Difference between revisions of "Talk:Heavy Thermic Lance"
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::What's wrong with a bit of flavor text? I always liked that line, and what's to say they didn't get the info from the same Gillman? :) [[User:Arrow Quivershaft|Arrow Quivershaft]] 17:41, 12 March 2009 (CDT) | ::What's wrong with a bit of flavor text? I always liked that line, and what's to say they didn't get the info from the same Gillman? :) [[User:Arrow Quivershaft|Arrow Quivershaft]] 17:41, 12 March 2009 (CDT) | ||
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| + | :::I dunno, I like flavour text but people keep editting it out telling me the UFOpedia should be serious. In any case, that line is <b>misleading</b>. It implies that you must research a live gillmen before you can research Heavy Thermic Lance. TFTD already has a very messed up research tree, with more than 1 version of it IIRC, so that line confused even me... I thought my memory was playing tricks on me or something. [[User:Jasonred|Jasonred]] 03:47, 13 March 2009 (CDT) | ||
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NKF, you win. Your description made me laugh twice. Arrow Quivershaft 11:38, 13 September 2007 (PDT)
- Technically I'm borrowing ideas I've read elsewhere - or think I've read. Still, I almost couldn't complete it. I was laughing my own head off while writing it... -NKF
Hey Spike, you might want to place a warning about weight on the drill articles. It got me screwed more times than I can remember. Muton commander 22:08, 2 October 2008 (CDT)
Initial research on the operational use of the Heavy Thermic Lance hit a standstill. It was a problem that baffled even the boffins. No one could get it to operate. Of course, with some excruciatingly painful torture procedures helpful guidance from a representative of the Gillman race (that shall remain anonymous), this stumbling block with the triggering mechanism was removed. Who was to know they mis-assembled the trigger so that you had to push it the other way?
On a lesser note, funding for an under-slung butter and salt dispenser and utensil storage was declined. The loss in profit from not being able to sell prime lobster meat to the highest bidders was just too high to justify a free gourmet after-battle meal for the ground troops.
- Guys, you sure about this? All the guides say you can just research Heavy Thermic Lance right after you research thermic lance, you sure you need to interrogate a Live Gillman to get this? Jasonred 08:00, 12 March 2009 (CDT)
This could have been confusion with the Thermic Lance. You need a Calcinite corpse for the Vibro Blade, then a Gillman corpse for the Thermic Lance. After this I never needed anything else to get the HTL. --Zombie 08:35, 12 March 2009 (CDT)
- I'll edit the main article to reflect this then... Jasonred 11:12, 12 March 2009 (CDT)
- What's wrong with a bit of flavor text? I always liked that line, and what's to say they didn't get the info from the same Gillman? :) Arrow Quivershaft 17:41, 12 March 2009 (CDT)
- I dunno, I like flavour text but people keep editting it out telling me the UFOpedia should be serious. In any case, that line is misleading. It implies that you must research a live gillmen before you can research Heavy Thermic Lance. TFTD already has a very messed up research tree, with more than 1 version of it IIRC, so that line confused even me... I thought my memory was playing tricks on me or something. Jasonred 03:47, 13 March 2009 (CDT)