Great Game
hoju2
Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6873Members
Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6873Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Lerk Army wins the game</div> So I was Gorging in a game with the Viaduct and Powersilo hives, early game Marines had taken Silo and we were moving toward Viaduct. I built the Hive, but soon after a large group of Marines rush us and build HUGE defenses, PG, TF, SC. . . Nothing we could do was making any effect against the huge defense and MANY people were saying its F4 time. I go Skulk and crawl up onto the catwalk above the Hive area. There I went Gorge and built all the OC's and DC's I could. Their SC couldn't hit the Chambers because they were above its max height range. Using this base, we launched a hugh Lerk attack using about 7-8 Lerks. We quickly overran their defenses and got the Hive up again.
We later took back Silo and slaughtered the Marines. And I'm sure anyone who was there will say it was a great game.
We later took back Silo and slaughtered the Marines. And I'm sure anyone who was there will say it was a great game.
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On Nothing, behind the Viaduct there is this inbetween room that can only be reached by vents called the Redroom (I think, otherwise I'm just making it up) now what the marines did was MOVE their base up into this room with the aid of jetpacks. They placed a few sieges down and it was impossible to build our 3rd hive. However this meant that the marines were basically confined to the redroom and anyone who got out was soon eaten.
Once again, it seemed that everyone thought that Fades were the best evolution for the job. <b>WRONG</b> Fades are useless in vent situations. This scenario happened twice (Same comm) in 2 different rounds and here are the 2 solutions to the "Stubborn marines base in the vents" problem
1.) EVERY Kharaa player goes Skulk, with Carapace and Celerity upgrades. Get everyone outside the vents, give them the word, rush the marines and eat as much as you can. Repeat until dead (Marines have no resources seeing how they are in a vent, so its very very hard for them to rebuild)
2.) EVERY Kharaa player goes Lerk, with Carapace and Adrenaline upgrades. Everyone goes outside, fly up. half of the lerks umbra, the other half start chomping. Works wonders.
[VsE]Marine!, your bases in the vent days are soon over <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
I do actually have one umbra question though - are you only protected when you're in the umbra, or will it stop bullets passing through to the other side too?
I know this isnt realistic but...
that's just how it works.
It does not stack, either.
I know this isnt realistic but...
that's just how it works.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not realistic? Heck, no cloud of gas I've ever heard of can stop bullets for something _IN_ them either <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> In fact not a lot about the kharaa seems realistic. Does it matter? nah.
Me: "You got that?"
Them: "Yes, yes, stop going on"
Me: "Okay, doing it now".
*I fly over to the tfac/phase, and cast umbra*
*I watch the fades sitting in the corridor, acid rocket spamming*
*I sigh, and start to bite down the tfac or phase*
*A group of HA/HMG come through the phase*
Them: "HAR!"
Me: "Uh...hi guys..."
*Watch the fades run off*
At this point I usually make a break for it. Sometimes I'll make it, sometimes I won't. If one of the fades dies, I will usually get asked why I stopped umbra-ing them. At this point, I bugger off and let them do their thing, and try to take stuff down on my own <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->.
Oh yea and that Red room is great for sieging Vent Hive, but yea u need some 1 with JP. Good place for PG, CC IP. Have had to build CC once or twice down 2 hives and we managed to come back and win, a hour and a half later.
Was funny, as we were on eclipse, and I was a lerk, supporting a fade at their main base.
They had fortified CC very well, so we thought, 'sod that, go for the main base' - as that was where they ahd arms/proto, etc.
Well, basiclly, the fade I was supporting died cause he ran backwards from a HA HMG guyd and got shot.
It was gr8 fun, cos I just opened the door, spiked people and stayed in my umbra cloud!
It is SOOOO funny seeing HMG LAs charging this lowly lerk and then getting bitten to death while firing IN the umbra!
Several tried to knife/weld me, but I was able to bite them to death first!
I even took down 3 HAs with spike/bite/umbra!
The marines got SO **** off at this stupid little flying thing at their dorr, that 4 charged me with welders!!!, alas I couldnt kill them , and they got me <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
Good thing was, while I was keeping them busy, the fades had gotten CC back, and so when I re-spawned, I just went <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> and killed em all!
V fun game, and don't forget, with umbra, a lone lerk CAN take out lots of marines, as long as they are on their own.
I was once marine and the aliens tried that tactic. We had an enormous turretfarm in the hive, and there were aliens on the catwalk... they kept coming! We kept killing them, and more and more lerks came. Couldn't figure it out for the life of me D: