Show some love to gorges people!

current1yoldcurrent1yold Join Date: 2012-09-10 Member: 158911Members
The gorges can do other stuff then be a mobile medic to skulks and onos! I'm still surprised what you can get away with as gorge sometimes, you can make a huge dent to marine economy if you do it right. Marines def need to take them more seriously sometimes. But gorge talk aside it was a fun game to those who played on both teams. It was very close until the last 60 seconds when we took repair then straight to shipping on ns2_tram. Very hard fought on both teams.

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  • NominousNominous Baltimore, MD Join Date: 2012-02-18 Member: 146518Members
    Oh definitely, gorges become infinitely better with bile bomb. This reminds me of a game yesterday on Veil. Marines only held Command to Sub and started pushing out with about 3-4 exos toward System Waypointing. I camped this area as a gorge and supported our two onii. We held those exos back for a pretty long time even though they were getting welded. They might have been destroyed right there if we had another gorge bombing or if our comm went shift hive. *cough* :P
  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    Bile bomb is good, healspray is ok, structures are a tiny bit useful... Gorge is worth it's price, especially because it's not the most high skill class, but it's not exceptionally game changing (which at 10 pres, it probably shouldn't be)

    The difference between a spectacular gorge and an ok gorge is much smaller than the difference between a spectacular fade and an ok fade.
  • SoulfighterSoulfighter Join Date: 2012-11-05 Member: 167432Members
    edited November 2012
    learning the way of the gorge is a long and tedious path, only the wisest of the wise gorge might spam bilebomb on unattended buildings


    ...
  • CaptnRussiaCaptnRussia Join Date: 2012-10-30 Member: 164462Members
    I wholeheatedly agree with the need for Marines to take gorgies far more seriously. I hate to see pubbers that freak out about a lerk or even a couple of skulks just totally ignore even a single Gorge. If only more people could understand the importance of killing off a gorge even early game perhaps Marines wouldn't get whooped so badly all the time.
  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    "Bile Bomb researched"

    PARTY TIME!



    Structures still suck though. Increasingly meaningless as game time goes on.
  • unkindunkind Join Date: 2012-02-04 Member: 143563Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2037821:date=Nov 30 2012, 07:30 AM:name=Necrosis)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Necrosis @ Nov 30 2012, 07:30 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037821"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->"Bile Bomb researched"

    PARTY TIME!



    Structures still suck though. Increasingly meaningless as game time goes on.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    arms lab is more meaningful, phase gates more, wat
  • CrushaKCrushaK Join Date: 2012-11-05 Member: 167195Members, NS2 Playtester
    I love to sneak as Skulk around enemy troops that heavily siege our Hive, just to Gorge in their unattended base (with the adrenaline-rising moments when you hear a marine jetpack around on guard duty in the room right next to you) and cause some havoc on the power and afterwards everything that is still up.

