R0ar ! For The Hive Mind!
strangepIMPIN
Join Date: 2003-03-30 Member: 15045Members
Join Date: 2003-03-30 Member: 15045Members
<div class="IPBDescription">new feature for skulks</div> Im sorry for posting my suggestion here, but the suggestions forum is closed and i really had to contribute my idea !
I think getting resources for doing kills as skulk is great, because u dont depend that much on the team anymore, !_BUT_ ! i noticed that in the early skulking phase of the game, there is almost NO teamwork among skulks ! Everyone is trying to get as much kills as possible to be ONOS soon ! And i have to tell you it really SUCKS ! Teamplay among beginner aliens is suffering ! It should be made easier for them, to start enhancing their teamplay skills by attacking (or defending) together as skulks !
So this is my idea:
The Skulks should be less powerful when acting alone. How can we achieve this ? By weakening the skulk a bit and adding the possibility to get a SKULK SWARM BONUS!
Often a skulk wounds a marine and dies, and a second skulk will get the kill(and the resources)by hitting the marine one time only ! The first skulk did lots of damage to the marine, but he loses all upgrades, has to restart at the hive and even doesnt get resources ! So the Skulks should get a SWARM BONUS for killing in swarms of 2 or more skulks ! For example, the ones who wounded the victim get one res afterwards, and the one who kills him gets 3 ! One dead marine would be worth more resources for the alien team when killed by a skulk SWARM ! Afther the kill, all members of the skulk swarm could do a kind of "victory roar" automatically (im thinking of a sentence like "for the hive mind!" or something like that, it could be a kinda grunt sound, too. This loud roar will show the aliens (and the marines) how good the teamwork of the aliens is! And as another advantage, incoming marines would be warned properly when a teammate was killed some seconds ago by a SKULK SWARM ! He will expect more than 1 skulk, that would raise the intensity of group fights, too !
As a fan of teamplay i'd really love to see such a kind of swarm bonus for the skulks. IT WOULD IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BEST ONLINE GAME SO MUCH !
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I think getting resources for doing kills as skulk is great, because u dont depend that much on the team anymore, !_BUT_ ! i noticed that in the early skulking phase of the game, there is almost NO teamwork among skulks ! Everyone is trying to get as much kills as possible to be ONOS soon ! And i have to tell you it really SUCKS ! Teamplay among beginner aliens is suffering ! It should be made easier for them, to start enhancing their teamplay skills by attacking (or defending) together as skulks !
So this is my idea:
The Skulks should be less powerful when acting alone. How can we achieve this ? By weakening the skulk a bit and adding the possibility to get a SKULK SWARM BONUS!
Often a skulk wounds a marine and dies, and a second skulk will get the kill(and the resources)by hitting the marine one time only ! The first skulk did lots of damage to the marine, but he loses all upgrades, has to restart at the hive and even doesnt get resources ! So the Skulks should get a SWARM BONUS for killing in swarms of 2 or more skulks ! For example, the ones who wounded the victim get one res afterwards, and the one who kills him gets 3 ! One dead marine would be worth more resources for the alien team when killed by a skulk SWARM ! Afther the kill, all members of the skulk swarm could do a kind of "victory roar" automatically (im thinking of a sentence like "for the hive mind!" or something like that, it could be a kinda grunt sound, too. This loud roar will show the aliens (and the marines) how good the teamwork of the aliens is! And as another advantage, incoming marines would be warned properly when a teammate was killed some seconds ago by a SKULK SWARM ! He will expect more than 1 skulk, that would raise the intensity of group fights, too !
As a fan of teamplay i'd really love to see such a kind of swarm bonus for the skulks. IT WOULD IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BEST ONLINE GAME SO MUCH !
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1 skulk vs 1 marine = marine win
4 skulks vs 1 marine = skulks win.
Simple <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
As it stands 1 skulk v 4 marines can still come out on top, but more often than not 1 skulk v 1 marine will lose, just depends on skill of the players really. Alot of skulks together helps without FF, FF on and skulks beging getting res for killing other skulks <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Just wait in a dark corner (not on the ground) wait till the last one passes jump out bite 2 to death jump back to security wait a bit and than jump out again and bite the others. Ok I really had much luck but hey it works! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Hang on, are you saying in tourney mode that aliens get res for killing other aliens?
That would be silly. Sorry.
Then i die <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
But I helped the team! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Try spacing out your bites. You'll get used to it.
(I'm not talking from experience. I hated this in 1.04.)
FF issue: I NEVER played on a public server that had FF ON !! Only in clanwars !! And it has nothing to do with that skulk bonus idea, too ! Please stick to the topic !
Of course its always better for the team to attack together, but do YOU wait for other skulks to kill a marine together <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> I DON'T ! I would try to kill him alone to get the res ! With that skulk swarm bonus reward, you might think about waiting for others (or even for beginners who are a bit slower at moving through the map) to do the job ! If they attack with other skulks, they will get resources even if they hit the marine only 1 time ! and dont forget that victory grunt thing ! It would give a great teamplay experience to aliens, improving the hive mind inside the heads of the players !
btw drawviewmodel is for noobs <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Anyway I am getting better, ive already started getting around 2 kills per death as skulk on average which is much better than when i started having to use the teeth. Its not gonna be a major hinderance.. just a big change in how the game feels to me.
However i did know others have asked about the eyes in the mouth... i still think its a valid point though.
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