Parasite And Sof

WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
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<div class="IPBDescription">Planned Obsolescence?</div> Seeing as SoF is supposedly ridiculously awesome (according to the PT's and vets), what does this mean for parasite? Is it obsolete? Is it a trivial ability now that every alien can see marines from far off? Should its effect be changed to complement the new balance and strategy of 1.1?
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    It's still pretty useful because it allows you to monitor marine movement far away from your position.
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  • Umbraed_MonkeyUmbraed_Monkey Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9922Members
    Does parasite still have limited range? What was the purpose of limiting its range anyway?
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  • Iced_EagleIced_Eagle Borg Engineer Join Date: 2003-03-02 Member: 14218Members
    edited May 2003
    The purpose i believe so that the rines had a better chance at kiling the skulks thus making the skulk take a risk for the rest of the hive so they will know the rines postion and so they can "monitor them"
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  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    is the pheremone trail going to be kind of like the jet pack fuel trail in a diffferent colour, or will it be something completely different?
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Actually, it was implemented due to some crashes connected to 'max visible sprite' errors. No idea whether that got remedied.
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  • KenichiKenichi This is not a pie. Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2941Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin--z.x. bogglestiensky+May 14 2003, 05:02 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (z.x. bogglestiensky @ May 14 2003, 05:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> is the pheremone trail going to be kind of like the jet pack fuel trail in a diffferent colour, or will it be something completely different? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    thats one way to descirbe it. With a different color and i would also say fewer puffs of smoke.
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  • criticaIcriticaI Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15269Banned, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Wheeee+May 14 2003, 03:51 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wheeee @ May 14 2003, 03:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Seeing as SoF is supposedly ridiculously awesome (according to the PT's and vets), what does this mean for parasite? Is it obsolete? Is it a trivial ability now that every alien can see marines from far off? Should its effect be changed to complement the new balance and strategy of 1.1? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Its still quite useful. You can:
    <ul>
    <li>Annoy a marine by parasiting, running, parasiting, running, etc
    <li>Usefull all the time, such as times when Sensory chambers aren't present
    </ul>
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  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    And parasite is still permanent until death?
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  • DemonmercDemonmerc Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3651Members
    There's no problem, what are you talking about??? It's a COMBO!!

    The skulk gets SoF. Sees where marines are. Sneaks up and parasites them. Alien team can see marines.
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  • ZiGGYZiGGY Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12479Members
    Using the new movement changes is the parasite machinegun feasible?
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  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Actually, since SoF is a sensory upgrade, quite a few amount of people still like cloaking. Parasite is a good way for people using SoF to parasite entire teams of marines, providing great information for the whole team.
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  • criticaIcriticaI Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15269Banned, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Demonmerc+May 14 2003, 04:28 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Demonmerc @ May 14 2003, 04:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The skulk gets SoF. Sees where marines are. Sneaks up and parasites them. Alien team can see marines. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'd say that kind of teamwork is exactly how Flayra envisions v1.1!
    Parasite is definetly one of the strongest tools the aliens have.
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  • ViolenceJackViolenceJack Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5624Members
    edited May 2003
    Either i have miss read something or there is actualy no point in "Pheromones" when u can have SoF or they are just the same.
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  • GoldenShadowGoldenShadow Join Date: 2002-04-21 Member: 483Members
    SoF shows marines through walls, pheremones help you track them in plain sight, but like low visibility. just follow the trail.
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  • SwampRatSwampRat Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13369Members
    personally depending how it comes out - i think i may prefer to use the pheromones regardless of how good it is relative to sof. it just seems lots more fun/like hunting. seems like a good plan to me <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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