Use Of Sensory Chambers?

ZeroByte · November 2002

I haven't seen anyone placing sensory chambers in the frontlines yet, so I'd like to know if theres anyone who's done it before and how to make the best use of it. I think that if marines touch sensory chambers, they get parasited automatically. So are there and good places to put them so that marines get parasited by them?

Catgirl · November 2002

Frankly I find Parasite (and thusly Sense Towers on the front line) rather useless. You either know where that Marine is because he's ripping you up, or he dies before it's worth the time spent doing it.

ZeroByte · November 2002

Parasite early in the game gives the whole team an advantage later on. I almost always try to parasite before attacking early in the game so it's easier to kill marines later.

matso · November 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Catgirl @ Nov 7 2002, 02:07 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Frankly I find Parasite (and thusly Sense Towers on the front line) rather useless. You either know where that Marine is because he's ripping you up, or he dies before it's worth the time spent doing it.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
That's just plain wrong. Parasites are extremly important because it allows you to know what the marines are doing. You know where they are, you can see where they are moving so you can sit in an ambush position and chuckle.

By knowing where they are, they will not be able to sneak out and harass your Gorges. They won't be able to sneak off and attack your resource towers. They won't be able to sneak off and try to build on a node (muhaha - wait till they start dropping turrets factories and resources nodes, then chomp them up as they build). If you see a whole bunch moving out together, you can get your whole team together for a mega-ambush and just eat them all - lock, stock and HMG-barrel.

Basically, a fully parasited marine team is a fully dead marine team. You just have to remind them of it.

Parasites are one of the main reasons to stay a skulk even in the midgame, even apart from speed and and general scouting.

Mercior · November 2002

So once marines are parasited they stay parasited, even after they die???!?

padijun · November 2002

I was under the impression that the parasite was gone once the marine died.

R32 · November 2002

Using parasites is one of the most usefull tactics of skulks. I was able to keep a marine team in spawn alone by parasiting them and then eating any who dared to come out. It is a great thing to have and any skilled Kharaa player will tell you the same.

Spydey · November 2002

On Ns_Tanith we set up a pretty nasty Almighty Wall of Lame outside their base entrances, and to add insult to injury I placed some sensory chambers right outside their door. When they tried to get back they got parasited, and when they made a second attempt we knew exactly when and where they were going to pop out.

CMEast · November 2002

Parasite ends once the marine dies. Parasites are very handy indeed. Ive not used sensory chambers to their fullest yet, thatll come with time as we learn the best tactics.

b00ted · November 2002

I am pro gorge and yes, I have dropped a sensory chamber in front of there base, its nice to pick off people with babblers (Imean...you know when there coming) or when to drop webs.

Sunblaze · November 2002

Do the sensory chambers shoot the parasites or does it only work on a marine if he touches the thing?

ZeroByte · November 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CMEast @ Nov 7 2002, 05:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Parasite ends once the marine dies. Parasites are very handy indeed. Ive not used sensory chambers to their fullest yet, thatll come with time as we learn the best tactics.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
From the manual:

Function: any hostiles a sensory chamber can "see" are added to the Hive Sight. Placed strategically they have turned many marine surprise assaults into costly ambushes. Sensory Chambers also "stain" any hostile that touches them, adding them permanently to hive sight (just as the parasite ability does).

MonsieurEvil · November 2002

Woo, plus they give you an awesome upgrade - Scent of Fear. Now you can see all the hurt Marines in hivesight (they will have a red and yellow hivesight indicator). So not only do you know where they are, but you know this one's already limping

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Warfare · November 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Catgirl @ Nov 7 2002, 09:07 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Frankly I find Parasite (and thusly Sense Towers on the front line) rather useless. You either know where that Marine is because he's ripping you up, or he dies before it's worth the time spent doing it.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
That's like saying Motion Tracking is useless.

And it's not.

I use parasite very often as a Skulk. I've even got to get two parasite kills (they were both wounded allready).

Catgirl · November 2002

That's why I said "I find". <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'> I've never really had much of a use for Parasite. I'd rather kill the guy than Parasite him. Maybe other people can use it better than I can, I dunno, I only Skulk until I Gorge and Fade.

R32 · November 2002

BTW, parasite does do slight damage. I was playing as a skulk and approached the marine base. I then heard someone call for a medpack so I shot him with a parasite and killed him. I have killed about 5 marines just using parasites.

Mercior · November 2002

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So can I just get this clear? Once you've parasited a marine as a skulk then they will be permamently parasited, even after spawning?

Or not?

Im guessing not..

goorooloo · November 2002

I'm pretty sure I've tagged marines and killed them afterwards only to see a few yellow dots right back at the marine base afterwards.

I <i>think</i> parasite wears off either after a certain number of spawns or after a certain amount of time, if not actually lasting the whole game.

And PLEASE fellow Skulks, use it early and often, as it makes the marines easy pickins early and often.

And if you're going to tackle a marine resource point or dreaded turret camp, tag that too! It'll also show up on the hud in yellow.

Riskbreaker · November 2002

Parasite is gone after the Frontiersman dies. Yes, it also does damage and thus can kill, and yes, it is very useful. It's very helpful in taking out heavy-armored frontiersmen, since it allows fades to start launching acid/bile before the guy even gets around the corner, thus giving the Kharaa that little edge they wouldn't normally have. Those heavy armors are tough to kill, but getting the drop on them because they are parasited helps a ton.

TickTock · November 2002

I haven't found a big use for SC's, except for upgrades. The marines shouldn't be dumb enough to walk up to it, and it will potentially block an OC from firing at a marine. Maybe if you slipped one just around a narrow door so marines would touch it as they passed, but usually I just slap 3 down at a hive and move on.

justus · November 2002

I am using parasites at early point on game to marines and when i see their base first time i parasite some buildings from there to mark place for others too and it is good thing to parasite side bases too that it is like kinda warning for other players from turrets and **obscenity**...just remember if you parasite marine he knows about it from text from he's screen....."You have been parasited" or something like that... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='skulk.gif'>

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