Dispenser in TFC and FF

o_ihmhi · 10-14-2006, 12:54 PM

I fail to understand how the dispenser works in TFC.

I know that it apparantly holds, per the console description, "Cells, Armor, Rockets, and Shells (I think Shells)". How the rockets, cells, and shells get put in is obvious, but I do not understand how armor is put into the dispenser. They are not taken from your current armor or stock of cells or other ammunition, so I am guessing that the Engineer has a hidden extra cache of extra "armor".

Also, putting "armor" in the dispenser does not always work for me for some reason; sometimes after loading up on ammunition I have to toss a bag to be able to fill the dispenser with armor. Anyone have any idea how this works and why this happens?

But on to the main point. Will the dispenser in TFC carry all types of ammo (I mean, apparantly the dispenser message in console neglects to mention the, er, type of ammo used for railgun bullets), and how will the "armor" of the dispenser will be handled? Will it still draw from some invisible reserve the Engineer has? Thanks bunches mates.

o_-=shadowfox=- · 10-14-2006, 08:13 PM

When you first build the dispenser it takes like 40 of your armor...I imagine it just builds up from that.

o_nuggs · 10-15-2006, 01:27 AM

most people dont realize that the dispenser in TFC will generate its own ammo. You can build a disp and not touch it again for 5 minutes and come back to a dispenser will full ammo. Its one of the most underused major engineer features in TFC

will the disp in FF still generate its own ammo?

o_loader · 10-15-2006, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Nuggs

most people dont realize that the dispenser in TFC will generate its own ammo. You can build a disp and not touch it again for 5 minutes and come back to a dispenser will full ammo. Its one of the most underused major engineer features in TFC

will the disp in FF still generate its own ammo?

Not underused at all in clan matches :S

o_fjorn · 10-15-2006, 04:07 AM

yeah, I much prefer not having to use my disp as a remote bomb, its far mroe useful for its intended purpose

(and I think it sucks how leagues like STA view it as defensive only... when its perfectly capable of being on offensive resupply station)

o_meisteh · 10-15-2006, 08:25 AM

yeah if you're a med and hurt you can hide for 5min waiting for your health to get back and resup off the dispenser until you're full health and armour

o_kaids · 10-15-2006, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by meisteh

yeah if you're a med and hurt you can hide for 5min waiting for your health to get back and resup off the dispenser until you're full health and armour

hahaha

o_fjorn · 10-15-2006, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by meisteh

yeah if you're a med and hurt you can hide for 5min waiting for your health to get back and resup off the dispenser until you're full health and armour

naw, not quite that

if you're gonna wait that long, might as well die
but say you're a good O team, pair of meds hit the base together, get injured, hit the disp, then thye can heal each other, maybe 5 second delay

now I agree, its a bit limited, after all, the engy has to get there... but most leages allow at least 1 person in the yard, so it can have some use... if the engy was willing to give it up

o_pyromainiac · 10-16-2006, 01:57 AM

Please don't make it have a blast radius the size of the sun in FF.

o_catzeyes93 · 10-16-2006, 02:28 AM

With as much work as it takes to fill up a dispenser to max capacity..yeah... I would prefer to keep the blast radious to what it is now. If you get killed by a dispenser blast, you really have not been paying attention. I have only seen noobs get suckered by one. Rarely does a seasoned player get caught touchin or getting close to one.

o_nocomply · 10-16-2006, 02:46 AM

sometimes you get caught because it's well placed, if you get caught shooting it, then they know you are there, it's not likely you'll get hit, but I always get people and sometimes get hit by them trying to run by an opening.

o_saberwolf · 10-16-2006, 04:06 AM

....ok so any way. This is a pretty good question. Will there be/is there any changes to the despincer?

o_dr zoidberg · 10-16-2006, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Ihmhi

I fail

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o_ghost · 10-16-2006, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by CatzEyes93

With as much work as it takes to fill up a dispenser to max capacity..yeah... I would prefer to keep the blast radious to what it is now. If you get killed by a dispenser blast, you really have not been paying attention. I have only seen noobs get suckered by one. Rarely does a seasoned player get caught touchin or getting close to one.

Whenever I play engy in clan matches I get at least 5-6 dispenser kills in a round. Obviously if you put it in the middle of a room people aren't going to be stupid enough to go near it without destroying it. Howerver, if you put it near the flag or near a doorway you are covering in a way that cannot be seen as the enemy enters the area it's pretty easy to snag kills with the dispenser. And this is against "seasoned players."

Lost · 10-16-2006, 12:25 PM

Especially if the damned thing is full, it'll pop anyone.

o_uncle-argon · 10-16-2006, 01:19 PM

If you put them in tight corridors, particularly near main concing points, they can be pretty effective. There are few things more annoying as a scout than having something in the way when you've timed your prime so as to conc at exactly the right time and place. The engy doesn't even have to blow the bloody thing to ruin your entire attack.

