallenAngel5X]

oh im soo sorry i didnt know that would be classified as a spoiler. im really sorry for that. plz forgive me.

 

[Vegeta897]

It's simple, just don't mention anything regarding the beta and you will be A.O.K.

 

[XFallenAngel5X]

It's simple, just don't mention anything regarding the beta and you will be A.O.K.

thank you for the information as i will never mention anything in the beta other than that i own it.

 

[Feath]

thank you for the information as i will never mention anything in the beta other than that i own it.

I thought it was your friend?

 

[XFallenAngel5X]

I thought it was your friend?

that was before i knew i could talk about the beta. im sorry about that.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

I thought it was your friend?

oh come on!
u and i both know when its "my friend" its really "i downloaded the stolen leak and played it but am too afraid to admit it so i will use "my friend as way to overcome my fears"

 

[ne0_shiny]

Edit: Does ANYONE esle see a tan forum skin?
I was reporting a post and all of the sudden TAN!
???

go to the bottom of the page and it has a drop down selection thingy, you can choose grey or tan

 

[Petabyte]

O.K. The shock stick wouldv'e been a cool suprise, the more stuff that seems "fresh" the better the game will be. Damn. I forgive you, but please don't do that crap in the future
Please delete this moderators so more people don't get the spoilier.

 

[FISKER_Q]

we all know that there's no icon for the weapon. And it wouldn't be hard to cross reference with the preloads.

 

[alan8325]

Just think about it and you have your answer. The shock stick has to be usable because there is no logical or believable way to make it unusable. We already know that you can pick up objects that are light enough without the manipulator.

Would it look right to pick up the shock stick and only be able to throw it, but not swing it? Would it make sense to not be able to pick it up, but be able to pick up objects of equal or greater size? Would it make sense for the shock stick to disappear once the combine weilding it dies?

 

[Yombi]

Would it make sense for the shock stick to disappear once the combine weilding it dies?

Maybe it self-destructes(sp?) when they die :cheese: but really...this is rather stupid

 

[AJ Rimmer]

I hope we get to see some more citizens getting beaten.

 

[Yellonet]

The shockstick isn't a lethal weapon, so I don't know what you would do with it... making someone angry?

 

[Brian Damage]

Stunning them (permanently) like in Deus Ex? Or maybe it'd make a good alien deterrent...

 

[kaellinn18]

Stunning them (permanently) like in Deus Ex? Or maybe it'd make a good alien deterrent...

The electric prod was one of my favorite weapons in Deus Ex. In the first level, I got a huge kick out of sneaking past the enemies at the bottom of the Status of Liberty, shocking a couple at the top, and throwing them off to land on/beside their buddies. If HL2 doesn't have the shock stick, I'm sure it will be modded in pretty soon after release.

 

[Yellonet]

The electric prod was one of my favorite weapons in Deus Ex. In the first level, I got a huge kick out of sneaking past the enemies at the bottom of the Status of Liberty, shocking a couple at the top, and throwing them off to land on/beside their buddies. If HL2 doesn't have the shock stick, I'm sure it will be modded in pretty soon after release.

Speaking of throwing bodies, I know that the manipulator wont affect enemies, but can the player pick up e.g. dead Combine Soldiers? That would be cool.. or sneak up on someone and hold them as a human shield.. would be cool to be able to take hostage in CS like that too

 

[L337_Assasain]

Never thought of that, doubt it, would be awsome though. Rambo style

 

[Yellonet]

Yep, that would be awesome