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Sirus
Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">for sieging hives.</div> Never and I mean Never let them know you are there.
Never Build around a corner or in the LOS of anyone in the Hive
Never attack before the siege cannon is completed
Only Defend.
Have everyone work on it, the sooner its done the better.
Avoid using parasited marines.
Covertness is Key...
With these basic and logical tips, you should be able to pull off a succesful Siege. Too many times to people, build in the line of sight of the hive, or start shooting things up before the siege is done. With the Alien HUD you can only see hive/teammates/friendlies underattack/parasited marines. So if they dont know your there, your on your way to a successful siege.
Never Build around a corner or in the LOS of anyone in the Hive
Never attack before the siege cannon is completed
Only Defend.
Have everyone work on it, the sooner its done the better.
Avoid using parasited marines.
Covertness is Key...
With these basic and logical tips, you should be able to pull off a succesful Siege. Too many times to people, build in the line of sight of the hive, or start shooting things up before the siege is done. With the Alien HUD you can only see hive/teammates/friendlies underattack/parasited marines. So if they dont know your there, your on your way to a successful siege.
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I do this all the time, using siege guns that is. My favourite thing to do is build fire bases just within range of 2 of the hives along with a phase portal and it's game over for the aliens <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> I hardly ever fortify a hive room because there is no need if you have a few sieges parked withing range. It's the most cost effective method I have found of winning the game because it can be done right at the start before even HMGs or HA is researched.
The public servers are not really packed with hardcore khaara slayers <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
most of the players seems to be rambostyle noobs, some good european
servers would be nice to see.
Best would be if they are password protected <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Go passwords!
always build it near hive's, siege cna only reach a certain distance.. There is ussually one or two resource nozzles near hive's, take one of these, get normal turrets up to protect it and siege...
Maybe good for a pub full of new alien morons, but try this against a competant team on a passworded server or in a clan match and its not gonna happen.
Best way to seige a hive is to run in, and shoot it to bits as fast as possible. Plan ahead and hive as many people HMGs and shottys as possible.
With a whole team shooting, they go down pretty fast, tho of course some ppl are gonna be on door duty making sure you don't get attacked. you just have to walk in en-mass.
You have no idea how hillarious it is to watch 2 or 3 lone marines attacking a hive with lmgs and watching as a full team of 8 fades / skulks responds to the hive being under attack.
Its really not worth it like this, you just need as many people as possible in thier at once, not a small 2 or 3 man group.
Unupgraded LMG does 10 dmg per shot and fires 10 rounds a second. 7 x 500dmg = 3500dmg in 5 seconds flat.
HMGs and shottys as possible.
With a whole team shooting, they go down pretty fast, tho of course some ppl are gonna be on door duty making sure you
don't get attacked. you just have to walk in en-mass.
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if you play against a good team they will have build some defense in order to protect the hive
and when you attack the intire team will come to crush you how long do you think you can last
if the aliens are attacking from everywere? plus they will respone into your face!!!!!
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the most of the aliens dont whait too here if someone is building outside their hive when they
respone they run to get at the place they were before
Exactly, The little Vents in Bast being the prime example there are four vents where you CAN NOT hear anything being built plus of course the sucidal builders in Feedwater(By that I mean send two marines with Jetpacks or spamm em heath through the Water way from Refinery side, Now build a Phase gate ON one of the marines so it will be stablised by him, now then as they are building and deing from drowning you build a TF on the second marines who builds till he dies as well, come back through phase gate as nessary, now upgrade the porter, send one brave sole back through and build the seige on him, One Hive coming up dead
Now send your HA and HMG Marines up out of the water for the ultame suprise attack, just have them stand next to the hive to make sure they are protected from Skulk attacks