djlaptop Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Why wouldn't you just quickly pick it up and throw it far away from one of your buildings? Haha, thought about that while trying to defuse one today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHunX Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Brilliant idea Laps/Lappy/Lapper/Lapster/Lappers/Lapstaaah! I'd stick in the backpack of a Hotwire and tell the poor sod to run for it, FAAAR away from ME and the base. Run to the fields! And STAY there! Don't mind the countdown, it's just the GPS on acid. Seriously, though... I made a suggestion in a thread about making use of flares in the game to quickly draw attention to a specific spot, beacons in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RokumanZA Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I lol'ed, soo true irl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthEye Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Perhaps it would electrocute you when attempting to pick it up. Or it is glued/nailed to the ground. (Ever noticed how long it takes to deploy it? That's why!) I think there should be a mod where you use the repair gun to remove the glue/nails only, and then have to pick up the beacon and run for it... Would solve the "should there be a period just before detonation during which the beacon cannot be disarmed?" discussion. irl, I guess planting a beacon just to get a GPS lock is probably a bit silly too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD_ERROR_XD Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 well, tiberian dawn is being played in the past. technology those days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundShades Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I thought the same in Call of Duty Search And Destroy. Why wouldn't you throw the dynamite/briefcase away from the objective. Furthermore, why wouldn't you set the briefcase to explode in 8 seconds? Furthermore, why wouldn't you just destroy the objective with an external signal? Really, it works in it's own little world, just like beacons do now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicNote Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Perhaps the engineer is doing some hacking/decrypting and sending "cancel-launch codes" to the network the beacon is communicating with. Destroying the beacon wouldn't do a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriemhild Gretchen Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 It's really just a break from what reality would be like, in my opinion. In real life, and indeed, in Tiberian Dawn, there's no need for beacons. They'd just launch the superweapons. And if they did have beacons, they wouldn't BLINK AND FLASH. They'd try to sit there as quietly as possible without being noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorLunaC Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Yeah, normally you would just play soccer/football with it, or even blast it to smithereens. The Renegade mechanics are just that different. You would have to implement most everything from the strategy games in order to have the same balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Arts Staff Handepsilon Posted October 18, 2014 Totem Arts Staff Share Posted October 18, 2014 Screw reality. I placed a Nuclear beacon on someone who just stares at the sky on the Airstrip. The guy lives. Or maybe he's just Kane in disguise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendullum Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Step 1: Pick up beacon Step 2: Give beacon to Batman Step 3: Watch nuke in the distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Arts Staff Handepsilon Posted October 24, 2014 Totem Arts Staff Share Posted October 24, 2014 A.k.a. The Dark Knight Rises? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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