The Top Ten Ways to Pwn at CO
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Name changed from Freak83Toronto Join Date: 2003-03-13 Member: 14484Members, Constellation
Name changed from Freak83Toronto Join Date: 2003-03-13 Member: 14484Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">A Guide</div>Greetings NS General Discussion forum goers. Recently I have embarked on a journey into the world of (combat) commonly refered to as "co" and also commonly referred to as "the plague". Through this less-than-a-week journey I have been to many exotic and mesmerizing places such as co_faceoff, co_daimos, co_angst, and many many more.
When I started my trek into this section of the NS universe I found many things that amazed me, skulks would cloak <i>and</i> focus! There was no commander yet I found ammo and health being dropped right onto me no matter where I stood, and I didn't even have to ask for it! The amount of explosions, Fades, Oni, and JP'ers was astounding. And depending on what server I went into, occasionally I would witness the miracle of a marine with Heavy Armour AND a Jetpack as well! But one thing that stood out more than anything else to me was that I was not able to kill any aliens, and they were <i>all</i> able to kill me.
So I continued to play, and I watched, viewed, and spectated the top CO players in the servers that I had joined. Now for my benefit, your benefit, and the benefit of anyone who wishes to venture into this forsaken land on combat - I have compiled a list of the top 10 ways to do well in CO as a marine, and so you can pwn - like me.
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10. Cut in front of your teammates as they are running out into combat. The first person to get out there is going to be the first person to kill those aliens! Why risk letting your teammates get those kills when they could be gotten by YOU! Don't forget, it's the person who gets the kill that gets most of the experience!
9. Don't contribute to the fight until the alien is weak enough to be finished! Save those bullets for when you know you're about to get the final hit! (This one may take some practice). This is especially true for when fighting Fades and Oni.
8. When your teammates are shooting an alien, walk in front of them so their bullets hit you instead of the target (be careful with this if Friendly Fire is turned on). This way you can sneak in and grab the final hit and get the experience for yourself! For perfection, use this in conjunction with #9.
7. In some cases getting that final hit on the Kharaa might just be impossible. In a situation like this make sure you stand out of the way of being hit, but at the same time close enough to the action to leech experience off of your teammates kills. DO NOT contribute to the fight unless the alien decides to attack you in which case you should defend yourself (but not your teammates).
6. If you walk into a situation where a teammate is fighting a Kharaa and has run out of ammo or has to reload, make sure you let the alien kill him first BEFORE you finish off the weakened alien. This way you get 100% of the experience for the work your teammate has done and he doesn't get any. If it looks like he has plenty of ammunition left, then try to steal his kill. This way at least you'll still get <i>most</i> of the experience.
5. When in a group fight and you know you're not going to come out of it alive, concentrate on attacking only the lower level life forms such as Skulks, Gorges, and Lerks. These little guys are a lot easier to kill than Fades or Oni and in a situation such as the one I've described, you as may as well get all the experience off of these kills as you can before you go down. Let your teammates fruitlessly deal with trying to take on the more evolved lifeforms.
4. <i>Never</i> get a Welder. This is a complete waste of a skill point as all it's good for is welding your teammates armour and your structures. It's true that welding your Command Console will yield you experience, but this amount is so small it's not worth your while. Let your teammates worry about keeping players and structures welded and use that skill point on something more conventional such as a Jetpack or Shotgun.
3. Ask to be welded, and often. It's much more important for you to be keeping your armour full than for another player to be shooting the Kharaa. If possible, convince a player to follow you around and keep you welded throughout the entire match. This way not only are you staying healthy but this player will be too busy to shoot the Kharaa and get experience. Tips on convincing another player:
a) Bribe him with something, cookies are always safe and this will work particularly well if the other player is your younger brother.
b) Blackmail him, you can be creative on this but try telling him you'll hack into his computer and erase all of his files (it doesn't matter if you can't, the threat is usually enough). This works very well if the player is younger and can be intimidated easily.
The only downfall with having a player follow you to weld you is he will most likely be leeching experience off your kills. If friendly fire is on kill him before you shoot an alien.
2. Complain whenever an alien kills you and accuse him of hacking. Later when you've mastered these steps this will become extremely efficient as you will be so good it will be obvious that the alien <i>must</i> have been hacking in order to kill you. Befriend a server admin (but don't let him get any kills) and it will become all the more easier to get those nasty aliens kicked and banned from the server. After all, who needs competition? Anyone who tells you shut up and stop complaining is a noob and must be removed from the server as well. Get your server admin friends to ban these players for you.
