I see part of the balance problem...

Katsuro

I think the Aliens need to have a little more forced teamwork.

Since the marines HAVE to work as a team with the commander to do anything or get anything, they adapted to it quickly. Its not really hard to work as a team, after all, especially with voice comms.

But since the aliens dont have to have a commander to do things: upgrade class, build hives, resources, etc, they dont do it. The aliens run around doing their own thing. They defend structures and such, but theres not the level of teamwork and communication that the marines have.

You see, youll often see a skulk or bull kill several marines at at time, but rarely do you see a marine kill more than one alien at a time. Why? Marines travel in groups.

In short the aliens need to spend a little time in boot learning to work as a team, then the balance will be better. Maybe some adjustments to the alien team structure will help.

Spydey

Actually today I played a game where the aliens were really organised.. yelling for help, saying what they were building, teaming up.. and although we lost (it WAS 10v6) we gave them a real run for their money. One time I managed to rack up 10 kills without dying just by eliminating guys as they came out of their base, by working with a Gorge and his webs (I was a Lerk).

Just goes to show - you can get teamwork on the aliens side. Basically just depends on the amount of mics available.

Katsuro

Exactly my point, when the aliens work in a team, the game is more balanced. Thats why there needs to be some way of the forced team play on the aliens as there is on marines.