Parasite In Combat Play
Thaldarin
Alonzi! Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">whats the point when we have sof</div> Hm just a short thread here, just in combat it seems there is a problem. Parasite makes one marine appear when hit, where as scent of fear makes all marines appear with one resource point. I'm finding parasite useless when I'm a skulk, don't know about anyone else, but in combat its really unused and a waste of an ability. Any other thoughts?
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I understand your point though, it's why I support the idea on the other thread of swapping leap and para with some changes. It helps give people an incentive to use SoF at the start of a game, and also takes away that idea of a "uesless" (though it would be very harsh to call it that) ability.
Personally I don't find parasite useless, it just flies in the face of having SoF as you say, which doesn't encourage you to use sensory chambers. Arguably though having leap would fly in the face of using celerity, but I wouldn't know until it was balanced and tried.
So, when you parasite marines, you help these team mates out. it can warn them of marines advancing on a hive. Or of a large group waiting at the end of a hallway (sucks when you accidentally run into that...).
Nevermind that even if someone plans on getting SoF, they might not want to/be able to at the start.
I believe in one game, as aliens, we won in the 1-2 min range reapeatedly, simply because 5 of us kept parasiting marines. they could no longer wait at the end of a hall catching the other rushing skulks off guard with nowhere to go.
That alone is useful.
Good point, hm nice new tactic for me to use <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Whats the point in wasting your life here? Go make something more helpful somewhere else, like in a church raising for charity or something.
yep... teamwork hax for the win
parasiting is child's play with SOF...
That's just my two cents.