Question ot vets about balance
The_Scapegoat
Join Date: 2002-10-06 Member: 1454Members
Join Date: 2002-10-06 Member: 1454Members
Well as i read oh so many posts i keep hearing about how a single Alien can make short work of a Marine squad, and that if you like to go it alone and still rule butt thats the way to go. Well if this be so, were is the balance?
I understand that the Marines got a commander for corrdinating people and can see where the aliens are and drop ammo and the like, but as i said i read all about a single alien keeping near some defensive chambers just cuts through a well made plan like a hot knife in butta.
So ide really like to hear some feedback on this, as im sure there is a reason to play Marines and oh so many of the gameplay storys are about Marines pwning, but that just might be its more intresting to play the down and out, screwed from the start FSA.
Thanks ahead. <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::asrifle::'><!--endemo--> ouch ouch ouch <!--emo&:(--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('><!--endemo-->
I understand that the Marines got a commander for corrdinating people and can see where the aliens are and drop ammo and the like, but as i said i read all about a single alien keeping near some defensive chambers just cuts through a well made plan like a hot knife in butta.
So ide really like to hear some feedback on this, as im sure there is a reason to play Marines and oh so many of the gameplay storys are about Marines pwning, but that just might be its more intresting to play the down and out, screwed from the start FSA.
Thanks ahead. <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::asrifle::'><!--endemo--> ouch ouch ouch <!--emo&:(--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('><!--endemo-->
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The balance this weekend is just about perfect!
/me cheers
1) Marines are *very* effective in groups. Multiple kills for aliens generally occur because of ambushes or similar strategies. A coordinated marine team can really dish out pain.
2) Marine firepower is nasty - 10 rounds from an LMG, 4 from a HMG, or ~5 from a pistol will take down a skulk.
3) Alien weaponry is primary melee. If marines see an alien coming, he's toast.
4) Marine base defense is superior to that of the aliens.
5) The coup-de-gras: the commander. Aliens don't have anyone dropping health and ammo from the sky while they're fighting. An effective commander (combined with welders to repair armor) can extend the life expectancy of his squad a *great* deal.
Besides, I'd be really surprised if the first version is devoid of big balance issues. Usually you don't notice these things with such a small playerbase.
It's so bad that the vast majority of units manage to suck <b>and</b> own <i>simultaneously</i>. <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->
umm, depends on which sort of alien, if its an onos, than this is realy true <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
Besides, I'd be really surprised if the first version is devoid of big balance issues. Usually you don't notice these things with such a small playerbase.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
so true, u can NOT have any bugs thats as impossible as us3r getting a gf <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
(Second flame of the day. But then, there were 2 deserving recipients today.)
Edit: "I prefer to decide for myself what I need to know."? So you basically select what you "know" and ignore anything that doesn't fit? No wonder you have such a low opinion of this mod. No wonder we all hate you.
1)You're a jackass and the whole community hates you, because you hang around saying things to the effect of "NS sucks and everyone who likes it is stupid".
2)You have been added to the banlist on IRC. Whether or not you can avoid that ban, you haven't been seen there in ages, due to conclusion number one.
3)You have an all-encompassing grudge against this mod, evidenced by your constant naysaying and refusal to see anything but the problems that you imagine exist within NS.
I think I can safely say that I'm right on all 3 counts. To avert a flamewar with the most flameworthy of posters, I'm just going to leave it at that and let one of the mods deal with this thread.