What weapons does blinky have?

Longtooth · July 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">Readme</div>I have read various FAQ's and stuff but none of them have told me clearly what weapons blinky(level4) has?
I have heard he has claws and some sort of shoulder acidy gun and his blink ability(its kind of a weapon).
And a quick side question for the playtesters are there any alien types that are overused?

MonsieurEvil · July 2002

He has:

(0+ hives) - Claw Attack
(1+ hives) - Acid Rocket
(2+ hives) - Umbra Cloud
(3 hives) - Blink

I don't think there are any aliens that currently get overused. Some get used more than others, like the lev1-3, as they are avilable more often and cost less to evolve into.

Slycaster · July 2002

Well, bob is obviously used the most, but that doesn't mean he is overused, seeing as you spawn as it. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Legionnaired · July 2002

oh, o blink's a 3 hive ability?

I guess the moral of the marine strategy is "DONT LET EM GET 3 HIVES!"

f3rret · July 2002

Anyone feel like giving us a comprehensive list of all the weapons and abilities of all the classes? I would say it's about time, not much more of it is STC... I assume.

Longtooth · July 2002

What exactly is the acid rocket? does it explode impact? And what is an umbra cloud?

MonsieurEvil · July 2002

An acid rocket is a... rocket made of acid. It just fires a slow glob of goo which explodes for some splash damage. Umbra is a defensive weapon, which absorbs bullets being fired in your vicinity. not all, but most. It doesn't stop grenades or siege cannon splash though.

f3rret · July 2002

Okay, now we're getting somewhere. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> Can we have some details about the rest of the alien levels, too?

MonsieurEvil · July 2002

Nope.

Longtooth · July 2002

I second weasles I mean f3rrets motion <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> A comprehensive list of the aliens and thier abilities would be very nice and if it would make you sleep better you could always put STC is big letters below it <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Morso_Rodriguez · July 2002

why not?

MonsieurEvil · July 2002

Because.

Longtooth · July 2002

Come on evil pretty please? What could it hurt? It would just mean a few less clueless newbies at the release! And make me sleep a little easier at night.

f3rret · July 2002

hrm... why could we get details about blinky, and not anyone else? I'm confused.

Dam<b>n</b> dictatorships. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

PeregineDive · July 2002

what exactly does the Blinky's "blink" skill do anyways? I can wait for the mod to come out and find out(hehe), but I have heard it numerous times in the stories and such, so you got me really curious about it!!

-PD

Moleculor · July 2002

Well, here's a bit of info for ya...

Bob can bite.

(The Blink is the teleport thing.)

Sgt_X · July 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Longtooth @ July 29 2002,06:02)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Come on evil pretty please? What could it hurt?</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
It will, u see Flay put a memory block on him, if he says more than he's authorized to he'll go into a nasty seizure.

Legionnaired · July 2002

Ooh, ooh, another classified piece of info:

The flier..... can... FLY!

<span id='ME'><center>Legionnaired Giggles like a schoolgirl, and then is riddled by HMG fire from many disgruntled members of the forum </center></span>

Daxx · July 2002

So Umbra's like a really strong attack of flatulance?

DruBo · July 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (MonsieurEvil @ July 29 2002,13:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Because.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Because he already got tricked into releasing the Level3 information, and if he releases any more he'll be socially sanctioned* by the dev team.

*because you can't beat up, or in any way physically harm, a marine.

JediYoshi · July 2002

/me points to "Edit" button

Legionnaired · July 2002

And even if you DO kill him, he never dies, he just regroups in hell.

Morso_Rodriguez · July 2002

indeed

I shouldn't bug a marine, but i have to ask . . .

Because why?

f3rret · July 2002

Well, don't blame the next n00b that comes in here asking about the alien levels and weapons, because it isn't really placed out for anyone to see.

I guess they're just keeping it as a surprise for us. God knows why... if I wanted to be surprised, I'd just wait until GameSpy says the game is done, rather than checking here twice a day... sheesh...

Longtooth · July 2002

RRRAAAAAARRRRR!!!! This infuriates Longtooth!

f3rret · July 2002

*hands Longtooth a number*

There ya go. Line is over this way.

<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

CMEast · July 2002

I dont think that lvl4 rocket launcher has been explained enough yet.

Is it a large blast radius?
Does the damage reduce the further you get from ground zero?
Does it have a push back effect? i.e. is it possible to rocketjump (even if only slightly), can you move then enemy or knock turrets around so they face the wrong way?
What is the projectiles speed?
Can it be hit by anything else like a bullet?
What is the rate of fire?
Does it need to be reloaded? i.e. the alien can only charge up to 5 rockets and hold them in its sac (dont be rude) or can it just keep firing?
If its acid does it do damage instantly or overtime? If overtime then does the damage multiply (instead of just adding on) if you get hit by more than one rocket?

Umbra- How does it work (story wise)? Is it a static cloud or does it follow you, I believe its big enough to envelop others but Im not sure. How long does it take to dissipate?

Thatll do for now.

Freemantle · July 2002

Pudgy - How does his shooting attack stack up?

Webs, can they be cloaked?

Are webs still real accurate? I remember a pic of rhoads ( I think) making a pentagram out of web.

Does he have thick armour?

Can he regenerate?

Do all aliens have a bite attack that does massive damage?

Scythe · July 2002

Are you lot the kind of people that buys an extra roll of christmas paper before christmas to wrap up your presents again after you have opened them for an early peek?

<a href="http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=surprise" target="_blank">http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=surprise</a>

Might be worth the read.

--Scythe--
<a href="mailto:the_only_scythe@subdimension.com">the_only_scythe@subdimension.com</a>

Sgt_X · July 2002

/me writes as much as he can from memory.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Does it have a push back effect? i.e. is it possible to rocketjump (even if only slightly), can you move then enemy or knock turrets around so they face the wrong way?</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I haven't hear anything affirm or negative on this but my guess is no it does not fit, and certainly the turret thing doesn't happen.
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Does it need to be reloaded? i.e. the alien can only charge up to 5 rockets and hold them in its sac (dont be rude) or can it just keep firing?
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There'll probably be a cool down time (i.e. ROF measured in several seconds) and it'll probably go through enough energy to make it so u won't be able send several hundred through the marine defences as fast as u can fire them. (this ones pure speculation so don't take it as the word of god)
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Pudgy - Can he regenerate? </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I think all aliens have a sligh regenerative property that is increased by proximity to the hive, # of hives, and an upgrade.

(All this taken from my memory so don't trust it <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> )

Sono · July 2002

Oh you blokes!

The dev team won't give out anymore info on the aliens classes and abilities, as they are all described in the manual. And the manual is released in the same moment as the game itself. Guess, you even get the manual AND the game in only _one_ download! <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'> *gosh*

MonsE surely gave out info about lvl4 accidently and for that got nearly slain to death by Molec's personal Bob and/or Flayra's big book of NS code as Flayra might have printed the whole code out just to slap MonsE with it for giving out info accidently.

So now if you try to storm Flay's house and manage to get past the zombie armies kept in the house (of course Flay's computer is in the basement in the garden.) you might get shot by snipers on the roof.

/me remembers that Flay's house was one of those secret infos.
No! No! Get away! aaargh! NO! I won't say something again! Argh! No! not the code! waaaaaaaaaa!
*Sono dies cause of print paper messing up his lungs*

What weapons does blinky have?

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