Blink And Web

InvasionInvasion Join Date: 2002-12-22 Member: 11323Members
in New Player Forum
Someone please explain the benefits of blinking. I've tried it and I can only blink to a place lower than where I'm standing and only within about 10 feet of me. What's the point of this? Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

Also, how does webbing work w/ gorges? I choose web, then press fire and the gorge makes his ka-ka sounds, but I see no webs. Do I have to hold it for a long time or what? I see other gorges making nice little lines all around the hallways, but I can't seem to recreate that mastery.

If anyone can help, I will give you my mother's credit card number.
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  • aAA1aAA1 Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9292Members
    Easy, With the Webbing, you shoot the web to point A.
    Then shoot more web to point B

    You'll notice a line of web go from point A to point B, then from there to point C...D...etc

    If that makes sense.

    With the blinking, Its kinda hard to get the hang of, but its really good when you know how to use it [ blink behind a marine and whack him with your claws ]. Try jumping, Then ducking in the air, then blinking...works for me.
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  • AOBBlack_BartAOBBlack_Bart Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10629Members
    First web... its easy use as discribed by a|A, (shoot then shoot another location and the web grows between the two places, there must be a LOS between the 2 anchor points)

    However as for how to use it, when you do you it try to shoot 2 points on the floor, if the web is at all raised off the floor its easy to see... (I prefer just in front of a closed door with 2 or 3 turrets on the other side of the door, so the tun up trigger the door and get webbed at the same time, then the turrets finish the job...

    Blink... That is harder, when you use it, a line is drawn between you and the target in your crosshairs, the game then tries to move you down this line, as it moves you it checks the edges of you model, it they toucvh any thing your blink is stopped at that location.

    So if you want to blink a long way, jump crouch and look slightly up... jumping get you off the floor, crouching makes your fade model smaller for contact calculations, and looking up ensures that you don't bink towards the floor (as the floor is the prime candidate for shortening your blink)..

    try to blink towards blank walls, as thinks like pipes, turrets, hives, grated floors, and other objects can trap you.. ( you can blink into them on occasion blank walls are safe) if this happens (you wont be able to blink out) get a gorge to build a movement chamber next to you, you can use it to get out...

    Hope this helps

    Bart
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    An additional note about webbing - if you have your flashlight turned on (all aliens and alien structures glow and are semi-transparent), you will not be able to see webs as you place them. This is a bug. They still get placed, and if you turn your flashlight off, leave, and come back, you will be able to see them. But any alien with his flashlight on cannot see webs being placed.
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  • MastodonMastodon Old Fogie Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12052Members, Constellation
    and oddly enough they show up brighter if you turn your "flashlight" on (isn't there a term for this?) and the web's already been placed.
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    That's not odd... everything alien shows up brighter with the flashlight. (: And if you get Advanced Hive Sight, the marines do too. ^^
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  • TabrisTabris Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4273Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--coil+Jan 18 2003, 03:27 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Jan 18 2003, 03:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->That's not odd... everything alien shows up brighter with the flashlight. (: And if you get Advanced Hive Sight, the marines do too. ^^<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    One of my favorite abilities in dark lit areas <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • stoogstoog Join Date: 2002-12-18 Member: 11102Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Tabris+Jan 24 2003, 03:55 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tabris @ Jan 24 2003, 03:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--coil+Jan 18 2003, 03:27 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Jan 18 2003, 03:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->That's not odd... everything alien shows up brighter with the flashlight.  (:  And if you get Advanced Hive Sight, the marines do too.  ^^<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    One of my favorite abilities in dark lit areas <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yea but don't turn it on when you go in a marine base, can't tell what is what
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