1. Just plain hack! Seriously, who needs to play Natural-Selection when you can have your computer play it for you? Use Aimbots, Speed Hacks, and everything out there to make sure that it's <i>you</i> who has the advantage when it comes to fighting. Also, try to hack the server to grant yourself administrator access. This way you can ban any player who tries to accuse you of hacking and it will also save you the trouble of having to befriend a server admin for #2.
Well I hope that everyone out there finds this guide useful! And happy pwning!
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When I started my trek into this section of the NS universe I found many things that amazed me, skulks would cloak <i>and</i> focus! There was no commander yet I found ammo and health being dropped right onto me no matter where I stood, and I didn't even have to ask for it! The amount of explosions, Fades, Oni, and JP'ers was astounding. And depending on what server I went into, occasionally I would witness the miracle of a marine with Heavy Armour AND a Jetpack as well! But one thing that stood out more than anything else to me was that I was not able to kill any aliens, and they were <i>all</i> able to kill me.
So I continued to play, and I watched, viewed, and spectated the top CO players in the servers that I had joined. Now for my benefit, your benefit, and the benefit of anyone who wishes to venture into this forsaken land on combat - I have compiled a list of the top 10 ways to do well in CO as a marine, and so you can pwn - like me.
<a href="http://imageshack.us" target="_blank"><img src="http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4673/ultimatescorekg0.png" border="0" alt="IPB Image" /></a>
<!--sizeo:1--><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><i>Disclaimer 1: Above image my have been slightly altered from it's original form.</i><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
10. Cut in front of your teammates as they are running out into combat. The first person to get out there is going to be the first person to kill those aliens! Why risk letting your teammates get those kills when they could be gotten by YOU! Don't forget, it's the person who gets the kill that gets most of the experience!
9. Don't contribute to the fight until the alien is weak enough to be finished! Save those bullets for when you know you're about to get the final hit! (This one may take some practice). This is especially true for when fighting Fades and Oni.
8. When your teammates are shooting an alien, walk in front of them so their bullets hit you instead of the target (be careful with this if Friendly Fire is turned on). This way you can sneak in and grab the final hit and get the experience for yourself! For perfection, use this in conjunction with #9.
7. In some cases getting that final hit on the Kharaa might just be impossible. In a situation like this make sure you stand out of the way of being hit, but at the same time close enough to the action to leech experience off of your teammates kills. DO NOT contribute to the fight unless the alien decides to attack you in which case you should defend yourself (but not your teammates).
6. If you walk into a situation where a teammate is fighting a Kharaa and has run out of ammo or has to reload, make sure you let the alien kill him first BEFORE you finish off the weakened alien. This way you get 100% of the experience for the work your teammate has done and he doesn't get any. If it looks like he has plenty of ammunition left, then try to steal his kill. This way at least you'll still get <i>most</i> of the experience.
5. When in a group fight and you know you're not going to come out of it alive, concentrate on attacking only the lower level life forms such as Skulks, Gorges, and Lerks. These little guys are a lot easier to kill than Fades or Oni and in a situation such as the one I've described, you as may as well get all the experience off of these kills as you can before you go down. Let your teammates fruitlessly deal with trying to take on the more evolved lifeforms.
4. <i>Never</i> get a Welder. This is a complete waste of a skill point as all it's good for is welding your teammates armour and your structures. It's true that welding your Command Console will yield you experience, but this amount is so small it's not worth your while. Let your teammates worry about keeping players and structures welded and use that skill point on something more conventional such as a Jetpack or Shotgun.
3. Ask to be welded, and often. It's much more important for you to be keeping your armour full than for another player to be shooting the Kharaa. If possible, convince a player to follow you around and keep you welded throughout the entire match. This way not only are you staying healthy but this player will be too busy to shoot the Kharaa and get experience. Tips on convincing another player:
a) Bribe him with something, cookies are always safe and this will work particularly well if the other player is your younger brother.
b) Blackmail him, you can be creative on this but try telling him you'll hack into his computer and erase all of his files (it doesn't matter if you can't, the threat is usually enough). This works very well if the player is younger and can be intimidated easily.
The only downfall with having a player follow you to weld you is he will most likely be leeching experience off your kills. If friendly fire is on kill him before you shoot an alien.
2. Complain whenever an alien kills you and accuse him of hacking. Later when you've mastered these steps this will become extremely efficient as you will be so good it will be obvious that the alien <i>must</i> have been hacking in order to kill you. Befriend a server admin (but don't let him get any kills) and it will become all the more easier to get those nasty aliens kicked and banned from the server. After all, who needs competition? Anyone who tells you shut up and stop complaining is a noob and must be removed from the server as well. Get your server admin friends to ban these players for you.
1. Just plain hack! Seriously, who needs to play Natural-Selection when you can have your computer play it for you? Use Aimbots, Speed Hacks, and everything out there to make sure that it's <i>you</i> who has the advantage when it comes to fighting. Also, try to hack the server to grant yourself administrator access. This way you can ban any player who tries to accuse you of hacking and it will also save you the trouble of having to befriend a server admin for #2.
