UT 2004 Ion Painter

[ultimasimon]

Does anyone know how your supposed to use the damn thing? We have all had a go at waving the thing all over the place but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. We know that once the laser goes bright red its going to 'have it' but its not reliable.

The manual says something about a primary and secondary fire (which just brings on the tele sight) but no matter what we try it seems to have a mind of its own.

Is there a knack to it?

[BrianTheYank]

I dont think Ive ever even used that weapon before.

[judas]

You have to target an area and hold the target for a while to call in an orbital bombardment

[ultimasimon]

Cheers Judas. Although it doesn't always fire everytime, I was wondering if you had to either:
a) Hold it for eternity - like 30 seconds (not good when getting shot at)
b) Not move the beam for it to work.
c) Only point it at humans / enemies.

And what the hell is the telescopic sight all about? I mean why would you need it to be pinpoint accurate if its a nuclear type weapon ? The only time we have fired it succesfully (read managed to get it to go off at all ) I nuked myself and my team-mate with it

The minelayer is superb though. Very sneaky. Its like being able to camp somewhere without actually camping

[Mr E]

Is the ion painter not the one you target an enemy with, and then the orbital sat zaps them about 10 seconds later.

The target gets a warning too. Quite good fun.