Killing the commander

Seraphic8X

<div class="IPBDescription">Assasinations?</div>Is it possible for the aliens to go behind enemy lines and assassinate the marine commander while he's in his command module thingy?  If so, would there be any point bonuses for the aliens or consequences for the Marines?

Sgt_X

If the marine defences were sloppy or the alien was just plain lucky they could get to the CC, they then would probably destroy it, and kill the commander. Consquences? Well if the marines don't have a backup CC or a welder then they've got no commander for the rest of the game, this makes they're job a lot togher. If they have backup CC then someone runs over to it and takes over, hopefuly for them quickly. If they have no backup but someone has welder then they'll try and get him back to base ASAP so he can fix it and (again) hopefuly for them the aliens don't make an all out blitz at that point.

WaffleSpoon

Is it possible to, at the beggining of any game, just put a spare welder into an not-so-used vent somewhere in the map, and make it stay there for ever, informing marines that in the case of CC death, just run there n get the welder?

Or does it dissappear after X seconds?

Scythe

I am all for weapons, including the welder, lasting forever once dropped and being easily destroyable by the aliens.

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

P.S. In the RC6a changelog Flayra mention that the CC had a health of 3500 (I think), That's about 32 bites by a Level 1. That's based on the information that one bite does 110 damage.

Thansal1

no need, they poof after 30 secs (PT quote)

as for just droping a welder, well, at the begining they have much better things to drop RPs on, also even if a marine was to pick it up then he has a good chance of dieing before it becomes any use
also I think they need to be researched (like everything else)

coil

Standard commander procedure:  drop yourself a shotty and a welder.  It can save your life and your team... I always forget to.   ^^

Spyder_Monkey

Yeah, there's nothing like spawning an HMG, lots of ammo, and a welder before you make a hasty eject and start pumping rounds like crazy into anything clawing, biting, spitting at, or trampling your precious Command Console...