I Was Just Wondering

Anonymous_Coward

<div class="IPBDescription">map concept in development</div> ...what people here thought about a hive room that can only be reached by the marines by using a welder or jetpack. (And there is a good reason for this)

Oni would still be able to leave it and Skulks would have no trouble getting through to the other hives or MS.

It would otherwise be the closest hive to MS, but not in siege range.

Would this totally bugger the marines or is it a valid concept for an official map?

enf0rcer

hmm. If it is close enough to MS for the marines to at least have a chance of welding it open then yes i suppose it could work. I personally wouldn't lock it down with JP only entrace because that totally ruins the use of heavies without phase gates and i'm sure it makes that hive almost impossible to take. I'd try and avoid it if i were you but if you do go ahead just use a weld point and make sure it doesn't take too long to weld and that its not too far away.

Rush_Of_Peons

yeah ive gotta agree that it may be a very good idea, like in ns_hera archiving that in order to go straight to it you need to weld the gunk, or go up the ladder.... fdamn! just destroyed my own argument there!

But the concept of any good hive room is the fact that marines need to be able to access it without purchasing equipment, so maybe you ca n make this a direct route to the hive and have another weld free entrance further down?

Mr_Headcrab

maybe a one-way only entrance, like a broken catwalk, marines fall down but cant get back out through the same route, they have to weld open a door from the alien side, a challenging feat while fending off a snarling Fade.