Regarding "alien inexperience"
BlakHawc
Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3553Members
Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3553Members
Most of the responses from playtesters regarding the whole "unbalancing" issue have been, "Just practice with the aliens, you'll get it, then you'll become unstoppable."
Okay, I'm willing to accept that. I'll even keep playing and practicing. I think it's got great potential, and I just can't say no to a good, free game.
But how many average members of the public are going to be willing to keep pluggin' away, playing (and losing) until they "get the hang of it"? I get the feeling that most people will say, "Screw it," after a couple of days, and go back to CS.
The greatest game in the world can still fail if it can't attract an audience.
Okay, I'm willing to accept that. I'll even keep playing and practicing. I think it's got great potential, and I just can't say no to a good, free game.
But how many average members of the public are going to be willing to keep pluggin' away, playing (and losing) until they "get the hang of it"? I get the feeling that most people will say, "Screw it," after a couple of days, and go back to CS.
The greatest game in the world can still fail if it can't attract an audience.
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Did i miss something? cause the fade gets taken down in 2 seconds to a HMG.
Hope that helped. Cya
If anyone has ever played Vampire slayer you will remember when everone thought father D own the vampires, until they reallized how to play them, now the vamps are said to be too strong. agh. NS is alot more complicated than many other games. you HAVE to use TEAMWORK, and THINK. Thats really all it takes. Play smart, and you can and will win.
Supposing we did make the aliens much stronger right now. What happens a few weeks down the line when people start learning how to play the alien effectively, as they were intended to be played? I'll tell you. We get dozens of posts from players complaining that the marines are too weak and the aliens are unstoppable. What have we solved?
Yes, by its very nature, NS is more complex than your average DM or CS game. This is what makes it an enjoyable experience. If new players join, try to play as they do in DM or CS, get frustrated because they are no longer effective players, then they will have to make a choice: go back to DM/CS/whatever or take the time to learn NS. For those who choose to learn, the reward is more than worth the effort. That's about all I can say.
I'm just saying that even if aliens get better, their entire strategy dooms them to failier.
All but the onos rely on ambush, how are you suposed to advance and yet stay still and ambush at the same time? You can't, thus, the aliens are a static race, doomed to failier by the fact that they can't assult entrenched marines, they can only "get the drop on them."