New Phase Gate Tactic

BOZO

<div class="IPBDescription">Ligit or not?</div> I wish I hade a screen shot but here goes. I dont remeber the map name, it was the one with the "Sewer Hive" The Aliens had three hives, we had every upgrade as Marines. Onos charged our base and we cut them down really fast. Then the comm spams the entrance to our base with phase gates(2 rows of 5 I think). We bulit them all. When the Onos came again he fell victim to our little trap and was cought in and endless loop. It was really funny! We lost anyway though the fades blinked in. Is this tactic ligit or an exploit?

Paranoia2MB

I think it's a funny one.

Imagine 2 Onos' coming in, they hit the phase gate and then they telefrag each other, haha. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

And I would also say that it's a light one, phase gates are weak and can do down in 5 secs from an onos.

coil

It's legit. Let's look at the details:

1) It will only stop melee attacks. Bile Bomb, a very effective anti-structure and anti-personnel weapon, will go right over it.

2) It hurts the marines as much as the aliens; the only way over it is with a jetpack, preventing them from using heavy armor.

3) The lerk and fade can fairly easily bypass this trap.

4) It prevents the marines from using phases for any other purpose, since all the gates are linked.

peacekeeper

Nothing stopping the Onos attacking them, phase gates aren't particularly known for their uber HP.

Salaman

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They're the 3rd strongest marine structure, with 3500 hp, (RT has 5000, CC 8000) <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

Shockeh

I know this, because once I found out you can bite THROUGH the gratings on Ventilation Hive (you DID know that, didn't you?) it took me like a minute solid biting to eat one.

Aaron

BOZO: Brilliant! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Slycaster

That also would cost a ton of resources, 200 to be exact, which he could have spent on jetpacks+hmg's and did a few hive attacks.

ShuflY

It's a fine tactic in my book. Any good Ohnos player would just destroy the gate before proceeding. If they either didn't hear it on their way to the door, or didn't see all the particles the gate produces, then they deserve to fall into that trap.

ShingyBoy

U could bend the tactic to ur will tho not exactly blockade ur entrance but stuff them around the base if u get my drift they wil be running around trying to kill everything they mite trip fall over and fall into one of those u see so if u use it that way it can b more effective

pDK

I personaly saw this happen... I wish I had the 30 mins back that we're rapped from me. The commander made the WHOLE BASE (not exaderating.. they went to the door(s)) on eclipse one HUGE phase gate. The whole time I told him this will not work at all and I just sat back and watched the slaughter.

Look guys... if the aliens have the IQ of two, I think they may be able to kill a phasegate WITHOUT going into it. "But the marines can kill them as they try to kill the phase gate!" Uhh... how you going to get their genious? Sure.. this idea is different... but its just that... DIFFERENT! Does NOT mean it will work.

nthing

ummmm...

Maybe I'm just an idiot, but how are they stuck in this so called endless loop? Surly it's possible for the onos to just run off the phase gates once they reach the second row... or do they get stuck inside the phase gate or something?