Fade/Onos
Racer1
Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9615Members
Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9615Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Getting real experience</div>The Story (a bit winded):
For new and occasional players of ns2, learning how to play the "bigger" kharra classes without dying is a major hurdle. You join a game, play as skulk for a while, get enough res for fade or onos, and egg. Now you are moving around, trying out your new swipe ability, hit a pile of marines, and die. So, you are back to square one, wondering what hit you. 10 minutes later, you finally have enough res to go fade again. This time, you are more careful, hoping not to die so soon, and survive a bit longer - only to encounter a marine with a shotgun. You swipe a few times, landing a hit!... and die.
The Problem:
So, you just played for 30 minutes, and got maybe 30 seconds of real "in-battle" play-time as a fade, and succeeded in wasting 100 res that could have better helped your team elsewhere. Trying to learn Onos is even worse.
The Conclusion:
As with any game, becoming an expert takes time and determination. I'm not saying it should be easy, just that perhaps there needs to be other ways to do it, providing players with a way of improving skill without having to wait forever between "training sessions" to do it.
For new and occasional players of ns2, learning how to play the "bigger" kharra classes without dying is a major hurdle. You join a game, play as skulk for a while, get enough res for fade or onos, and egg. Now you are moving around, trying out your new swipe ability, hit a pile of marines, and die. So, you are back to square one, wondering what hit you. 10 minutes later, you finally have enough res to go fade again. This time, you are more careful, hoping not to die so soon, and survive a bit longer - only to encounter a marine with a shotgun. You swipe a few times, landing a hit!... and die.
The Problem:
So, you just played for 30 minutes, and got maybe 30 seconds of real "in-battle" play-time as a fade, and succeeded in wasting 100 res that could have better helped your team elsewhere. Trying to learn Onos is even worse.
The Conclusion:
As with any game, becoming an expert takes time and determination. I'm not saying it should be easy, just that perhaps there needs to be other ways to do it, providing players with a way of improving skill without having to wait forever between "training sessions" to do it.
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