Max_Caine Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 It seems that a frag rocket to the face is enough to KO a Sebillian guard. Admittedly the research project currently reads as "####" but hey! alien scum! Captured! Only thing I will say that I don't think aliens turning a lovely shade of azure blue when stunned really works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUbiquitous Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 How are we supposed to capture aliens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Caine Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 A frag rocket does as much stun damage as it does actual damage, and has no armour penetration. Verses guards and higher-level troops (esp. Sebilians), the shot won't kill, but it will drop the HP of the trooper enough that the stun damage will knock it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUbiquitous Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 So we have to inflict stun damage? What other weapons do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Caine Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) In tier 1, incendiary rockets (small), frag grenades (small-moderate), flashbangs (small-moderate). Frag rockets do twice as much + 10 stun damage as any other tier 1 weapon. Edited August 29, 2012 by Max_Caine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzles Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Don't forget flashbangs and smoke (although that will take time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzi2k Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Anyone know if any additional research stems off stunning and capturing aliens? so far when i have capture then researched one it just says "A MIG-32 is a...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Caine Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 As far as I can tell, not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killias2 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 There's also a new weapon: the stun baton. You can use this, when right next to aliens, to knock them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korval Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 When do we get the stunner? I've yet to see it in the equipment screen. I added a couple of flashbangs for that purpose, but ended up not using them since I later decided they must only be for suppression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korval Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Anyone know if any additional research stems off stunning and capturing aliens? so far when i have capture then researched one it just says "A MIG-32 is a...." I seem to remember Chris saying that he wanted every research topic to yield an immediate benefit; so whether researching does you any good right now, I believe it should do so in the beta/final game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khall Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 When do we get the stunner? I've yet to see it in the equipment screen. I added a couple of flashbangs for that purpose, but ended up not using them since I later decided they must only be for suppression. After you research Alien Biology the stun baton appears under equipment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korval Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Groovy! Thanks. I almost have it, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Interesting. I wonder if the rocket scenario mentioned above means that stun damage is not being modified by armour correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Caine Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Well, after it worked the first time, I tried again, and again, and again with frag rockets. Didn't work. They all croaked. I'm guessing the random damage modifier was sufficently low in that particular case that after stun damage was applied, it was more than the HP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporal Hicks Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 What stun them is the smoke, not the rocket shrapnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Pancakes Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Honestly, I'd rather not go toe-to-toe with something that could take a frag rocket to the face and only be KO'd with a stun baton... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Honestly, I'd rather not go toe-to-toe with something that could take a frag rocket to the face and only be KO'd with a stun baton... Soon we are getting a melee mode on every weapon so I suggest that you drop a fraggrenade down his pants, shove a smoke grenade down his windpipe and clobber him over the head with an incendiary rocket. If you feel that the stun baton is too tiny and not intimidating enough that is. (Or use the medpack in the current version to lacerate and give him a bunch of bleeding wounds) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Soon we are getting a melee mode on every weapon so I suggest that you drop a fraggrenade down his pants, shove a smoke grenade down his windpipe and clobber him over the head with an incendiary rocket. If you feel that the stun baton is too tiny and not intimidating enough that is.I don't think I'd ever want to get close enough to one of 400 lb. reptiles to drop a grenade down it's pants...but sneaking up and give it a hotfoot with a flare then watching jump around the battlefield swearing in alien might be kind of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I don't think I'd ever want to get close enough to one of 400 lb. reptiles to drop a grenade down it's pants...but sneaking up and give it a hotfoot with a flare then watching jump around the battlefield swearing in alien might be kind of fun. Chicken! He can't move during your turn! He already reaction fired once on Thothkins, he probably doesn't have any AP left... it should be safe you yellowbellied scardy cat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I admit it that I peed my armor when I saw him and now I'm too embarrassed to close in. Maybe we could send up one of those brave Swedish raccoons with a C-4 charge strapped to it's belly? Please? I don't want to have to clean my armor again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Pancakes Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Where the heck is that useful hand grenade whenever you need one? Did we use em all on murderous rabbits?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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