Focus?
hyperionjjliu
Join Date: 2003-04-14 Member: 15505Members
Join Date: 2003-04-14 Member: 15505Members
<div class="IPBDescription">... exactly WHAT does it do?</div> Hmmm, I've heard a lot about FOCUS so far ...
all i know is it is an alien ability ... but I have a few really QUICK questions about it
1) does EVERY lifeform of Khaara have it?
2) EXACTLY what does it do?
3) what are its stats (like does it take adrenaline/energy to use, how long does the effect last, yada yada yada)?
also, as a side note, do CAT packs still damage the marine upon usage?
thanks a lot for your help guuys!
all i know is it is an alien ability ... but I have a few really QUICK questions about it
1) does EVERY lifeform of Khaara have it?
2) EXACTLY what does it do?
3) what are its stats (like does it take adrenaline/energy to use, how long does the effect last, yada yada yada)?
also, as a side note, do CAT packs still damage the marine upon usage?
thanks a lot for your help guuys!
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Hope that helps <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
all i know is it is an alien ability ... but I have a few really QUICK questions about it
1) does EVERY lifeform of Khaara have it?
2) EXACTLY what does it do?
3) what are its stats (like does it take adrenaline/energy to use, how long does the effect last, yada yada yada)?
also, as a side note, do CAT packs still damage the marine upon usage?
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As said, focus upgrades makes your slot 1 attack different. I don't know the exact numbers, but at level 3 it boosts your bite/slash/gore damage by %100, but increases the 'cooldown' of the attack by something like %110-120 or so. So you do double damage, killing marines with no armor upgrades in one hit, but you hit less than half as often. Also, using focus means you'll never run out of energy using your slot one attack, but you destroy buildings slightly more slowly.
Yes, catalyst packs do 25 damage to the marine that picks it up, unless they have less than 26 health, in which case it just drops them to 1 health.
Hope that helps <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
so say a skulk uses focus on a lvl 0 Armor LA marine, how much dmg does it do? (75+?)
At the start of the game when marines have level 0 armour it takes 2 bites to kill them. Focus makes that one bite to kill. At level 1 armour a marine takes 3 bites to kill so it takes 2 focus bites. At level 3 armour it takes 4 bites to kill a marine so they die in 2 focus bites.
cept for web.
actually would it affect gorge spit?
It did in earlier versions, but it was hard to live with slow stomping, slow healing, slow spikes, slow parasite, etc.
It does effect gorge spit, since spit is now a slot 1 weapon for the gorge.
cept for web.
actually would it affect gorge spit? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
GOOD GOD NO NOT XENO FOCUS NO THE PAIN THE UNGODLY PAIN OW OW MY LIVER.
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Yeah. Xenofocus SOUNDS good to all those people who play the game, then you get owned with it. 2 res upgrade for an entire team of skulks (12 res for 6v6) will DECIMATE a marine base. Seriously. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
It does affect gorgie spit.. With focus, it's like 50 damage or something. It was affecting healspray for a while, but it's better to heal fast then for more. And it was basically completely nerfing gorgie healing by one upgrade, and focus is supposed to make stuff better. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
The whole point of focus is that it's anti-personel. It's not meant to take out buildings, but almost all LA marines die in 2 focus bites or 1 good fade swipe.
I think we'll see a lot of good fades take focus and whup arse with blink/slash. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
It horribly sucks for an onos. Trust me on this one, k?
Defense is always going to be first or second, however.
The skulk bites twice every 1 second, now you'll bit once every second. I can live with that.
Does it still use up the same amount of energy? I mean, like if you usually use (to give it a numerical value) 10 energy every second as a skulk, does it use 10 energy every 2 seconds for more damage, or 20 energy every 2 seconds?
Because if it uses the same amount of energy but attacks slower then it will be far more "energy efficient" for old mr gorgie who runs out of energy ever so quickly.
But, it would only affect spit on the gorge. As spit is the first slot weapon(0 hive weapon).
I beg to differ. I use it to great effectiveness with onos, because it can go through lvl 2 armor in one hit, meaning that those annoying jetpackers in combat get splattered across the walls with ease, as they tend to trust speed to get them out of harm's way. Unfortunately for them, the onos with focus can down them easily, and if they have lvl 3 armor, they don't have much else left, and a good sporing will finish the job in short order.
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does celarity speed up attacks anymore? (I never use celarity, but i might now)
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this will help fade so much too <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
does celarity speed up attacks anymore? (I never use celarity, but i might now) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I don't know if celerity ever increased attack speed... It's just a move speed upgrade. It does, however, work well with focus at getting you into range to get that one killer bite faster. Personally, I prefer silence to do the same thing, but that's a matter of style. In combat, a popular combination is cloaking followed by focus, since it's really deadly to marines without upgrades, and you can get more than one from each upgrade type.