Outside Map, Would Lerk Rule?

RAQ · November 2002

If we had an outside map, like a countryside with a barn, a village, fields and canyons - wouldnt the alien lerk be all powerfull?

1) It would be able to go any where with blistering speed - I havnt reached topspeed yet on any map. (what good is celerity for lerks, andrenalin is the choice)
2) It would be able to snipe marine and structures from far away, even with 1 hive, even more vicious with 3 hives and spore cloud.
3) It could scout the enemy and easily attack at weak spots.

more?

Wolf · November 2002

That, but you could completely nerf that by having a team specific trigger_hurt which slowly drains Alien health if outside for extended periods of time..

Nubi · November 2002

welll if the marines built there base inside a barn or house, then it should be fine

I've always wondered about an outside map, like a City, Canyon, Rural, Italian (damn italians), etc.

would be fun

Go7 · November 2002

i can't wait to see squadrons of Lerks flying in formation. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

BedwettingType · November 2002

That's a pretty high-tech barn....

lazygamer · November 2002

Ranged attacks! Sure you'd be a little too in-accurate, but you'd get several hits to weaken your enemy, he'd close in and more and more shots would hit. This would also contribute to an "advanced warning".

Or you could take out your pistol, snipez0r with it, then switch to LMG and kick some **obscenity**! The key here is advanced warning.

Poor skulks would have to work harder in the great outdoors. Any way to fight the totally un1337 r_speeds in HL for cool outdoors?

saint0z · November 2002

or fly in formation, spot 2 or 3 marines on the groun, then just dive bomb from all the way up chomping all they way...

QUAD · November 2002

Hrrrm.

I'd direct you all to the design documents for mapping if I wasn't so lazy as to not want to dig up the link, But I can tell you there are reasons all maps are indoors- the points the first post in this thread pointed out are some of these reasons.

domesticxdispute · November 2002

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Flying V! Flying V! Flying V! Flying V!
I think it would be fun if someone made a map with just a REALLY long corridor just to see how fast you could get a lerk going. Or maybe the longest blink <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'>

DarkWulf · November 2002

i think the lerk would rule... compared to the other aliens...

but the marines would own pretty hard. the aliens need to get up close to hurt you, so if you are just shredding them at range...

Outside Map, Would Lerk Rule?

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