Is there any danger of me breathing in this substance?asked by TheDetox
TL;DRNot currently, but they hope the actor status system will let drug effects, possibly even through a helmet, affect players and AI, though there is no guarantee.
Not now, but very soon, we hope. We're putting in the actor status system. It affects what these drugs have on you, but it would be really interesting to see if you're firing at AI and they're taking cover behind these things, because taking cover behind dynamic objects is what the AI guys are going to be working on as well, and you manage to clip a SLAM, which is the blue crystal thing, that will enrage them and make them able to just take bullet after bullet as they run towards you. Whereas if you hit the E'tam, maybe they'll just get very, very mellow, very chilled.
Talking to Todd about that, obviously no guarantee, but something we definitely want to work towards is that actor status system. So when you start blowing up the drugs, if you're not wearing a helmet, you could fall under the effects of those drugs, and maybe even some of the drugs aren't filtered by the filtration system. So maybe even if you're wearing a helmet, it might still get through.
Yeah, I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for that. It's not lethal doses coming in, but you did just blow up a half a meter cube of...