    Often I hope to get reinforcements at this point, but more often than not am I left to my self and the marines kill me after taking most of their buildings down while my fellow alien mates are too busy gaining back their orientation in the sieged Hive area to actually start a push on the marines before they get their buildings back up.
    But I remain with the satisfaction that I just made them waste a lot of res.
  • no_ideano_idea Join Date: 2005-02-15 Member: 41201Members
    edited November 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=2037804:date=Nov 30 2012, 12:17 PM:name=CaptnRussia)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CaptnRussia @ Nov 30 2012, 12:17 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037804"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I wholeheatedly agree with the need for Marines to take gorgies far more seriously. I hate to see pubbers that freak out about a lerk or even a couple of skulks just totally ignore even a single Gorge. If only more people could understand the importance of killing off a gorge even early game perhaps Marines wouldn't get whooped so badly all the time.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    but... but.... but they are sooooo cuuuute. One does not simply kill such a beauty
  • SjNSjN Join Date: 2003-01-07 Member: 11983Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    I feel so guilty everytime I kill a gorge D: I apologize after every kill.
  • current1yoldcurrent1yold Join Date: 2012-09-10 Member: 158911Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2037868:date=Nov 30 2012, 09:20 AM:name=SjN)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SjN @ Nov 30 2012, 09:20 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037868"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I feel so guilty everytime I kill a gorge D: I apologize after every kill.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    I'm glad some one else feels this way because I certainly do. I don't apologize but I def feel guilty. it's even sadder when the gorge knows he's dead and just gives up and sits still.
  • no_ideano_idea Join Date: 2005-02-15 Member: 41201Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2037873:date=Nov 30 2012, 03:32 PM:name=current1y)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (current1y @ Nov 30 2012, 03:32 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037873"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm glad some one else feels this way because I certainly do. I don't apologize but I def feel guilty. it's even sadder when the gorge knows he's dead and just gives up and sits still.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    oh my god:(
  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=2037822:date=Nov 30 2012, 12:33 PM:name=unkind)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (unkind @ Nov 30 2012, 12:33 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037822"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->arms lab is more meaningful, phase gates more, wat<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Woah, Gorges can drop marine structures!? HAX!

    <!--quoteo(post=2037873:date=Nov 30 2012, 02:32 PM:name=current1y)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (current1y @ Nov 30 2012, 02:32 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037873"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->it's even sadder when the gorge knows he's dead and just gives up and sits still.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Old Yellegorgey :-(
  • MestaritonttuMestaritonttu Join Date: 2004-07-29 Member: 30229Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold
    <!--quoteo(post=2037873:date=Nov 30 2012, 05:32 PM:name=current1y)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (current1y @ Nov 30 2012, 05:32 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037873"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm glad some one else feels this way because I certainly do. I don't apologize but I def feel guilty. it's even sadder when the gorge knows he's dead and just gives up and sits still.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I heard the new gorge 3rd hive ability makes the gorge sit and the eyes evolve larger and it makes puppy sounds.
  • includeinclude aka RpTheHotrod Dallas, TX Join Date: 2003-01-08 Member: 12027Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=2037932:date=Nov 30 2012, 10:59 AM:name=Mestaritonttu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mestaritonttu @ Nov 30 2012, 10:59 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037932"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I heard the new gorge 3rd hive ability makes the gorge sit and the eyes evolve larger and it makes puppy sounds.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    That's mighty dangerous.
  • GorgenapperGorgenapper Join Date: 2012-09-05 Member: 157916Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=2037932:date=Nov 30 2012, 11:59 AM:name=Mestaritonttu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mestaritonttu @ Nov 30 2012, 11:59 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2037932"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I heard the new gorge 3rd hive ability makes the gorge sit and the eyes evolve larger and it makes puppy sounds.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    <img src="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/065/a/5/NS2_Gorge___cute_version_by_kyliegirl.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
  • current1yoldcurrent1yold Join Date: 2012-09-10 Member: 158911Members
    that pic is actually my steam avatar lol.
  • GuspazGuspaz Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2862Members, Constellation
    I had a great game just the other day where a gorge won the game for us, caught us by surprise.

    It was tram, I think, and we were stuck at two hives. Marines controller the rest of the map, all three other hive locations, and they were slowly whittling us down. Since we hadn't been able to get up any momentum, and even co-ordinated attacks on marine locations had failed, it seemed like defeat was inevitable. They even had put an exo or two into play, and we didn't have any onii.

    So, we had one gorge in our hive closest to the original marine start, and he seemed to not be doing all that much. He was just kind of hanging out around the hive, seemed to be keeping up a roadblock, but the marines weren't really pushing it, so my glances at the minimap seemed to indicate that he was being kind of useless.

    And then the power went down in marine start.