This might just be my problem though. I have an astonishing knack for getting killed or stopped in unusual ways at the worst possible times: concing into the ground and killing myself with the flag; getting killed by detpacks as I fly through the air to cap on dustbowl; walking over caltrops when I'm racing to get the flag back before the game ends; getting crushed by lifts when hiding; waiting patiently until lasers are activated before walking through them.... I have absolutely the worst luck when it comes to TFC.

o_groovyf · 10-16-2006, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Uncle-Argon

waiting patiently until lasers are activated before walking through them.... I have absolutely the worst luck when it comes to TFC.

You're not alone... http://www.groovyfargo.co.uk/zip/com...ent2-2povs.avi

o_loader · 10-16-2006, 08:48 PM

? Dispensers in Offy?

Now I HAVE heard everything...

/me waits for a Team America style quote.

o_kam · 10-17-2006, 01:28 AM

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/7119/hihihinp2.jpg

o_fjorn · 10-17-2006, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by kam

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/7119/hihihinp2.jpg

OMG

Pure comedy gold

10-14-2006, 12:54 PM	#1
o_ihmhi Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Newark, NJ Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Dispenser in TFC and FF I fail to understand how the dispenser works in TFC. I know that it apparantly holds, per the console description, "Cells, Armor, Rockets, and Shells (I think Shells)". How the rockets, cells, and shells get put in is obvious, but I do not understand how armor is put into the dispenser. They are not taken from your current armor or stock of cells or other ammunition, so I am guessing that the Engineer has a hidden extra cache of extra "armor". Also, putting "armor" in the dispenser does not always work for me for some reason; sometimes after loading up on ammunition I have to toss a bag to be able to fill the dispenser with armor. Anyone have any idea how this works and why this happens? But on to the main point. Will the dispenser in TFC carry all types of ammo (I mean, apparantly the dispenser message in console neglects to mention the, er, type of ammo used for railgun bullets), and how will the "armor" of the dispenser will be handled? Will it still draw from some invisible reserve the Engineer has? Thanks bunches mates.

10-16-2006, 12:25 PM	#15
Lost Fear teh crowbar. Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma Gametype: CTF ftw, yeh Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	Especially if the damned thing is full, it'll pop anyone. __________________ Do what you want cuz a pirate is free! You are a pirate!

10-14-2006, 08:13 PM	#2
o_-=shadowfox=- Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	When you first build the dispenser it takes like 40 of your armor...I imagine it just builds up from that.

10-15-2006, 01:27 AM	#3
o_nuggs Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	most people dont realize that the dispenser in TFC will generate its own ammo. You can build a disp and not touch it again for 5 minutes and come back to a dispenser will full ammo. Its one of the most underused major engineer features in TFC will the disp in FF still generate its own ammo?

10-15-2006, 04:07 AM	#5
o_fjorn Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	yeah, I much prefer not having to use my disp as a remote bomb, its far mroe useful for its intended purpose (and I think it sucks how leagues like STA view it as defensive only... when its perfectly capable of being on offensive resupply station)

10-15-2006, 08:25 AM	#6
o_meisteh Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	yeah if you're a med and hurt you can hide for 5min waiting for your health to get back and resup off the dispenser until you're full health and armour

10-16-2006, 01:57 AM	#9
o_pyromainiac Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Please don't make it have a blast radius the size of the sun in FF.

10-16-2006, 02:28 AM	#10
o_catzeyes93 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	With as much work as it takes to fill up a dispenser to max capacity..yeah... I would prefer to keep the blast radious to what it is now. If you get killed by a dispenser blast, you really have not been paying attention. I have only seen noobs get suckered by one. Rarely does a seasoned player get caught touchin or getting close to one.

10-16-2006, 02:46 AM	#11
o_nocomply Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	sometimes you get caught because it's well placed, if you get caught shooting it, then they know you are there, it's not likely you'll get hit, but I always get people and sometimes get hit by them trying to run by an opening.

10-16-2006, 04:06 AM	#12
o_saberwolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Missouri Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	....ok so any way. This is a pretty good question. Will there be/is there any changes to the despincer?

10-16-2006, 01:19 PM	#16
o_uncle-argon Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	If you put them in tight corridors, particularly near main concing points, they can be pretty effective. There are few things more annoying as a scout than having something in the way when you've timed your prime so as to conc at exactly the right time and place. The engy doesn't even have to blow the bloody thing to ruin your entire attack. This might just be my problem though. I have an astonishing knack for getting killed or stopped in unusual ways at the worst possible times: concing into the ground and killing myself with the flag; getting killed by detpacks as I fly through the air to cap on dustbowl; walking over caltrops when I'm racing to get the flag back before the game ends; getting crushed by lifts when hiding; waiting patiently until lasers are activated before walking through them.... I have absolutely the worst luck when it comes to TFC.

10-16-2006, 08:48 PM	#18
o_loader Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Portsmouth, England Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	? Dispensers in Offy? Now I HAVE heard everything... /me waits for a Team America style quote.

10-17-2006, 01:28 AM	#19
o_kam Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/7119/hihihinp2.jpg

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