Well I hope that everyone out there finds this guide useful! And happy pwning!
<!--sizeo:1--><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><i>Disclaimer 2: If anyone actually takes anything in this guide seriously, you should seriously consider consulting your local psychiatrist.<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></i>
Comments
Personally, my favorite line is the "impersonating a famous NS player" line. The welders just flow after that...
Hmm, definatly a way to get a welder support! But on the downside your teammates might then try and stick near you to cover you (taking away your experience). The idea definatly has its ups and downs.
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This is where I combine your above techniques and threaten to hack their computers. Since they think I'm super-awesome at NS, I must be super-awesome at hacking their computers, and they respectively hide (I use the attack "I can disable your comptuer by looking at you". Quite effective)
i always camp on a save spot so i leech 4 exp points and then onos to get to 40-0 score, Take redemption, cloak, focus, carapace.
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you're killing ns
you're killing ns
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The person who invented co is killing NS.
this way u own every single coer in the server
Bait, bait, bait your team,
It's the only way to win.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Pubs are but a dream.
5. When in a group fight and you know you're not going to come out of it alive, concentrate on attacking only the lower level life forms such as Skulks, Gorges, and Lerks. These little guys are a lot easier to kill than Fades or Oni and in a situation such as the one I've described, you as may as well get all the experience off of these kills as you can before you go down. Let your teammates fruitlessly deal with trying to take on the more evolved lifeforms.
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Actually, this advice is good. Marines should alwayts aim for the smaller guys first to get the most exp. That way when the Fade kills you the skulks won't get the exp since they're alreayd dead.
i always camp on a save spot so i leech 4 exp points and then onos to get to 40-0 score, Take redemption, cloak, focus, carapace.
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you're killing ns
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just lmao
Actually, this advice is good. Marines should alwayts aim for the smaller guys first to get the most exp. That way when the Fade kills you the skulks won't get the exp since they're alreayd dead.
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Exactly what I was thinking, killing lower lifeforms reduce their numbers (a skulk or lerk bite is nearly as deadly as a fade swipe, yet the body is much weaker) while preventing them from getting XP.
Besides, trying to kill a fade while there's two or three skulks/lerks will only get you killed while at best one marine will down the sloppy fade and the rest of the team died.
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plz consult your local psychiatrist <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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Although I'm still convinced the best way to win in CO is to be a member of .txt (or hack). I think my greatest achievment is getting a para kill on teppla.
<i>To the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"</i>
Bait, bait, bait your team,
It's the only way to win.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Pubs are but a dream.
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i like mak's on the spot ventrilo version better
(shake shake shake shake yo booty)
Bait bait bait
Bait bait bait!
Bait your teammate
BAIT YOUR TEAMMATE!
it's more catchy...and only noobs die to teppla <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
My Motto: Go away CO! Bring back v1.04! (lol)
CO_ is NS_ only with xp lots of strange plugins..
It is not CO who ruins NS it is the plugins such as Xmenu and Buildmenu, you guys need to understand that!
A typical Co server with plugins like Buildmenu is just a cry for help. People want to play ns however someone wants to be allmost 100% invincible with 50 lvls of Static field, Uranium shells and nanoarmor... Personally i recommend that those folks create their own server with 1% damage percentage to the alien side this way they can be invisible as long as they want.
BTW yesterday i hit a seagull with the rocket launcher on HL-2
I used to play ns exclusively, then moved onto co exclusively for the longest time. 10 levels? Not enough once you have learned how to play co. It only takes me about 2 minutes to max out with only 10 levels. At that point the game becomes stagnant. As a marine with early lvl 10 I have two options most of the time.
1. rush the hive, try killing it (rambo), and simultaneously kill all the weak skulks. "SPawn killing" becomes the only way to win. This usually gets you called "hacker" or makes other people leave.
2. Don't "spawn kill" and wait for the inevitable alien level up, at which point the aliens are usually more powerful than marines as a team.
And I can apply that strategy for aliens too. As a lerk in CO you can often completely dominate a map by yourself early in the game. You quickly get to level 10, but spawn protection often forces you to run for cover, thereby stopping your chances of killing the comm chair. What happens? Eventually the marines get shotties and lerk becomes less viable.
So, in summary. With only 10 levels you are forced to depend on teamwork, even if your individual skill is high, and your teammates may suck.
With more than 10 levels there is a chance that a rambo (like me) can actually win and end a game, instead of the game becoming stagnant.
After playing on those servers with extra menus, it's disappointingly easy to win on a 10 level only server using a rush tactic (marine at least).