    It turned out that in addition to maintaining his roadblock at the entrance connecting our hive to marine start, he had also been popping into marine start to do hit-and-run bilebomb attacks, and the marine comm hadn't noticed (it's not necessarily obvious until the sirens start blazing when the thing is almost dead). So the marines hadn't been repairing the thing, or taking out the gorge. All their attention was faced on holding back our attacks on their other two bases.

    Well, the gorge noticed the marines were distracted during one of our assaults on one of their other bases, and decided to stick it out a bit longer and take the thing all the way down through the siren phase. And he did. And nobody on EITHER team saw it coming.

    As soon as we realized power was down in marine start, what few of us were alive rushed the place, took out the comm, and then started trying to disassemble the place. It was a pitched battle, but we were respawning way closer to there than the marines were, and we kept the pressure up just long enough for our comm to get a few whips up in their base to supplement the skulks, and that did it.

    All the marine upgrades were there. Most (or all?) of their IPs (at that point). We had gone from losing to suddenly having dealt a huge blow and gained the momentum. After that, the writing was on the wall; marines with no upgrades couldn't push back against three-hive aliens, and the momentum gave us the breathing space to get some higher life-forms out, and we took the day.

    And all this because one gorge, all by himself, managed to surprise every player on the server.
  • xen32xen32 Join Date: 2012-10-18 Member: 162676Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    How can you possible kill a gorge, they plant flowers and make sandcastles and slide on their bellies, wooooo ^_^
  • NordicNordic Long term camping in Kodiak Join Date: 2012-05-13 Member: 151995Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow
    I go out of my way to kill gorges... Theres an onos chasing me, hold on, let me kill this gorge. Wait, we could of taken that hive room if I had helped... Well I killed 3 gorges and it was worth it!
  • Zora-LinkZora-Link Join Date: 2012-11-17 Member: 172195Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2038051:date=Nov 30 2012, 04:13 PM:name=james888)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (james888 @ Nov 30 2012, 04:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2038051"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I go out of my way to kill gorges... Theres an onos chasing me, hold on, let me kill this gorge. Wait, we could of taken that hive room if I had helped... Well I killed 3 gorges and it was worth it!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    <a href="http://www.portal2sounds.com/sound.php?id=537&stream" target="_blank">....Bad.</a>
  • RabidWeaselRabidWeasel Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5337Members
    I love murdering gorges, they have too much hp >:(

    I don't really like how bile bomb makes gorges go from a sometimes-useful roadblocker into an unmatched siege weapon of destruction but then the 2nd hive abilities are pretty gamechanging for most lifeforms so I suppose I shouldn't complain. Really, the biggest annoyance is how rarely people will go gorge when they're needed most; I'd love to have hypermutation back so that I could shift role without losing a big stack of res.
  • NordicNordic Long term camping in Kodiak Join Date: 2012-05-13 Member: 151995Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=2038052:date=Nov 30 2012, 01:19 PM:name=Zora-Link)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zora-Link @ Nov 30 2012, 01:19 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2038052"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><a href="http://www.portal2sounds.com/sound.php?id=537&stream" target="_blank">....Bad.</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well... I am also one of the first to go gorge if I notice it is needed. I love sneaking into bases and taking them before a marine even responds. There goes 200 res for them...
  • AurOn2AurOn2 COOKIES&#33; FREEDOM, AND BISCUITS&#33; Australia Join Date: 2012-01-13 Member: 140224Members, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Forum staff
    I still reckon bilebombs ridiculusly op.. it takes onos being the siege unit out of the question. i still reckon bile should be support siege, make it easier for everyone else to take the structures down, instead of just taking them down by themselves.. :/
  • RaZDaZRaZDaZ Join Date: 2012-11-05 Member: 167331Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited November 2012
    BURN IT...BURN IT WITH FIRE!

    Agreed that Bile Bombs do too much for what they are worth. Their damage on exos I think is fine but the AoE radius is enormous for a near spammable, high damage armor ability. An ability like that should come from a higher evolved lifeform, it's just too efficient.
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