Gas? What gas?
Personally I'd like to see a return of the u2xmp gas grenade radius because I think the current model actually encourages gas spamming.
I was playing online about two weeks ago and I had someone fire all six gas grenades in a row at me. I'd never had that happen before when I played u2xmp. I try not to fire more than one at a time because anything more and you are reducing your own options. The reson for it causing more gas spam, I think obviously, is the much smaller radius. It's no way near the weapon it once was. Since the tech is only really effective at closer ranges you need a way to get close to the super fast ranger and a way to wear down that walking battle-tank gunner before engaging. I used more as a weapon to get people where i wanted them to go, fire it over their heads to keep them close or fire between you for a little cover. A ranger with an artifact running away from you is not a race you're likely to win.
Toxic Gas: Sprays out a cloud of neurotoxic gas that is so caustic it eats through metal armour.
That is the Unreal 2 game manual definition of the gas. Now if I'm not mistaken nerve agents (neurotoxins) are basically nasty convusling death to those exposed. "Initial symptoms following exposure to sarin (and other nerve agents) are a runny nose, tightness in the chest and dilation of the pupils. Soon after, the victim will then have difficulty breathing, and will experience nausea and drooling. As the victim continues to lose control of his or her bodily functions, he or she will involuntary vomit, defecate and urinate. This phase is followed by twitching and jerking, and ultimately the victim will become comatose and suffocate as a consequence of convulsive spasms." This is wikipedia's description of sarin and I recognise that there is no way the symptoms could be duplicated in a video game (thank god). I think that the amount of damage it's doing is fine but considering 10mg*min/m3 of vx is a lethal dose if inhaled or 10mg in case of skin contact shouldn't this be one of the deadliest weapons in the game?
To cut a long story short, just a little bigger cloud of gas please.
ps. Great work in any case fmi!